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Competition Rules And Sports Broadcasting Rights In Europe, Marios Papaloukas
Competition Rules And Sports Broadcasting Rights In Europe, Marios Papaloukas
Marios Papaloukas
Sports broadcasting is among the most popular of television programmes. The viewers watching such programmes are usually the ones with the highest purchase capacity, therefore the audience is of particular interest to publicists, as it is considered a very special audience not easily attracted by other programmes. As a result, the competition on publicity transmission during these programmes as well as on acquiring TV broadcasting rights to sports events is much higher. However Sports television broadcasting is of a very individual nature in comparison with the broadcast of other events. In addition to that it is a common practice that …
Sports Betting And European Law, Marios Papaloukas
Sports Betting And European Law, Marios Papaloukas
Marios Papaloukas
As early as 1992 the European Court of Justice ruled that the principle of proportionality will apply in order to examine whether a restrictive measure, imposed by a member state in order to regulate gambling, is valid. As a result member states monopolies and oligopolies concerning gambling and sports betting will have to comply with these new developments.