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United Kingdom: Approved Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard in the UK

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Approved Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard in the UK

On 13 October 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) approved Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision with the exclusion of Activision’s cloud streaming rights outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). The approval was granted after M…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2022-07-06
under deliberation

On 6 July 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced an investigation into the mer…

2022-07-06
in consultation

On 6 July 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation on the Microsoft …

2022-07-20
processing consultation

On 20 July 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed the consultation on the Microso…

2022-09-01
under investigation

On 1 September 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed Phase 1 of its investigatio…

2022-09-15
under deliberation

On 15 September 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced its decision to open an…

2022-10-14
in consultation

On 14 October 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published and opened a consultation…

2022-10-28
processing consultation

On 28 October 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed its consultation on an Issue…

2023-02-08
in consultation

On 8 February 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its provisional findin…

2023-02-08
in consultation

On 8 February 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation on potenti…

2023-02-22
processing consultation

On 22 February 2023, the public consultation closes on the notice of possible remedies issued by th…

2023-03-01
processing consultation

On 1 March 2023, the public consultation closes on the UK Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA)…

2023-03-24
under investigation

On 24 March 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published an update of its provisi…

2023-04-26
in force

On 26 April 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its Final Report in the inv…

2023-05-18
in consultation

On 18 May 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a public consultation on the …

2023-05-26
under appeal

On 24 May 2023, Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) submitted an application for review to the Compet…

2023-06-19
processing consultation

On 19 June 2023, the public consultation closes on the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) F…

2023-07-14
under investigation

On 14 July 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a notice extending the statu…

2023-07-21
in force

On 21 July 2023, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal published an order regarding the appeal in case…

2023-07-31
in consultation

On 31 July 2023, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a public consultation unti…

2023-08-04
processing consultation

On 4 August 2023, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed its public consultation o…

2023-08-22
in consultation

On 22 August, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed its blocking of Microsoft's ori…

2023-09-01
processing consultation

On 1 September, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed the consultation on Microsoft's …

2023-09-22
in consultation

On 22 September 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a decision stating that Mi…

2023-10-06
processing consultation

On 6 October 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed its consultation on proposed …

2023-10-13
in force

On 13 October 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) approved Microsoft’s acquisition…