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New Zealand: Issued Commerce Commission's decision prohibiting AlphaTheta’s proposed acquisition of Serato

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Issued Commerce Commission's decision prohibiting AlphaTheta’s proposed acquisition of Serato

On 18 July 2024, the Commerce Commission denied approval for AlphaTheta's proposed acquisition of Serato. Both companies operate in the DJ segment of the music industry. AlphaTheta supplies DJ hardware under the Pioneer DJ brand and DJ software unde…

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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2024-02-07
in consultation

On 7 February 2024, the New Zealand Commerce Commission (CC) issued a statement of issues concernin…

2024-02-21
processing consultation

On 21 February 2024, the public consultation closed on the New Zealand Commerce Commission (CC) sta…

2024-05-29
in consultation

On 29 May 2024, the New Zealand Commerce Commission (CC) issued a statement of unresolved issues co…

2024-06-13
in consultation

On 13 June 2024, the New Zealand Commerce Commission (CC) closes a public consultation on its state…

2024-07-18
in force

On 18 July 2024, the Commerce Commission denied approval for AlphaTheta's proposed acquisition of S…