Efter en markedsundersøgelse fastslog Kommissionen, at tre markeder ville blivepåvirket af denne fusion, nemlig markedet for betalings-tv, det spirende fælleseuropæiske marked forportaler og det spirende marked for onlinemusik.
After a market investigation, the Commission found out that threemarkets would be affected by this merger, namely pay-TV, the emerging pan-European market forportals and the emerging market for online-music.