FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's federal cartel office said on Monday it had approved plans to stop any single buyer from winning in an auction all live rights to show top-flight soccer league matches from season 2017/18.
The watchdog said in a statement that it would be sufficient if broadcasting rights for between 30 and 102 attractive Bundesliga matches out of a total of 306 were awarded to an alternative buyer.
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