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12 February 2019 Converge or conglomerate: Competition law implications for Technology Media and Telecommunications When it comes to convergence, TMT companies are relentlessly driving disruption, even as that same force ceaselessly reshapes them. Their market boundaries continually dissolve, reform and dissolve again. Content distributors are transforming into content producers, and vice versa; service providers are becoming tech companies; and technology companies are driving dramatic change in virtually every sector of the economy as enablers or new competitors to incumbent players. Competition escalates everywhere, and new entrants move from the far horizon to existential threat, seemingly overnight. What role can transactions play in strengthening strategy? And what are the competition law implications for the TMT sector? This EY Law article provides details. Document ID: 2019-5200 |