Canal+, the pay-TV arm of French media giant Vivendi, has won its long-running court battle against Paramount Pictures and competition regulators over movie licensing in Europe.
The EU Court of Justice, Europe’s highest, ruled on Wednesday in favor of Canal+, voiding an agreement struck between Paramount and European regulators in 2016.
The decision could have a wide-ranging impact on efforts by the European Union to crack down on so-called geoblocking, where pay-TV broadcasters in one European country stop consumers in another EU country from accessing their products or services.
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