{"id":10137,"date":"2023-05-24T22:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T20:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/24\/microsoft-appeals-against-uk-watchdogs-veto-of-activision-blizzard-takeover\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T22:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T20:37:18","slug":"microsoft-appeals-against-uk-watchdogs-veto-of-activision-blizzard-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/24\/microsoft-appeals-against-uk-watchdogs-veto-of-activision-blizzard-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft appeals against UK watchdog\u2019s veto of Activision Blizzard takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CMA says it is defending cloud gaming market, but Microsoft says moves \u2018discourages tech innovation and investment\u2019 in UK<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has filed an appeal against the UK competition watchdog\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/apr\/26\/microsoft-bid-for-activision-blizzard-blocked-by-uk-competition-regulator\">decision to block<\/a> its $69bn (\u00a356bn) acquisition of the Call of Duty creator Activision Blizzard.<\/p>\n<p>The US tech company confirmed that it had formally lodged an appeal against the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) verdict against the deal last month. Its case will be argued before the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/may\/24\/microsoft-appeals-uk-watchdogs-veto-of-activision-blizzard-takeover\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/56312d46e67600cb6ec0636af5e176df6e83010f\/0_16_4000_2401\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=36fc2a27c9e4d9f90d7eabd22704fd66\" title=\"Microsoft appeals against UK watchdog\u2019s veto of Activision Blizzard takeover\" \/>CMA says it is defending cloud gaming market, but Microsoft says moves \u2018discourages tech innovation and investment\u2019 in UK<br \/>\nMicrosoft has filed an appeal against the UK competition watchdog\u2019s decision to block its $69bn (\u00a356bn) acquisition of the Call of Duty creator Activision Blizzard.<br \/>\nThe US tech company confirmed that it had formally lodged an appeal against the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) verdict against the deal last month. Its case will be argued before the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMA says it is defending cloud gaming market, but Microsoft says moves \u2018discourages tech innovation and investment\u2019 in UK Microsoft has filed an appeal against the UK competition watchdog\u2019s decision to block its $69bn (\u00a356bn) acquisition of the Call of Duty creator Activision Blizzard. The US tech company confirmed that it had formally lodged an &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/24\/microsoft-appeals-against-uk-watchdogs-veto-of-activision-blizzard-takeover\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft appeals against UK watchdog\u2019s veto of Activision Blizzard takeover<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10137"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}