{"id":10393,"date":"2023-06-14T03:38:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T01:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/14\/activision-blizzard-us-judge-blocks-takeover-by-microsoft-until-further-hearings\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T03:38:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T01:38:07","slug":"activision-blizzard-us-judge-blocks-takeover-by-microsoft-until-further-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/14\/activision-blizzard-us-judge-blocks-takeover-by-microsoft-until-further-hearings\/","title":{"rendered":"Activision Blizzard: US judge blocks takeover by Microsoft until further hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal Trade Commission secures delay of $69bn deal which it argues would be anti-competitive<\/p>\n

A US district judge has granted the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s request to temporarily block Microsoft\u2019s $69bn buyout of video game maker Activision Blizzard and set a hearing next week.<\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s bid to acquire the Call of Duty video game maker has been approved by the EU<\/a> but blocked by British competition authorities<\/a>, while the FTC, a US authority, has argued<\/a> the transaction would give Microsoft\u2019s video game console Xbox exclusive access to Activision games, leaving Nintendo consoles and Sony\u2019s PlayStation out in the cold.<\/p>\n

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\nFederal Trade Commission secures delay of $69bn deal which it argues would be anti-competitive
\nA US district judge has granted the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s request to temporarily block Microsoft\u2019s $69bn buyout of video game maker Activision Blizzard and set a hearing next week.
\nMicrosoft\u2019s bid to acquire the Call of Duty video game maker has been approved by the EU but blocked by British competition authorities, while the FTC, a US authority, has argued the transaction would give Microsoft\u2019s video game console Xbox exclusive access to Activision games, leaving Nintendo consoles and Sony\u2019s PlayStation out in the cold. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Federal Trade Commission secures delay of $69bn deal which it argues would be anti-competitive A US district judge has granted the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s request to temporarily block Microsoft\u2019s $69bn buyout of video game maker Activision Blizzard and set a hearing next week. Microsoft\u2019s bid to acquire the Call of Duty video game maker has …<\/p>\n

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