By Natalie McNelis and Nicholas Hirst ( June 3, 2021, 07:44 GMT | Comment) -- The planned merger between France's TF1 and M6 will face a tough approval process with the country's competition authority, which is notoriously tough on consolidation in the audiovisual sector. While the companies say that scale is necessary to take on US streaming titans such as Netflix, Disney Plus and Amazon Prime, their combination could cause concerns elsewhere, such as the TV advertising market.A French bid to create a Netflix rival will face intense scrutiny from the country’s own competition authority, which is notoriously tough on consolidation in the audiovisual sector....
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