Brazil CADE closes probe into fee schedules in audiovisual market
By Henrique Santiago ( September 23, 2026, 17:27 GMT | Insight) -- Brazil’s competition watchdog has dropped a four-year investigation into alleged anticompetitive fee schedules in São Paulo’s audiovisual market. The Administrative Council for Economic Defense’s Tribunal acknowledged the existence of a bargaining power imbalance between technical professionals and audiovisual production companies in its assessment of fee schedules and concluded that the practice didn't harm competition.Brazil’s competition watchdog, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), has dropped a four-year investigation into alleged anticompetitive fee schedules in São Paulo’s audiovisual market....
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