April 09, 2012
ACCC approves Foxtel-Austar deal, with limits on content exclusivity
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided not to oppose Foxtel’s proposed acquisition of Austar. Foxtel has pledged undertakings that the ACCC has accepted. The undertakings prevent Foxtel from...
March 19, 2012
Webinar: Profitably Add Recurring Revenue Streams to Your Business
Launching a new subscription business is easy. However, accomplishing an on-time and on-budget solution implementation can be hard. Many businesses struggle as manual processes and high IT costs eat into...
March 07, 2012
ACCC asks market participants for comment on Foxtel’s undertaking for...
The ACCC is launching market consultation on the undertaking Foxtel proposes for its planned acquisition of Austar. The undertaking prohibits Foxtel from entering into exclusive content agreements for internet protocol...
February 26, 2012
Pearson Chooses Zuora to Monetize Plug & Play Content
Publishing giant Pearson selected Zuora to handle the payment processing workload associated with its latest expansion strategy, TechCrunch reports. Pearson’s Plug & Play venture offers third parties a way to...
February 20, 2012
Groupon VIP Launches, Offers $30/Year Memberships
RELATED CONTENT: Groupon to Shake Up Customer Retention Strategy Death to Daily Deals: Diversification at Groupon In the most generous case, Groupon’s newest revenue stream could be...
February 17, 2012
Competition Bureau’s affidavits reveal Libor manipulation system and extent of...
The Wall Street Journal has reviewed affidavits that the Canadian Competition Bureau submitted for its request to compel production of information from banks under investigation for manipulating interest rates. In...
February 13, 2012
Competition Bureau investigating yen interbank lending rates
Canada’s Competition Bureau has told the Wall Street Journal that it is investigating possible collusion in setting yen interbank lending rates. The news follows less than two weeks after Switzerland’s...
February 09, 2012
DOJ explains its decision not to prosecute big banks
Scott Hammond, head of criminal enforcement at the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, has outlined to Global Competition Review some of the concerns the DOJ has with prosecuting banks and financial institutions....
December 13, 2011
Four Times More Consumers Consider Mobile Payments Safer Than Credit...
It’s hard to put a price tag on security and privacy, but a recent study of consumers’ online and mobile purchasing attitudes conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research and PaymentOne...
The Subscription Commerce Tracker®, done in collaboration with Recurly, details how the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to a rise in software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions for businesses and consumers.
