Cependant, en juin 2010, le Tribunal a rejeté ce recours et confirmé que la subvention constituait un avantage économique en faveur des diffuseurs terrestres – tels que Mediaset – puisqu’elle leur avait permis de consolider leur position existante sur le marché, par rapport aux nouveaux concurrents.
In June 2010, however, the General Court dismissed that action and confirmed that the subsidy constituted an economic advantage for terrestrial broadcasters, such as Mediaset, since it had enabled them to consolidate their existing position on the market as compared with that of new competitors.
