INDONESIA: Astro appeals against KPPU ruling

Astro All Asia Multimedia Networks has challenged a ruling by the Indonesian anti-monopoly watchdog that the company violated the anti-monopoly law in broadcasting last season's English Premier League (EPL) in Indonesia.

The appeal was filed by the Malaysia-based holding and media company that provides and operates pay-television services, to the Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday. [more, asiamedia]

Pay TV operators file legal complaint against Astro

Three local pay TV operators have filed a legal complaint with the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) accusing the pay TV network Astro TV Indonesia of unfair business practices.
The local operators, PT Indosat Mega Media (IM2 Pay TV), PT Indonesia Telemedia (Telkomvision) and PT MNC Sky Vision (Indovision), said Friday that PT Direct Vision, which operates the Astro pay TV service in Indonesia, had unfairly secured the exclusive rights to live broadcasts of the Barclays English Premier League in Indonesia. [more, thejakartapost (subsc.)]