Dutch telecom KPN "is now offering the Fox Sports Eredivisie channels" for €7.50 ($8.40) a month for new and existing subscribers, instead of the €17.50 ($19.80) previously charged for the channels, according to DIGITAL TV EUROPE.
KPN "is also offering the three Eredivisie channels, which provide coverage of Dutch top-tier football, as a free channel package to top-tier KPN Compleet customers, alongside the HBO package and a premium kids package." The offering "follows a deal between KPN and Fox Sports earlier this month" that came after a dispute between the pair over Fox’s decision to charge the telecom a higher fee for its channels than that "levied on other distributors" in the Dutch market.
KPN "lost a court case over the dispute with Fox’s Eredivisie Media & Marketing subsidiary, with the judge in the case ruling that Fox was not obliged to offer identical conditions to different operators." The Dutch Authority for Consumers & Markets meanwhile "launched an investigation into the terms under which Fox proposed to sell its sports channels" (DIGITAL TV EUROPE, 8/19).
