The ECMR does not apply. Its interests include the supply of television and other media facilities and allied services to the BBC and to other customers. The parties overlap in the supply of TV studio facilities and associated services.
Customers often hire TV studio facilities and purchase PPGD services separately.
There is no evidence suggesting that providers actively seek to bundle them together. On both the demand and supply sides, TV studios and PPGD services can be considered as separate product market markets. Third parties have confirmed this view. The position is less clear for TV studio facilities. Third parties have confirmed this.