The planned merger of Super RTL and Nickelodeon has been withdrawn, after the German Federal Cartel Office informed RTL and Paramount that it intended to block the deal. The Bundeskartellamt’s ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German broadcaster RTL and Paramount have withdrawn their bid to merge Super RTL, a children's television network, with Nickelodeon, the German cartel office said on Tuesday.

Super RTL in Germany has agreed a deal with Paramount for it to take over the US media giant’s Nickelodeon network and replace it with a new free-to-air linear children’s channel. The agreement, ...