Movistar+ offer to acquire 295 million euros for 22% of Canal + in the hands of Mediaset Spain. On July 4, 2014, Mediaset Spain accepted the offer to purchase 22% of Canal + Telefónica. The April 22, 2015, the CNMC gave its approval to the sale of Canal + to Telefónica. After this, Canal + began the process of merger with Movistar TV the July 7, 2015, which resulted in Movistar +. After the merger, Telefónica retained Canal+'s VOD service, launched in 2011. It is available on Android, Apple devices, the web, Smart TV (Samsung and LG), PS3/PS4 and Xbox. Movistar+
Zündwaren monopoly Zündwaren monopoly The German Zündwaren monopoly (translated Monopoly for Safety Matches) began in 1930 when Germany's Reichstag passed a bill named "Zündwarenmonopolgesetz" ("Safety Matches Monopoly Law"), which allowed the "Deutsche Zündwaren-Monopolgesellschaft" (translated "German Society for the Safety Matches Monopoly") exclusive rights to distribute safety matches within the borders of the German Empire. The only brands the "Deutsche Zündwaren-Monopolgesellschaft" could distribute were "Welthölzer" ("World Matches") and "Haushaltsware" ("Household article"). Local German manufacturers obtained licenses to produce preassigned volumes to sell domestically and were not allowed to export these matches or to establish new firms. The official monopoly had been acquired by