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+
Alcohol monopoly 2002, after which it was succeeded by the state-owned Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation which competes with many overseas brands today. Alcohol monopoly An alcohol monopoly is a government monopoly on manufacturing and/or retailing of some or all alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine and spirits. It can be used as an alternative for total prohibition of alcohol. They exist in all Nordic countries except mainland Denmark (only on the Faroe Islands), and in all provinces and territories in Canada except Alberta (which privatized its monopoly in 1993). In the United States, there are some alcoholic beverage control states, where