Italian court to wait until Feb. 1 to rule on Mediaset pan-European TV plan
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MILAN (Reuters) - An Italian judge will wait until Feb. 1 at the earliest before ruling on a request by France’s Vivendi to suspend a planned reorganisation at Italian broadcaster Mediaset, two legal sources said on Tuesday.Controlled by the family of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Mediaset wants to merge its Italian and Spanish units into a Dutch entity, dubbed MediaforEurope (MFE).The broadcaster wants to use the new entity to pursue tie-ups in Europe to take on..