Judge to rule on Vivendi request to halt Mediaset European TV plan
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MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) - An Italian judge will decide on Vivendi's request to block Mediaset's pan-European television project after the two groups failed to settle their long-running dispute, a legal source said on Friday.The case has become a tussle between billionaires over the future of European TV as competition grows from streaming services from the likes of Netflix and Amazon .Mediaset is backed by the family of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi while its 29% shareholder..