WARSAW--Poland's anti-trust authority, UOKiK, said Friday it had approved two transactions by Groupe Canal Plus, owned by France's Vivendi SA (VIV.FR), to acquire a stake in Polish broadcaster TVN SA (TVN.WA) and to merge its Polish pay-television business with TVN's pay-TV subsidiary.

Canal Plus said in November 2011 it planned to acquire a significant minority stake in N-Vision B.V., the parent company of Polish Television Holding B.V., which in turn holds a 51% stake in TVN.

TVN and Canal Plus also said they planned to merge their Polish pay-TV businesses into a joint venture in which TVN would have a significant minority stake.

Write to Marynia Kruk at marynia.kruk@dowjones.com

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