1. BACKGROUND
1.1. On June 16, 2022, the Competition Commission of India
("CCI") directed the Director General to
investigate the alleged abuse of dominance by Big Tree
Entertainment Private Limited
("BookMyShow") in the market for online
intermediation services for booking of movie tickets in
India.1 The complaint was filed by an individual
("Complainant"), who sought to compete
with BookMyShow through its own platform for online booking of
movie tickets i.e., Showtyme.
1.2. The Complainant alleged that BookMyShow abused its
dominance by: (i) entering into exclusive agreement/ arrangement(s)
with certain cinema theatres in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana.
As such, the Complainant was allegedly prevented from offering the
services of its website Showtyme to cinema theatres for online
booking of movie tickets due to the exclusivity imposed by
BookMyShow on the cinema theatres; and (ii) charging high
convenience fee from the cinegoers for online booking of
