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Vivendi
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Vivendi ups Lagardere stake as takeover faces ongoing roadblocks
Banijay and Canal+ shareholder Vivendi has increased its ownership stake in publishing and retail group…
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Vivendi to back Mediaset’s share restructuring as Berlusconi eyes Europe
Vivendi has agreed to vote in favour of Mediaset’s plans to introduce a dual class…
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Canal+ owner Vivendi acquires 10% stake in Lagardère
Canal+ owner Vivendi has taken a 10.6% stake in troubled French media conglomerate Lagardère. The…
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International expansion powers Canal+ to steady growth
International subscriptions helped boost Canal+’s revenues in the first quarter, with the pay TV outfit…
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Africa poised for surging pay TV subs growth but revenues will be more muted
Pay TV will continue its growth in Africa with subscriber numbers set to increase to…
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Vivendi and Mediaset fail to strike deal in proposed share sell-off
European media giants Vivendi and Mediaset failed to strike a deal on Friday that could…
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Vivendi looks to sell Mediaset stake but deal remains uncertain
Vivendi and Mediaset are reported to be closing in on an agreement that could see…
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News round-up: Agatha Christie doc sells into Nordics; Smithsonian boards Pernel’s pyramid; ZED preps wildlife for ATF
Agatha Christie doc sells into Nordics TV4 in Sweden and TV2 in Denmark have picked…
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Bolloré hands Vivendi reins to son Yannick
Vincent Bolloré is stepping down as Vivendi chairman and handing over the reins to his…
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Bolloré steps down in Canal+ management changeover
French pay TV operator Canal+ has named current CEO Maxime Saada as president of its…
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Vice confirms Vivendi’s Delport as int’l chief
Vice has confirmed that it has appointed former Vivendi Content head Dominique Delport as its…
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Vivendi offloads Ubisoft stake as Tencent lands
European media giant Vivendi has sold off its stakeholding in Assassin’s Creed games studio Ubisoft…
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Vice set to hire Vivendi Content chief
Vice Media is close to naming Vivendi Content chief Dominique Delport as its international chief,…
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Activist investor wants Vivendi off TIM board
US activist investor Elliott Management has formally submitted a request to Telecom Italia (TIM) to…
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Volume of TV prodco M&A doubled in four years – IHS
Mergers and acquisitions in the television production space more than doubled between 2013 and 2017…
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Vivendi-Mediaset rapprochement expected ‘within days’
Vivendi could strike a deal in the next few days to end its legal dispute…
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Vivendi’s mobile SVOD net Studio+ set for US
France’s Vivendi is launching its smartphone-targeted SVOD service Studio+ to the US. The service, which…
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Canal+ formalises Telecom Italia JV
Canal+ has created its planned joint venture with Telecom Italia (TIM), focusing on the acquisition…
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Ampere: media giants’ debts are manageable
Debt levels at media giants such as Netflix and Sky are less significant than those…
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Vivendi keeps its cool as police raid Paris offices
Vivendi has maintained that it will find a way out of its current impasse with…
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Telecom Italia gets new CEO & okays Canal+ JV
Telecom Italia (TIM) has confirmed the widely anticipated appointment of Vivendi exec Amos Genish as…
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Mediaset demands additional €3bn from Vivendi
Vivendi has revealed that Mediaset and leading shareholder Fininvest filed a fresh lawsuit against it…
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Gov’t set to test Vivendi’s grip on Telecom Italia
Italian government officials are reportedly moving forwards with the process of determining whether Vivendi exercises…
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Mediaset-Telecom deal ‘desirable’ – Italy official
An agreement between Mediaset and Telecom Italia (TIM) to combine the former’s content with the…
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Vivendi ‘set to launch’ Italian version of Canal+
Locked in an epic legal battle with its original preferred partner in the Italian market,…
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Havas prodco Save Ferris returns to independence
French prodco Save Ferris Production has returned to independence after five years operating within advertising…
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Vivendi units team up with Red Bull production outfit
Vivendi’s production arm Studiocanal and sister company Universal Music Group has formed a co-development partnership…
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Mediaset returns to profit
Mediaset has bounced back into the black in the first quarter following its €294.5 million…
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Mediaset blames Vivendi for losses
Mediaset chief executive Pier Silvio Berlusconi has blamed the collapse of the Italian broadcaster’s pay…
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Vivendi to fight Italian setback
Vivendi has said it will take “any appropriate legal action” – including a possible complaint…