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Vivendi
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Vivendi to close SVOD net Watchever
Vivendi is to shut down German OTT subscription video-on-demand service Watchever in December. Watchever’s 17-strong…
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Canal+ takes Kissman stake
French commercial broadcaster Canal+ has taken a 50% stake in Kissman Production Group. Kissman is…
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Media giants dominate Euro TV, US impact grows
A group of 15 media giants dominate pay TV within the European Union, accounting for…
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Canal+ rejigs channels around ‘galaxy’ plan
Canal+ has revamped its programming offering with the launch of a ‘Canal+ galaxy’ centred on…
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Canal+ consolidates Thema, installs new net boss
Canal+ Group has taken full control of French network Thema by acquiring 100% of the…
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Dutch drama deal for The Five
Dutch public broadcaster NPO has acquired Harlan Coben-penned UK drama The Five. The ten-part drama…
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Bolloré indicates end of Canal+ free-to-air
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré has given the strongest indication yet that he plans to reduce…
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Canal+ shedding French subs
Canal+ France lost 183,000 subscriptions in the first quarter, taking its domestic total to 8.3…
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Netflix ‘not worried’ by Vivendi, Mediaset
Netflix boss Reed Hastings has said he is not worried by the prospect of direct…
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MIPTV takeaways: #3 Vivendi puts Europe in the spotlight
MIPTV is now mostly about Europe and the continent’s content, and last week it was…
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Vivendi, Mediaset to take on Sky, Netflix
Vivendi and its Italian counterpart Mediaset have inked a deal that sees the French media…
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Vivendi says Europe must back its own platforms
Europe is lagging the US and Asia in terms of next-generation distribution platforms for content,…
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Vivendi launching premium mobile TV
French media group Vivendi launched Studio+, a mobile premium TV service, here in Cannes. The…
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Telecom Italia chief exit talks confirmed
Telecom Italia has confirmed that it is in talks with CEO Marco Patuano over the…
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Mediaset tipped to sell pay TV to Vivendi
Italy’s Mediaset is close to striking a deal to sell its pay TV operation to…
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Zodiak Rights in $150m scripted pact
Banijay Group’s sales arm, Zodiak Rights, has closed a deal with British writer-director David Raymond…
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Canal+ ups execs, reining in costs
Vivendi-owned Canal+ has reorganised its executive ranks in an effort, it said, to keep better…
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Banijay completes Zodiak merger
The merger of Banijay Group and Zodiak Media has completed, creating TV’s latest super-indie. Operating…
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Vivendi ‘tables offer’ for Mediaset pay TV unit
France-based entertainment giant Vivendi has reportedly made an offer for the pay TV assets of…
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Vivendi: Canal+ losses cannot continue
Vivendi has stated that it “cannot on a long-term basis continue to finance the losses…
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Canal+ and beIN ‘strike deal’
Canal+ and rival pay TV provider beIN Sports have struck an exclusive distribution agreement that…
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Canal+, beIN Sport ‘near carriage deal’
Vivendi-owned Canal+ and rival beIN Sports are moving towards an agreement based on the exclusive…
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Vivendi ‘in talks’ over beIN Sports acquisition
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré and other top executives of the media group met French football…
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Vivendi ‘eyes beIN Sport acquisition’
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré has set his sights on the acquisition of Canal+ rival beIN…
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Details of Banijay-Zodiak structure emerge
Vivendi could ultimately take control of the soon-to-be-created Banijay-Zodiak group, according to Les Echos. Initially,…
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Vivendi CEO joins buy outs firm as non-exec chair
Gloo Networks, a company set up to buy and operate consumer brands in the media…
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Vivendi ‘won’t vote Telecom Italia share plan’
France-basee media giant Vivendi is to abstain from voting on Telecom Italia’s plan to convert…
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Vivendi deal for 26.2% of Banijay-Zodiak
Vivendi has signed an agreement to take a 26.2% stake in the new production and…
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Canal+ sees French subs base decline
French pay TV outfit Canal+’s performance in the first nine months of the year was…
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Vivendi relaunches Watchever with SVOD ‘channels’
Watchever is being relaunched with a raft of international content companies launching channel-type offerings on…