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On 11 December 2000 Vivendi Universal was created from the merger of Groupe Canal+, Canadian company Seagram Company Ltd (owner of Universal Studios), and Vivendi. [7] Vivendi Universal acquired MP3.com and the leading American publisher Houghton Mifflin in 2001. To raise the funds, Vivendi Universal sold its trade and medical publishing ...
Vivendi. (2003–2008) Vivendi Games (formerly known as CUC Software, Cendant Software, Havas Interactive, Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing and Vivendi Universal Games) was an American video game publisher and holding company based in Los Angeles. It was founded in 1996 as CUC Software, the publishing subsidiary of CUC International ...
Former assets. NBCUniversal (20% stake, now fully owned by Comcast) Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment (division of UMGD, now owned by Cinedigm) Universal Music Group (60% stake, became independent in September 2021) Activision Blizzard (5.8% stake, now owned by Microsoft Gaming) Maroc Telecom (53% stake, now owned by Etisalat)
Shareholders from the U.S. and multiple countries took entertainment conglomerate Vivendi Universal to court in Paris on Tuesday to demand up to $1 billion in damages for allegedly hiding its ...
Media conglomerate Vivendi is moving forward with its proposal to split into three separate entities, the company revealed on Monday. The plan, first revealed in December 2023, aims to address ...
Acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast The logo of Comcast from late 2006 to 2013 NBCUniversal logo since 2011 Alternate NBCUniversal logo, created after the company's takeover and featuring Comcast's updated NBC peacock logo to promote its ownership Initiator Comcast Target NBC Universal from GE Type Majority stake (until March 2013) Full acquisition (from March 2013) Cost US$ 13.75 billion ...
NBCUniversal was formed on May 11, 2004, beginning on November 8, 2004 as NBC Universal, Inc., with the merger of General Electric (GE)'s NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment's film and television subsidiary Universal Studios, after GE had acquired 80% of the subsidiary, giving Vivendi a 20% share of the new company.
Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly as MCA Inc., also known simply as Universal) is an American media and entertainment conglomerate and is owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast. Originally founded in 1924 as Music Corporation of America by Jules C. Stein and William R. Goodheart Jr., the company became a major force in the film industry ...