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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 ...
Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment (division of Universal Pictures, now owned by Cinedigm) Activision Blizzard (5.8% stake, now owned by Microsoft Gaming) Maroc Telecom (53% stake, now owned by Etisalat) SFR (sold to Altice) Global Village Telecom (sold to Telefônica Vivo) Vivendi Environnement (divested through IPO between 2000 and 2002, now known ...
Shareholders from the U.S. and multiple countries took entertainment conglomerate Vivendi Universal to court in Paris on Tuesday to demand up to $1 billion in damages for allegedly hiding its ...
Acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast The logo of Comcast from late 2006 to 2013 NBCUniversal logo since 2011 Alternate NBCUniversal logo, created after the company's takeover and featuring Comcast's updated NBC peacock logo to promote its ownership Initiator Comcast Target NBC Universal from GE Type Majority stake (until March 2013) Full acquisition (from March 2013) Cost US$ 13.75 billion ...
PARIS (Reuters) -Vivendi's most prized division Universal, the music label behind artists like Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, drove group first-half results, bolstering its position two months ...
Vivendi itself would remain listed on Euronext Paris, focusing on developing Gameloft and managing its investment portfolio, which includes Universal Music Group. Best of Variety What's Coming to ...
When Vivendi Universal sold all of its media operations to General Electric in October 2003, Vivendi Universal held on to Vivendi Universal Games, which was re-organized as a direct division of the conglomerate. [16] On March 3, 2006, with the sale completed, Vivendi Universal announced they would be dropping the "Universal" part of their name ...
France-based Vivendi, parent of Universal Music Group, has sold 7.1% of that company’s share capital to Pershing Square Holdings, the investment firm managed by billionaire Bill Ackman, for $2.8 ...