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- French judges put Warner Music CEO under formal investigation
- PARIS AFP — French judges have placed the head of Warner Music, Edgar Bronfman Jr, under formal investigation as part of a probe into French media giant Vivendi Universal, legal sources told AFP on Thursday. Bronfman, who was once a director of Vivendi and who sold shares in the...
- Research articles 2008-02-07
- Vivendi posts 2.61 billion euro annual net profit
- PARIS AFP — French media and telecommunications giant Vivendi on Wednesday reported full-year adjusted net profit of 2.61 billion euros (3.43 billion dollars), up 17.9 percent from a year earlier. The 2006 result exceeded guidance and a consensus forecast of 2.58 billion euros, amid strong gains in its main...
- Research articles 2007-03-07
- Bertelsmann agrees to sell BMG Music Publishing to Vivendi for 1.63 bln euros
- FRANKFURT AFP — German media giant Bertelsmann said it had agreed to sell its BMG Music Publishing arm to French group Vivendi for 1.63 billion euros two billion dollars. The deal has already been approved by the supervisory boards of both Bertelsmann and Vivendi, the German group said in a...
- Research articles 2006-09-06
- Vivendi rejects approach from Sebastian Holdings
- PARIS AFP — The French media and telecom group Vivendi says it has rejected an approach from its biggest shareholder Sebastian Holdings. Vivendi said that it considered the approach, in the form of "a request for cooperation" to be directed at "dismembering the group". The price of shares in...
- Research articles 2006-05-17
- French firms to beam TV programmes to mobile phones
- PARIS AFP — French satellite television broadcaster Canalsat and mobile phone operator SFR are to launch on Wednesday the world's first service that will beam television programmes direct to mobile telephones, the two companies said. The channels will be available on so-called third generation or 3G services provided for...
- Research articles 2005-06-28
- Getting Messier; Corporate scandal in France.(More trouble for Jean-Marie Messier)
- The continuing pursuit of a disgraced boss JEAN-MARIE MESSIER, the disgraced former boss of Vivendi Universal, a media and telecoms group that fell from grace in 2002, is facing further dishonour. He was placed under formal investigation on June 23rd after two days...
- Research articles 2004-06-26
- Media giant NBC Universal is born as mega-merger is consummated
- NEW YORK AFP ? New media-entertainment titan NBC Universal was born as France's Vivendi Universal completed a deal with General Electric's NBC for the venture to compete with the likes of Time Warner and News Corp. The new group controlled by the US firm is expected to post 15...
- Research articles 2004-05-12
- NBC Universal steps up as a media giant
- NEW YORK -- NBC clinched its big media prize Wednesday, completing a merger with the Universal television and entertainment businesses to create a major media conglomerate. NBC Universal will rival Time Warner Inc. and Viacom Inc. in industry clout by combining a top- rated TV network backed by a major...
- Research articles 2004-05-13
- NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment Unite to Create NBC Universal
- DVD News 05-12-2004 NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment Unite to Create NBC Universal DVD NEWS-12 May 2004-NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment Unite to Create NBC Universal C1999-2004 DVD News. Distributed for AM Newswire Inc via M2 Communications Ltd (www.m2.com). ...
- Research articles 2004-05-12
- US regulators clear NBC-Vivendi Entertainment deal
- WASHINGTON AFP ? The mega-deal to merge the entertainment unit of France's Vivendi Universal with General Electric's NBC won approval from the US Federal Trade Commission, an agency spokesman said. "The FTC has closed its entire investigation and has concluded that the companies can now proceed their transaction," said...
- Research articles 2004-04-20
- Vivendi, Barry Diller sign agreement opening the way for VUE-NBC merger
- PARIS AFP ? French communications and media group Vivendi Universal said it had signed an agreement with InterActiveCorp, the holding firm of US media tycoon Barry Diller, opening the way for the merger of its US unit and GE's NBC. Vivendi said it and IAC had "agreed on the...
- Research articles 2004-04-21
- Sunday Business, London, Grant Clelland Column.
- By Grant Clelland, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 21--What is the point of Vivendi Universal? The French media conglomerate is now only half the size it was when Jean-Rene Fourtou was parachuted in to haul it back from financial disaster...
- Research articles 2004-03-21
- Daily News, New York, Media Column.
- By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 18--Under heavy pressure from the top ranks of NBC, Vivendi chief Jean-Rene Fourtou has declared war on media mogul Barry Diller. Vivendi disclosed yesterday that it has sued Diller's...
- Research articles 2004-03-18
- Amateur beats media prognosticating pros again
- What a horrible year for Wall Street analysts. First, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sent chills down their spines after finding that several analysts had privately denigrated stocks they publicly urged investors to buy. Now, for the third year, a reader walloped them in the Seventh Annual USA TODAY...
- Research articles 2003-12-26
- Daily News, New York, Media Column.
- By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 6--Barry Diller's messy show biz marriage with French media giant Vivendi is finally on its way to divorce court. The online mogul and Vivendi are heading to the negotiating...
- Research articles 2003-11-06
- NBC-VIVENDI MERGER CREATES MEDIA GIANT.
- After months of negotiations, NBC is getting its prize: Membership in the Big Media Club. NBC, a unit of General Electric Co., sealed a deal to merge with the entertainment businesses of Vivendi Universal, the companies announced Wednesday, creating a media conglomerate in the same class...
- Research articles 2003-10-14
- A merged media giant in the making.
- Oct 08, 2003 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) US conglomerate General Electric and French media and communications group Vivendi Universal are to merge entertainment assets in the US. The new company will be called NBC Universal, and will combine General Electric's NBC television...
- Research articles 2003-10-08
- Daily News, New York, Media Column.
- By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 11--Vivendi's top brass is set to pocket tens of millions of dollars in bonuses once the beleaguered French media giant and NBC sign off on their $14 billion deal, inside...
- Research articles 2003-09-11
- Going, not yet gone.
- Sep 09, 2003 (The Economist - ABIX via COMTEX) The French media giant, Vivendi Universal, is heavily in debt. Its debt stands at around EUR13 billion ($US14 billion) and it needs to sell assets and make deals. Vivendi Universal is entering a deal involving ...
- Research articles 2003-09-09
- NBC-UNIVERSAL MERGER DEAL SHOULD BE SIGNED BY END SEPTEMBER.
- The final merger agreement between US television network NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment "should be concluded by the end of September ", the CEO of Vivendi Universal VU, Jean-Rene Fourtou, told a press conference on September 2. The French media and communications group announced on September...
- Research articles 2003-09-09
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