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		<title><![CDATA[Vivendi outbids Telefonica and wins GVT]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Vivendi, the biggest entertainment group in Europe, has flouted analysts' predictions by outbidding Telefonica in a battle for Brazilian broadband operator GVT. Vivendi topped Telefonica's USD4bn bid by offering USD4.18bn. CEO of the French entertainment group, Jean-Bernard Levy, says the high bid is a reflection of "the exceptional quality...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:32:50 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[If Vivendi Blocks NBCU-Comcast Deal, There Will Be Fallout]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It could just be posturing, but Vivendi SA says it is in no hurry to sell its 20 percent stake in NBC Universal, which would trigger a $30 billion deal for Comcast to become majority owner of the media giant. There will be interesting fall-out if the proposed transaction does...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:33:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Former NBCU Chairman Says Now Is Not The Time For An IPO]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It isn&#8217;t his problem anymore but former NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) Chairman and CEO Bob Wright has a few thoughts on whether Vivendi (EPA: VIV) will end up getting out its stake in NBCU and if a Comcast-GE will go through. During an interview with Liz Claman on Fox...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:32:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[French judges put Warner Music CEO under formal investigation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vivendi posts 2.61 billion euro annual net profit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bertelsmann agrees to sell BMG Music Publishing to Vivendi for 1.63 bln euros]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vivendi rejects approach from Sebastian Holdings]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[French firms to beam TV programmes to mobile phones]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Getting Messier; Corporate scandal in France.(More trouble for Jean-Marie Messier)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[NBC Universal steps up as a media giant]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20040513/ai_n11459432]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Media giant NBC Universal is born as mega-merger is consummated]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200405/ai_kepm466880]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment Unite to Create NBC Universal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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).  ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vivendi, Barry Diller sign agreement opening the way for VUE-NBC merger]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200404/ai_kepm451825]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[US regulators clear NBC-Vivendi Entertainment deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200403/ai_n22134810]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Amateur beats media prognosticating pros again]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200312/ai_kepm375111]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Daily News, New York, Media Column.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200311/ai_n22001335]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NBC-VIVENDI MERGER CREATES MEDIA GIANT.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6463/is_200310/ai_n25680193]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A merged media giant in the making.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200310/ai_n17636075]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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