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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 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
- Deutsche Telekom to buy Polish telecoms operator PTC
- WARSAW AFP ? German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has agreed with French firm Vivendi Universal and Polish energy group Elektrim to buy Poland's biggest mobile phone group PTC. Quoting well-informed sources, the Rzeczpospolita daily said Wednesday that Deutsche Telekom, which already owns 49 percent of PTC, had reached a...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- 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
- Deutsche Telekom again eyeing Polish telecoms operator PTC: report
- FRANKFURT AFP ? German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom is again in negotiations with French firm Vivendi Universal and Polish energy group Elektrim to buy Poland's biggest mobile phone group PTC, the Financial Times Deutschland reported. Quoting well-informed sources, the newspaper said Deutsche Telekom, which already owns 49 percent of...
- Research articles 2004-06-17
- The survivor: despite enduring four owners in a decade, Universal TV is in fine shape.(Top of the Week)
- Any company slammed by the perpetual tornado that has swirled around Universal Television should be in terrible shape. The cable network and TV studio operation has been flipped among four owners in the past decade. The last owner, Vivendi, was gripped by a financial scandal that...
- Research articles 2004-05-17
- 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 Completes Acquisition of Most Vivendi Universal Entertainment Assets.
- By Greg Hernandez, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 13--NBC formally acquired Vivendi Universal on Wednesday, putting the newly christened NBC Universal on equal footing with The Walt Disney Co. and Viacom Inc. as a media monolith crossing ...
- Research articles 2004-05-13
- Report: NBC-VU hits snag at FTC over fees.(This Just In)(the Federal Trade Commission shows concerns over NBC's plans for using its merger with Vivendi Universal Entertainment to gain higher programming feess from cable operators)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly concerned that NBC plans to use its pending merger with Vivendi Universal Entertainment to extract higher programming fees from cable operators. The FTC's concerns were reported Dec. 31 in USA Today, which cited unnamed individuals. FTC spokesman Mitch...
- Research articles 2004-01-05
- NBC, Vivendi merger hits possible snag
- WASHINGTON -- NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment's seemingly problem-free merger has hit a snag because internal NBC documents have antitrust enforcers worried about the effect the deal could have on consumers, people familiar with the deal say. The European Commission approved the $14 billion deal last week, but the...
- Research articles 2003-12-31
- Heat Index; Weekly Rating (0-10) of Sizzle & Fizzle.(Media Works)
- 9 NBC Universal Bob Wright has gotten Vivendi Universal's movie studio and cable channels to round out GE's media holdings beyond NBC, creating a $43 billion entity. 7 Deutsch and Wolff New York columnist Michael Wolff and ad man Donny Deutsch are teaming with...
- Research articles 2003-10-13
- 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
- B&C indices: week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4.(Top of the Week)(week of August 29 - September 4, 2003)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
- WEEK OF AUG. 29-SEPT. 4 B&C INDICES THE B&C 10 WEEK YTD 2.4% 18.9% BROADCAST TV GROUPS WEEK YTD ...
- Research articles 2003-09-08
- NBC wins Vivendi auction
- PARIS -- General Electric Co.'s NBC emerged the winner Tuesday of a tortuous, months-long contest for the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal, which include a major movie studio, three cable channels, a television studio and several theme parks. NBC and Vivendi said they intend to combine the...
- Research articles 2003-09-03
- That's entertainment.
- Jul 22, 2003 (The Economist - ABIX via COMTEX) Vivendi is auctioning its US entertainment operations. A buyer will be selected in September 2003. The French conglomerate is cleverly giving the impression there is intense rivalry for the assets, which comprise a film studio,...
- Research articles 2003-07-22
- Liberty spreads news on DirecTV. (Finance).(Liberty Media Corp. is in discussions with News Corp. for a possible joint acquisition of DirecTV Inc.)
- Liberty Media Corp. is in talks with News Corp. concerning a possible joint acquisition of DirecTV Inc., the direct-broadcast satellite arm of Hughes Electronics Corp., Liberty CEO Dob Bennett told investors and analysts last week. Bennett, who spoke at the Salomon Smith...
- Research articles 2003-01-13
- Marketplace
- DOW JONES VS. CABLE MSO WATCH 52-Week YTD ...
- Research articles 2001-06-11
- Telecoms keep the pot boiling.(mergers and acquisitions)
- Peter Shearlock examines the latest merger and acquisition figures The high-tech bubble may have burst in March, but telecoms and media deals still dominate our list of the leading cross-border transactions announced in the first half of the year. Four of the top five...
- Research articles 2000-08-01
- Tristani For Free Time
- Marketplace in political broadcasting may not be working properly -- just as it wasn't in children's TV, which prompted legislation -- so "it may be time for the government to step in," FCC Comr. Tristani said. Speaking June 19 at American Enterprise Institute AEI seminar on "Campaigns, Broadcasters and...
- Research articles 2000-06-26
- XFERA (FCC-VIVENDI) SECURES UMTS MOBILE TELEPHONY LICENCE.
- The Xfera consortium, in which the leading shareholders are the Spanish FCC group and its French Partner Vivendi, has secured a third generation UMTS mobile telephony licence is Spain, the Official State Bulletin announced on March 13. The other three licenses were awarded as expected to...
- Research articles 2000-03-30
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