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- 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
- 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
- NBC Finalizes $14 Billion Deal for Universal.
- By Jerry W. Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 13--General Electric's NBC claimed a place among the media giants Wednesday by absorbing the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal in a multibillion-dollar deal that includes Universal Orlando and...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- NBC merges with Vivendi Universal
- NEW YORK -- 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...
- Research articles 2003-10-09
- 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
- Media cool on US shake-up.
- Sep 07, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) A merger in the US media sector may produce more competition. Vivendi Universal is merging with the NBC television business. The deal is worth $US40 billion ($A62 billion). The NBC free-to-air television network will now...
- Research articles 2003-09-07
- 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
- The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Susan Strother Clarke Column.
- By Susan Strother Clarke, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--Unwanted and unloved? No doubt that's the feeling at Universal Orlando today. The resort's parent company, Vivendi Universal, is still trying to figure out which bidder ...
- Research articles 2003-08-27
- 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
- Good News in Italy.
- Apr 03, 2003 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) News Corporation's $A1.6bn acquisition of Italian pay television operator Telepiu has been approved. Shares in the global media group increased $A0.36 to $A11.39 on the Australian sharemarket on 3 April 2003, with its preferred scrip...
- Research articles 2003-04-04
- News gets tough over Italian TV.
- Sep 26, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Rupert Murdoch may be trying to secure a better deal from beleaguered Vivendi to take its Telepiu pay-TV business. Murdoch-controlled News Corporation has told the Australian Stock Exchange that, despite a statement...
- Research articles 2002-12-18
- Delay for News on Italian pay-TV.
- Dec 03, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The European Commission has intervened in News Corporation's proposal for its Italian television assets. News Corp is seeking to create a subscription television monopoly by merging its subsidiary Stream with Vivendi Universal's Telepiu. The intervention...
- Research articles 2002-12-04
- Homecoming subdued.
- Oct 09, 2002 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) News Corporation CEO and chairman, Rupert Murdoch, gave an optimistic forecast for the group in Australia on 9 October 2002. Murdoch says business operations are strong while the company's net debt has been reduced to...
- Research articles 2002-10-09
- Telepiu sale may have hit stumbling block.(Brief Article)
- TV MEETS THE WEB-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ The sale of Vivendi Universal-owned Italian pay-TV channel Telepiu to News Corp. could be in jeopardy after News Corp. found 'due diligence issues' in the deal. The deal,...
- Research articles 2002-09-30
- Daily News, New York, Media Column.
- By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 11--It's damage control time as a beleaguered Michael Eisner heads to New York Friday, in an unusual effort to restore investor confidence. With Disney's stock in the dumps,...
- Research articles 2002-09-11
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