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		<title><![CDATA[Vivendi Snaps Up More Of France's Canal+ As NBCU Price Talks Continue]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Vivendi (EPA: VIV) may not be able be able to agree a price to offload its 20 percent stake in the NBCU JV&#8212;but at home, the French multimedia group has no doubts about plans to grow its domestic TV empire.On Monday the company announced a deal to buy the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:50:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TF1 to sell stake in Canal Plus to Vivendi]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ France's biggest TV company, TF1, is set to sell its 9.9% share in pay-TV operator Canal Plus to Vivendi for EUR744m (USD1.1bn). The sale will be a welcome cash injection for TF1, which has suffered this year as a result of a decline in ad revenues.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:43:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GE-Vivendi Talks Over NBC Universal Stalled: Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Talks between General Electric and Vivendi over the future of NBC Universal have stalled, the New York Times reported on Friday night.Citing people involved in the discussions, the newspaper said the two sides appear to be at least $500 million apart on how to value NBC...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:45:39 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vivendi CEO Sees NBCU IPO As An Option]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Vivendi (EPA: VIV) would be amenable to a flotation of NBCU Universal on the NYSE, as possible future configurations for the TV JV work their way out.&#8220;Why not?,&#8221; Vivendi CEO Jean-Bernard L by Robert Andrews]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:26:22 -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[The survivor: despite enduring four owners in a decade, Universal TV is in fine shape.(Top of the Week)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NBC Universal steps up as a media giant]]></title>
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		<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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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NBC Completes Acquisition of Most Vivendi Universal Entertainment Assets.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NBC Finalizes $14 Billion Deal for Universal.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 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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		<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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		<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[NBC merges with Vivendi Universal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20031009/ai_n11425128]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 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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		<title><![CDATA[B&C indices: week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4.(Top of the Week)(week of August 29 - September 4, 2003)(Brief Article)(Illustration)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5053/is_200309/ai_n18375506]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WEEK OF AUG. 29-SEPT. 4    B&C INDICES    THE B&C 10    WEEK     YTD    2.4%     18.9%    BROADCAST TV GROUPS    WEEK     YTD ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Media cool on US shake-up.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200309/ai_n17831340]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Susan Strother Clarke Column.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200308/ai_n21587742]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[That's entertainment.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200307/ai_n17718883]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Good News in Italy.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200304/ai_n17580941]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News gets tough over Italian TV.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200212/ai_n17832265]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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