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- Vivendi Board Meets This Week But Decision On GE Stake Could Stretch Into December
- The sound of ticking as Vivendi SA (EPA: VIV) decides whether or not to sell its 20 percent stake in NBC Universal during this year’s window is getting as loud as the clock in the crocodile that haunts Captain Hook. The volume this time around (the French company has...
- External links 2009-10-13
- Earnings: Vivendi H1 Up On Games, Digital Music Growth
- Fast growing digital music sales and the ongoing popularity of online multiplayer video games helped Vivendi (EPA: VIV) to a recession-beating 15 percent year-on-year revenue growth in the first half of 2009.—Activision Blizzard: The games division continued to power on - revenues up 300 percent from last year to...
- External links 2009-09-01
- Top Microsoft Zune Marketing Executive Leaves For Universal Music
- Chris Stephenson, who has overseen global marketing for Microsoft’s Zune music player since its debut in 2006, is leaving Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) to join Universal Music, the WSJ reports. Stephenson confirms he is leaving to the WSJ. At Universal, he will lead marketing for Interscope Geffen A & M...
- External links 2009-08-26
- Universal Music Buys International Rights To Sinatra Albums
- Universal Music has purchased the international rights to Frank Sinatra albums from the Sinatra Family and Warner Music, the Financial Times reports. Under the terms of the deal, Universal can reissue albums that Sinatra released for Reprise, the record label he founded in 1960 and later sold to Warner...
- External links 2009-08-20
- World Of Warcraft Magazine Targeting Gold-Rich, Long-Term Subscribers
- Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) is adding orcs, trolls and blood elves to its list of licensed magazine franchises. The Bath, England-based publisher is partnering with Blizzard Entertainment for World Of Warcraft: The Magazine, a quarterly available in English, French, German, and Spanish.Most interestingly, the 148-page title will be available...
- External links 2009-08-20
- Judge Rules For Universal But Lets Redbox Antitrust Claim Stand
- DVD rental biz Redbox took a big hit in its efforts to sue several Universal Studios units over a policy withholding new releases from vending machines for 45 days. After a months-long delay, U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler dismissed two counts in the suit late Monday, in a 13-page...
- External links 2009-08-18
- Telefonica and Vivendi set to bid for Digital Plus - Rumour
- Telefonica and Vivendi are are joining forces to bid for Prisa's Digital Plus in an attempt to ease competition concerns, reports the Financial Times citing "people close to process". The Spanish telco and the French media conglomerate have held talks about a joint approach, but have yet to submit...
- Articles 2008-11-24
- Ubisoft buys Activision subsidiary Massive
- Ubisoft has acquired Swedish games studio Massive Entertainment from its parent company, Activision Blizzard, for an undisclosed sum. Activision has been looking to sell the asset for three months after Activision's recent merger with Vivendi made the unit surplus to needs, reports Digital Spy. ...
- Articles 2008-11-13
- Guvera Gets UMG To Buy In To Its Dream Of Ad-Supported Music Downloads
- Next year is shaping up to be an interesting one in terms of digital music. We’ll be able to see how much traction music video site Vevo ultimately gains, whether Google’s music search becomes ubiquitous, and possibly see Spotify launch here in the U.S. There will also be two...
- External links 2009-11-18
- Vivendi Profits Rise On Acti-Blizz Games Success: Call Of Duty 'Biggest Entertainment Launch Ever'
- Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 grossed more than $300 million in sales in its first 24 hours just in the US and the UK, making it not just the biggest video game launch of the year, but the biggest entertainment launch, in any medium, ever. That most...
- External links 2009-11-12
- Universal Music's Grainge To Succeed Morris As CEO
- Universal Music CEO Doug Morris will be succeeded by international chief Lucian Grainge next year, BusinessWeek reports (The Times Online also calls Grainge Morris’ “annointed successor” in a piece today). BusinessWeek says that Morris—who has overseen Universal Music’s operations for the last 15 years—plans to step down as CEO...
- External links 2009-11-03
- @ Google's Discover Music: MySpace Will Power Google's Music Search Results
- At the famed Capitol Records building in Hollywood, Google officially unveiled its OneBox music search service. First news tidbit to emerge is that MySpace will be powering the streaming music, videos and track purchases—not it’s new acquisition iLike. Google’s Marissa Mayer demoed what the new music search results would...
- External links 2009-10-28
- Vivendi CEO Sees NBCU IPO As An Option
- 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.“Why not?,” Vivendi CEO Jean-Bernard L by Robert Andrews
- External links 2009-10-27
- Industry Moves: Nokia's Kohl To Head Up Ad Sales At Vevo
- Former Nokia interactive ad sales vet David Kohl has joined Vevo, the music video site that labels like UMG and Sony are hoping will be “the next Hulu.” As EVP of of customer sales and operations, Kohl will lead Vevo’s efforts to secure big brand sponsorships, reporting to CEO...
- External links 2009-09-23
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- Vivendi Stake Sale in NBCU Hinges on Price, Timing
- By Jui Chakravorty and Dominique VidalonNEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - Talks on the sale of Vivendi SA's VIV NBC Universal NBCU stake to General Electric Co GE hinge on when Vivendi would get paid as well as how much, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.The two sides are up...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Former Vivendi executives face trial
- Jean-Marie Messier and Edgar Bronfman Jr, former executives at Vivendi, the French media group, have been ordered to stand trial by a Paris judge over allegations that include share price manipulation dating back eight years. The decision by Jean-Marie d'Huy, the investigating judge, overrules an earlier finding by the Paris...
- News items 2009-10-22
- GE, Vivendi Differ on NBCU Valuation: Report
- PARIS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric GE and Vivendi VIV are at least $1 billion apart in their valuation of the French group's stake in NBC Universal, the Financial Times said, dampening hopes of a swift sale. Analysts believe that after Vivendi's recent costly acquisition of Brazil's GVT (GVTT3), a...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Vivendi Eyes NBC Universal Exit: CFO
- BARCELONA (Reuters) - Vivendi could exit from U.S. media group NBCU Universal as it has no intention to be part of the future joint venture being discussed by Comcast and General Electric, its chief financial officer said on Thursday.Philippe Capron also told the Morgan Stanley Media & Telecoms conference that...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Vivendi Eyes NBC Universal Exit: CFO
- BARCELONA (Reuters) - Vivendi could exit from U.S. media group NBCU Universal as it has no intention to be part of the future joint venture being discussed by Comcast and General Electric, its chief financial officer said on Thursday. Philippe Capron also told the Morgan Stanley Media & Telecoms conference...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Vivendi Could Ignite Discounted Spin-Off or Sale of NBC Universal
- This could be the year Vivendi unloads its 20 percent stake in NBC Universal. But even if it finally exercises that option in November, NBCU's parent GE isn't unlikely to unload part or all of the unit for at least a year, according to my sources. Should...
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
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