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Vivendi
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Mediaset rejects Vivendi overture with demand for compensation
Mediaset has rejected Vivendi’s latest overture to initiate peace talks following the Italian broadcaster’s abandonment…
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Vivendi in fresh overture to Mediaset
Vivendi has contacted Mediaset senior management with a request to set up a meeting to…
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Mediaset edges towards Vivendi talks as merger hits roadblock
Mediaset has abandoned its existing plan to merge its Italian and Spanish arms under a…
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Canal+ may pull out of French digital-terrestrial platform at end of year
Canal+ may pull out of France’s digital-terrestrial TV platform when its licence expires at the…
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Canal+ rebounds with strong international growth and Disney+ deal
Vivendi-owned Canal+’s international expansion has begun to pay significant dividends, with the pay TV operator…
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Mediaset suffers major setback as Vivendi secures MFE legal victory
Mediaset’s plans to combine its Italian and Spanish arms under a new Dutch-registered holding company…
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Mediaset’s merger decision pushed back to September by Dutch court
The Dutch court hearing Vivendi’s appeal against an earlier judgement that rejected the French media…
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Italian court rejects Vivendi move to overturn restriction on Mediaset stake
Vivendi has suffered a setback on one front in its ongoing legal war with Mediaset,…
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Canal+ Polska moves ahead with IPO plan
Canal+ Polska is moving ahead with plans for an IPO and has filed a prospectus…
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Vivendi in fresh move to reverse Italian ruling on Mediaset stake
Vivendi has filed a fresh appeal with the Lazio regional administrative tribunal (TAR) in Italy…
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Industry all-in on MediaForEurope says Mediaset chair
Fedele Confalonieri, the chairman of Italian broadcaster Mediaset, said that the company has received a…
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Vivendi blocked from voting in Mediaset AGM
The trust that holds the majority of Vivendi’s stock in Mediaset has been barred from…
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Italian court waves away Vivendi appeal of MediaForEurope plan
The ongoing drama between Vivendi and Mediaset has taken its latest turn, with an Italian…
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Vivendi in fresh move to thwart Mediaset’s merger plan
Vivendi is involved in a fresh move to thwart Mediaset’s plans to merge its Italian…
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Mediaset hit by coronavirus in Q1
Mediaset saw its revenues hit by the Italian and Spanish markets’ exposure to the coronavirus…
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Bolloré and Vivendi help Lagardère see off activist investor
Arnaud Lagardère, the boss of the French media group of the same name, has seen…
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Canal+ and BeIN Sports make peace with French football league
French pay TV operators Canal+ and BeIN Sports have struck a deal with the country’s…
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Vivendi takes 10.6% stake in Lagardère
Canal+ owner Vivendi has taken a 10.6% stake in troubled French media conglomerate Lagardère. The…
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International growth cements solid quarter for Canal+
International subscriptions helped boost Canal+’s revenues in the first quarter, with the pay TV outfit…
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Canal+ marks Disney+ launch with free-to-view Mandalorian
French pay TV operator Canal+ is to mark the launch of Disney+ in the country…
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Vivendi and Mediaset in move and countermove as merger battle rages on
Mediaset has withdrawn the filing of its Dutch merger project in the Netherlands in the…
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Vivendi makes fresh legal move in Italy to stop Mediaset merger
Vivendi and Simon Fiduciaria, the company in which it has put the bulk of its…
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Dutch court rejects Vivendi move to stop Mediaset merger
Vivendi has suffered a reverse in its ongoing battle to prevent the creation of a…
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Mediaset gives itself extra time after Spanish court rejects merger appeal
Mediaset has filed its plan to merge its Italian and Spanish unites with the Dutch…
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Canal+ becoming ‘aggregator of apps’, international subs now in majority
Canal+ is “evolving from an aggregator of content to an aggregator of apps” through distribution…
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Mediaset España shareholders approve MFE but court maintains suspension of plan
An extraordinary general meeting of Mediaset España’s shareholders this week approved amendments to the articles…
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Vivendi to appeal as Italian court rejects bid to stop Mediaset merger
Vivendi has vowed to appeal a court ruling in Milan that rejected its request to…
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Italian court hearing pushed back as Vivendi acts on exclusion of Simon Fiduciaria from EGM
The Milan court considering Vivendi’s case against Mediaset over the latter’s plans to create a…
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Vivendi seeks injunction from Dutch court to block Mediaset merger
In the latest twist in its ongoing conflict with Mediaset, Vivendi has asked a Dutch…
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Vivendi and Mediaset trade accusations in wake of controversial EGM
Vivendi has accused Mediaset of an “unlawful refusal” to allow a key shareholder to vote…