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Vivendi
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Vivendi files complaint against Mediaset with regulator
Vivendi has opened a new front in its war with Mediaset by filing a complaint…
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Vivendi secures right to vote in MediaForEurope battle with Mediaset
Vivendi has secured a victory in its battle to secure representation of its views on…
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Mediaset unveils voting share allocation for MediaForEurope
Mediaset has announced the proportion of special voting shares that will be allocated to its…
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Vivendi takes legal action to preserve right to vote against MediaForEurope plan
Vivendi has confirmed that it plans to vote against the planned merger of Mediaset into…
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Mediaset takes MediaForEurope battle with Vivendi to regulator
Mediaset has taken its battle with shareholder Vivendi to Italian markets regulator CONSOB with a…
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Mediaset faces Vivendi and ISS opposition to merger plan
Mediaset is facing shareholder opposition to its plans to merge with its Spanish offshoot and…
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Vivendi opens talks with Tencent to sell Universal Music stake
Canal+ owner Vivendi has entered into preliminary talks to sell a 10% stake in Universal…
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Mediaset accepts Simon Fiducaria demand for inclusion
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has accepted a demand by shareholder Simon Fiducaria to be included in…
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Canal+ ‘confident’ it will continue to air Ligue 1
Canal+ remains confident that it will still be able to distribute top-tier French football from…
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Canal+ domestic losses contribute to revenue decline
Canal+ continued to lose domestic subscribers in the quarter to June, weighing on its revenues….
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Mediaset resists Vivendi’s move to call new shareholder meeting
Vivendi has secured a partial recognition by Mediaset of its claim to the right to…
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Mediaset hails court ruling against Vivendi’s Dailymotion
A Rome court has fined Vivendi-owned online video service Dailymotion €5.5 million for infringing Mediaset…
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Vivendi slams Mediaset internationalisation plan
Vivendi has explicitly criticised Mediaset’s plans to combine its Italian and Spanish units in a…
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Canal+ to cut French workforce by 20%
Canal+ is to reduce its workforce by 20% in France as it struggles to regain…
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Vivendi takes action and Mediaset moves to internationalise
Vivendi has taken legal action against Mediaset to assert its shareholder rights following attempts by…
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Genish resigns from Telecom Italia board
Amos Genish, the Vivendi-backed former CEO of Telecom Italia (TIM) who was ousted in a…
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Mediaset creates new holding company, merges Spanish, Italian operations
Mediaset is merging its Spanish and Italian business into a holding company based in Amsterdam….
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Vivendi issues €2.1 billion bond as M7 acquisition approaches
Vivendi has successfully placed a €2.1 billion bond ahead of the acquisition of M7 by…
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Canal+ acquires M7 Group in €1bn deal
Vivendi-owned Canal+ has agreed to acquire international pay TV operator M7 group from private-equity investor…
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Vivendi condemns exclusion from Mediaset shareholder meeting
Vivendi has condemned a decision by Mediaset to refuse to allow it to vote at…
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Bolloré replaces Bolloré on Vivendi board
Vivendi’s annual shareholders’ meeting has appointed Cyrille Bolloré as a member of its supervisory board…
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Canal+ revenues slide despite international growth
Canal+ Group saw its revenues slide from €1.298 billion to €1.252 billion year-on-year in the…
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Vivendi abandons move to replace Telecom Italia board
Vivendi has abandoned attempts to replace Telecom Italia (TIM) board members nominated by arch-foe Elliott…
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Vivendi and Telecom Italia trade blows as shareholder meeting approaches
Vivendi and Telecom Italia (TIM) have again traded blows in the run-up to the March…
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Elliott and Vivendi trade insults as Telecom Italia battle rages on
Media giant Vivendi and activist investor Elliott Management are continuing to engage in an increasingly…
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Canal+ launches new streaming service Canal+ Séries
Canal+ has launched its new streaming service. Canal+ Séries will be available for €6.99 a…
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Vivendi: Telecom Italia auditors’ report justifies claims
Vivendi has claimed that a statutory auditors’ report on Telecom Italia (TIM), released at the…
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Vivendi completes Ubisoft exit
Vivendi has sold the last tranche of its shares in gaming outfit Ubisoft. The media…
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Vivendi outlines plans to ‘restore value for Telecom Italia’
Vivendi has published a paper outlining its proposals to “restore value for Telecom Italia,” which…
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TIM board approves talks with Open Fiber for possible sale of network
Telecom Italia’s (TIM) board has approved a new strategic plan that includes the opening of…