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Vivendi
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Canal+ and Free threaten to drop TF1 as services are cut from Orange
Canal+ and Free have threatened to cut ties with TF1 over the latter’s demands for…
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M6 strikes extended partnership with Canal+
French broadcaster M6 Group has struck a new partnership deal with Vivendi-owned pay TV provider…
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Vivendi hedges on Fnac Darty stake
French media giant Vivendi has entered into a hedging transaction with Société Générale to protect…
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Vivendi and Mediaset mulling new three-way JV deal
Vivendi, Telecom Italia and Mediaset are circling a possible agreement that would give the Italian…
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Vivendi absorbs Canal+ call centre costs and unveils revenue expectations
Vivendi now expects its revenues to grow by 5% at constant currency for 2017 while…
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African pay TV subscriber numbers to grow 74% by 2023
The number of pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa is due to increase by 74%…
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Vivendi-Mediaset rapprochement expected ‘within days’
Vivendi could strike a deal in the next few days to end its legal dispute…
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Telecom Italia closes in on Mediaset deal
Telecom Italia (TIM) has confirmed that it is in talks with Mediaset about a new…
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Mediaset’s share rise on Vivendi deal speculation
Mediaset’s shares rose on Friday as speculation mounted that the Italian’s broadcaster was close to…
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Vivendi and Mediaset reportedly close to agreeing deal
Vivendi and Mediaset are close to burying the hatchet and striking an agreement that will…
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Canal+ returns to growth, Vivendi chief confirms mediation in Italy
Vivendi has seen a return to growth for Canal+’s domestic French subscriber base for the…
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Canal+ secures Women’s World Cup rights from TF1
Vivendi-owned French pay TV operator Canal+ has secured the pay TV rights to the FIFA…
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Mediaset makes changes to minority board representation
In a decision that has been interpreted as a pre-emption of any move by Vivendi…
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Mediaset sees improvement, but no movement on Vivendi
Mediaset has posted results for the first nine months that beat market estimates on advertising…
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Vivendi’s mobile SVOD net Studio+ set for US
France’s Vivendi is launching its smartphone-targeted SVOD service Studio+ to the US. The service, which…
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Vivendi and Canal+ launch Canalbox fibre network in Africa
Group Vivendi Africa (GVA), a new unit of the French media giant set up to…
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Canal+ and Telecom Italia launch joint venture
Canal+ has created its planned joint venture with Telecom Italia (TIM), focusing on the acquisition…
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Ampere Analysis: media debt to fuel growth is mostly manageable
The high levels of debt being incurred by big international media companies such as Amazon,…
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Mediaset and Vivendi reportedly taking steps to a possible deal
Lawyers for Italy’s Mediaset and France’s Vivendi are holding talks to find a solution to…
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Vivendi keeps its cool as police search Paris offices
Vivendi has maintained that it will find a way out of its current impasse with…
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New version of Dailymotion launches in UK and Switzerland
The new premium content-focused version of Vivendi-owned video portal Dailymotion has launched in the UK…
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TIM holds firm as government mulls implementing Golden Power
Telecom Italia (TIM) has reiterated its view that it was not obliged to notify the…
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Telecom Italia names Genish as CEO and approves Canal+ JV
Telecom Italia (TIM) has confirmed the widely anticipated appointment of Amos Genish as its new…
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Italian government reportedly kicks off move to fine Telecom Italia
Italian authorities have kicked off the process that could end with Telecom Italia (TIM) incurring…
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Canal+ streaming service launches in 4K UHD on Apple TV
Canal+’s OTT TV service myCanal has teamed up with Apple to offer 4K UHD TV…
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Italy edging closer to ‘golden power’ as CONSOB says Vivendi controls TIM
The Italian government is edging closer towards activating its ‘golden power’ to intervene in industries…
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Vivendi ‘close to agreement’ with AGCOM over Mediaset stake
Vivendi is close to finding an agreement with Italian regulator AGCOM over the fate of…
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Vivendi ‘merging’ Dailymotion with Watchever
Vivendi is merging its struggling YouTube rival Dailymotion with video-on-demand technology unit Watchever, according to…
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Mediaset and Fininvest demand an additional €3bn from Vivendi
Vivendi has revealed that Mediaset and leading shareholder Fininvest filed a fresh lawsuit against it…
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Canal+ needs level playing field, says Vivendi chief
Canal+ needs and deserves a level playing field to compete with the likes of Altice…