PARIS (Reuters) – French media conglomerate Vivendi (VIV.PA) and activist fund Amber Capital – the two biggest shareholders in French company Lagardere (LAGA.PA) – said they would go to court over Lagardere’s refusal to hold a special shareholders meeting. The... More »
MILAN (Reuters) – Vivendi has been an “awful” investor in Telecom Italia (TIM), Italy’s outgoing Industry Minister Carlo Calenda told daily la Repubblica on Monday, as the French media company fights to keep its grip on Italy’s biggest phone group. “I am in fa... More »
BARCELONA/LONDON (Reuters) – Vivendi’s Universal Music Group (UMG) could be worth more than $40 billion, Chief Executive Arnaud de Puyfontaine said on Friday, helping to buoy shares in the French media group after third-quarter results in which UMG was a highl... More »
Telecom Italia's (TIM) fixed-line network is a strategic asset and the group is examining the dossier with the national government to find a shared solution, chairman Arnaud De Puyfontaine said in a daily on Friday. More »
Italy has launched a process that could end with Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI) being fined for failing to notify Rome that French media group Vivendi (VIV.PA) had assumed de facto control of the phone company, a government source said. More »
File photo of Vincent Bollore, Chairman of media group Vivendi, reacts during the company’s shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – When French tycoon Vincent Bollore backed out of a deal to b... More »
File photo of Vincent Bollore, Chairman of media group Vivendi, reacts during the company’s shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – When French tycoon Vincent Bollore backed out of a deal to b... More »
File photo of Vincent Bollore, Chairman of media group Vivendi, reacts during the company’s shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo When French tycoon Vincent Bollore backed out of a deal to buy the pay-TV busi... More »
File photo of Vincent Bollore, Chairman of media group Vivendi, reacts during the company’s shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo When French tycoon Vincent Bollore backed out of a deal to buy the pay-TV busi... More »
By Mathieu Rosemain | PARIS PARIS When French tycoon Vincent Bollore backed out of a deal to buy the pay-TV business of Italian broadcaster Mediaset (MS.MI), and instead proposed to take a large slice of the parent company itself, investors feared he was plott... More »
PARIS Billionaire Vincent Bollore, the top shareholder in both media group Vivendi (VIV.PA) and advertising agency Havas (HAVA.PA), on Tuesday evoked the possibility of a tie-up between the two companies. “It’s obvious that one day there will be something betw... More »
MILAN/PARIS French media group Vivendi (VIV.PA) agreed on Friday to buy the pay-TV operation of Italian broadcaster Mediaset (MS.MI), completing a major step in billionaire businessman Vincent Bollore’s plan to build a southern European content and video-on-de... More »
MILAN French media group Vivendi (VIV.PA) has raised its stake in Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI) to 24.9 percent, just below the 25 percent threshold that would force it to launch a takeover bid, according to a filing with U.S. market authorities. Vivendi previously... More »
MILAN Silvio Berlusconi’s broadcaster Mediaset is close to selling its pay-TV unit to Vivendi, three sources close to the matter said, a move that would strengthen the French media group’s grip on Italy. Vivendi is already the top shareholder in Telecom Italia... More »
PARIS French media group Vivendi said on Tuesday it had bought a 26.2 percent stake in TV production and distribution company Banijay for 290 million euros in cash ($319.15 million). It said Banijay Group has 900 million euros ($990.45 million) in revenues and... More »
MILAN French media group Vivendi has increased its stake in Telecom Italia to 22.8 percent, a regulatory filing showed, further strengthening its position as the top shareholder in the Italian phone group. The filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commi... More »
MILAN France’s Vivendi has tabled an offer for a majority stake in the pay TV unit of Mediaset, Il Corriere della Sera said on Saturday. The offer has been on the table of the Italian broadcaster’s CEO for several days, the newspaper said without citing source... More »
MILAN The chief executive of Telecom Italia Marco Patuano has the full support of the board as well as that of the head of its main shareholder Vivendi, a Telecom Italia board member said on Wednesday. Vivendi, whose chairman and top investor is influential Fr... More »
PARIS Vivendi raised its stakes in French video games makers Ubisoft and Gameloft and indicated that it may buy additional shares later and seek board seats. Vivendi sold off its video games business Activision Blizzard in 2013 in the opening salvo of an asset... More »
PARIS French media group Vivendi (VIV.PA) reported higher second-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by strong growth in its Universal Music division, and said recent asset sales could enable it to consider more acquisitions in the future. The company, with a ... More »
NEW YORK A Bronx, New York clothing designer suing Jay Z for royalties from the Roc-A-Fella Records logo is seeking the recusal of a federal judge overseeing the $7 million lawsuit. In a Monday court filing, plaintiff Dwayne Walker said U.S. Magistrate Judge R... More »
PARIS French media group Vivendi pushed out Rodolphe Belmer as chief of its Canal Plus unit on Friday amid disappointment over what one source said was a failure to rejuvenate the pay-TV channel and halt a drop in sales and profits. The move came amid a high-p... More »
