Vivendi
News and overview for Vivendi
Vivendi/Canal+ Group acquire the 10% of Canal+ France owned by TF1 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 2 hours 36 minutes ago
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Vivendi Rewarded for Its Initiatives to Promote Employee Share Ownership [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 3 hours 51 minutes ago
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Vivendi Entertainment Promotes Yolanda Macias to Executive Vice President of Business Development and Acquisitions [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 13 days 21 hours 25 minutes ago
Vivendi Entertainment Promotes Yolanda Macias to...Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivendi Entertainment (VE) has promoted Yolanda...today by Tom O'Malley, President of Vivendi Entertainment. Formerly, she was SVP...
Activision Blizzard Announces Better-Than-Expected Third Quarter CY 2009 Financial Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 17 days 17 hours 11 minutes ago
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision Blizzard, Inc.
Vivendi Entertainment Acquires Assets From Genius Products, Inc. and Becomes Leader in Independent Home Entertainment [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 70 days 6 hours 52 minutes ago
Vivendi Entertainment Acquires Assets From Genius...New Multi-Year Distribution Deal with Vivendi Entertainment for its Remaining Catalog...independent home entertainment industry, Vivendi Entertainment (VE) has acquired from...
Universal Music Group (UMG) Partners With Guvera Limited for 2010 Launch of Guvera.com [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 5 days 25 minutes ago
...its full service management division; and Helter Skelter, its live music agency. Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company. Guvera Limited is a music and content download system designed in Australia...
Major League Baseball Productions and Shout! Factory Release Official DVD & Blu-ray(TM) Chronicling New York Yankees' 2009 World Series(R) Championship [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 6 days 16 hours 59 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ --The 2009 Fall Classic was the searing face-off many had hoped for -- the defending World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies against the New York Yankees. Eighty-six years after opening the original Yankee Stadium in 1923 with their first World Series title, the Yankees celebrated their inaugural season in the new Yankee Stadium with a record 27th championship.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment Announces the Next Generation of Blu-ray Interactivity With the Releases of Bruno, Funny People, 9, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, Public Enemies and Inglourious Basterds [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 13 days 55 minutes ago
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Delivering on its promise to provide consumers an ever more immersive, dynamic and interactive Blu-ray(TM) experience, Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE) announced today the launch of an array of enhanced iPhone and iPod touch-enabled features and social web-based offerings with the release of upcoming titles
Savoy Label Group and Universal Studios Team Up for Curious George Soundtrack [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 14 days 3 hours 25 minutes ago
...audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a...Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% owned by Vivendi. Boston based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company...
A Pulse-Pounding Thriller with a Shocking Twist That Will Keep You Hooked Long After the Story is Over: A PERFECT GETAWAY [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 18 days 55 minutes ago
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ --
Universal CityWalk(R) Sizzles With Opening of Samba, New Brazilian Steakhouse & Lounge Featuring Mouth-Watering Churrasco Fare, Pulsing Samba Music and Spirited Dancers [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 19 days 25 minutes ago
...audience. Formed in May of 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a...is 80% owned by General Electric , with 20% controlled by Vivendi. CONTACT: Lupe Franco-Butler, Hispanic / CityWalk...
Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Zoe Kravitz, Aasif Mandvi, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan Cast in Focus Features' It's Kind of a Funny Story for Writer/Directors Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 20 days 13 hours 58 minutes ago
...audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a...Universal is 80% owned by General Electric and 20% owned by Vivendi. CONTACT: Harlan Gulko, +1-818-777-7346, or...
Omelet Retains Marketing Duties for Upcoming 82nd Annual Academy Awards(R) [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 12 days 1 hour 5 minutes ago
...Records, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Television Studios, TBS, TNT, Toyota, USA Networks, Vivendi Games, Warner Bros and Xbox. CONTACT: Michelle Van Jura of Intersect Communications, +1-646-781-9323,mvj...
Call of Duty(R): Modern Warfare(R) 2 Storms Into Retail Stores [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 13 days 22 minutes ago
...opportunities, Activision Blizzard's success in completing the integration of the operations of Activision Publishing and Vivendi Games in a timely manner, or at all, and the combined company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies...
Universal Music Group (UMG) and Serato Announce Innovative Secure Digital Delivery Service for DJs Worldwide [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 18 days 23 hours 25 minutes ago
...its full service management division; and Helter Skelter, its live music agency. Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company. Serato Audio Research has been recognized as the market leader in time and...
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Company Overview
| Company: | Vivendi |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Wireless Network Operators |
| Website: | http://www.vivendi.com |
Vivendi is the bright sun at the center of a solar system of market-leading media and telecommunications holdings. The company's telecom holdings include a controlling stake in SFR, France's #2 wireless carrier, as well as a majority stake in fixed-line operator Neuf Cegetel. Vivendi also owns a controlling stake in Maroc Telecom, the largest telecom company in Morocco. Vivendi's media assets include Universal Music Group, the leading global music publishing and recording company, and Vivendi Games, its subsidiary that develops, publishes, and distributes interactive entertainment. Vivendi also owns CANAL+ Group, the top pay-TV provider in France and a leading producer and distributor of pay-TV and films.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 35,790 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 12.3 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 5,213.7 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -6.0 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 44,243 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 18.9 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |
