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Vivendi's Canal Plus to buy 70% stake in SPI International
2021-09-21 09:59:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Pay-TV group Canal Plus has announced its intention to acquire a 70 percent majority stake in SPI International, a global player in content distribution and broadcasting...
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ECJ declares Italy freeze on Vivendi's Mediaset stake unlawful
2020-09-04 11:38:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The EU court of justice has ruled that the Italian law requiring French media giant Vivendi to freeze its stake in broadcaster Mediaset on anti-trust grounds infringed the union's regulations. The decision was in line with the opinion of the ECJ's advocate general, who declared in December that national legislation must be be "proportionate to the objective of protecting information pluralism" and that Vivendi was not "effectively in a position to exert a considerable influence" on Mediaset.
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Last week in media: Vivendi's UMG deal and Disney's streaming video advances
2019-03-04 07:10:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Week 9 started off with the Oscars awards ceremony, resulting in considerable wins for Netflix (-1.6%) and Comcast (+1.3%). Walt Disney, while expanding in streaming video, could benefit in a similar way from the announced Avatar 2 movie, coming to theatres in 2020. Electronic Arts (+1.6%) appears to be less successful with the release of its latest big game, Anthem. In other news, EA as well as Comcast and Amazon were mentioned as possible buyers of NXC Corp, the holding firm of games publisher Nexon. The Telecompaper Stock Index Global Media ended week 9 up 0.7 percent, ahead of the unchanged Dow Jones Industrials index.
Vivendi's TIM-Mediaset appeal decision due 'after summer'
2018-07-05 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Vivendi won't find out until after the summer whether it must cut its stake in either TIM or Mediaset, it emerged this week. In April 2017, Vivendi was given 12 months to reduce its holding in one of the two…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Vivendi's Amos Genish to oversee TIM operations
2017-08-01 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Vivendi late last week completed its management takeover of TIM, appointing its chief convergence officer Amos Genish as TIM's general manager for operations. With Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine installed as TIM chairman &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
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