Vivendi

Vivendi S.A. (formerly known as Vivendi Universal) is a French multinational mass media company headquartered in Paris, France. The company has activities in music, television, film, video games, telecommunications, tickets and video hosting service. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.

Activities

Vivendi is a company primarily focused on digital entertainment. It owns the French TV channel and movie producer Canal+ Group, as well as music world leader Universal Music Group. On July 25, 2013, Vivendi asset Activision Blizzard announced the purchase of 429 million shares from Vivendi for $5.83 billion, dropping the shareholder from a 63% stake to 11.8% by the end of the deal in September, ending Vivendi's majority ownership of Activision Blizzard. In 2014, Vivendi decided to sell mobile companies SFR (France) to Patrick Drahi’s company, Altice and GVT (Brazil) to the Brazil company Telefônica Vivo. In November 2013, it signed the definitive agreement to sell its majority and controlling stake in Maroc Telecom (Morocco) to Etisalat based in Abu Dhabi.

Vivendi (disambiguation)

Vivendi is a multinational French-based media conglomerate, formerly Compagnie Générale des Eaux.

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