- Draft agreement between Lagardère, Vivendi Universal and Canal+ Group - for Lagardère to acquire a 20% stake, with the option of increasing stake to 34%, in Canal+ France.
- Vivendi Universal acquires Matsushita?s minority interest and subsequently owns 100% of Universal Music Group and 20% of NBC Universal.
- Vivendi Universal, TF1 and M6 sign proposed pay-TV commercial agreement.
- Successful worldwide launch of the World of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment (VU Games).
- Vivendi increases its stake in Maroc Telecom to 51% following an agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco.
- CanalSatellite reaches the three million subscribers mark in January, 2005.
- Vivendi sells 15% of Veolia Environnement and consequently holds a 5.3% stake in the company.
- RTL Group and Canal+ Group sell their stakes in Sportfive.
- NBC and Vivendi Entertainment unite to create NBC Universal.
- Vivendi reinforces its stake in France?s leading private telecommunications operator Cegetel Group by increasing its percentage of control to 70%.
- Successful placement of high bond yield issue for a total amount increased to ?1.2 billion.
- General Electric and Vivendi sign a definitive agreement to merge NBC and Vivendi Entertainment.
- Simplification of Groupe Cegetel's structure SFR and its subsidiaries, including fixed-line telephony operator Cegetel, is now named Groupe SFR-Cegetel
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Finalization of the acquisition of USA Networks? entertainment assets (under the terms of the agreement Vivendi controls 93% of Vivendi Entertainment (VUE), which brings together Universal Studios and the entertainment assets of USA Networks, inc.) -
Vivendi reduces its stake in Vivendi Environnement to 40%. -
Vivendi sells its stake in Vizzavi to Vodafone, with the exception of Vizzavi France, and announces the sale of the Consumer Press division and Comareg to Socpresse.
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Announcement of the project to acquire the entertainment assets of USA Networks, Inc. -
Sale of Seagram?s wine and spirit businesses to Diageo and Pernod Ricard. | |
