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Analysis: Telefonica’s TV content carrot
Spanish telecoms company and former Endemol owner Telefonica is embroiled in a fight to acquire…
Canal+ makes competition complaint against TF1
Vivendi-owned Canal+ has filed a complaint against commercial broadcaster TF1 with the French competition authority,…
Vivendi pays $1.4bn for Lagardère’s Canal+ stake
French media company Lagardère Group has sold its 20% stake in Canal+ to Vivendi for…
Lagardère in ‘ongoing’ talks with Vivendi over Canal+
French media company Lagardère has said that it is in “ongoing discussions with Vivendi” to…
Vivendi teams with EchoStar for Brazilian pay TV plan
Vivendi’s Brazilian telecom subsidiary GVT has formed a partnership with EchoStar Technologies to create a…
Canal+ owner Vivendi may split business
French media and telecoms giant Vivendi is launching a study into whether to split the…
Numericable ‘set to go public’
French cable operator Numericable has hired Rothschild to advise it on a public flotation, according…
Lagardere boss moots Canal Plus acquisition
Lagardère boss Arnaud Lagardère has said he could be prepared to buy the 80% of…
New SVOD kids platform preps for launch
Upcoming North American SVOD service Kidoodle.TV has acquired 800 hours of content from kids content…
Watchever snaps up CBS content
German OTT service Watchever has inked a programming deal with CBS Studios International. The Vivendi-backed…