French TV regulator Arcom has confirmed the names of the next round of DTT FTA channels to broadcast from March 1st 2025, confirming the exclusion of Vivendi’s C8 and NRJ’s NRJ12. Both will be replaced by newcomers CMI TV, the TV arm of billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, and OFTV, owned by regional press group Ouest France. […]

The Combined General Shareholders Meeting of Vivendi, held December 9th under the chairmanship of Yannick Bolloré, approved by more than 97.5 per cent of the votes the separation from Vivendi of Canal+, Havas and Louis Hachette Group (the company bringing together the 66.53 per cent investment in Lagardère and 100 per cent of Prisma Media). […]

French media giant Vivendi has reported H1 eevenues of €9.05 billion, a 5.8 per cent organic increase compared to the first half of 2023, attributed to the “excellent performances” of Lagardère and Canal+ Group. EBITA stood at €619 million (+39.3 per cent compared to the first half of 2023), thanks in particular to the consolidation […]

Vivendi’s Management Board has updated plans to split up the conglomerate into three in order to release value. Under the plan, now with the Supervisory Board, the three operating companies would keep the decision-making centre of their activities, as well as their operational teams, in France: Canal+ and Havas, although listed outside of France, would […]

Media conglomerate Vivendi has taken several initiatives to protect and promote the creations of its various businesses. The objective is to ensure greater transparency and authenticity of the content produced in the digital ecosystem and to certify that it has been produced in whole or in part by a human being or by artificial intelligence. […]

Vivendi is still exploring a stock split, as it posted Q1 revenues up significantly. Vivendi posted quarterly revenues of €4.28 billion up 5.4 per cent year-on-year. No earnings were revealed in the unaudited numbers. Canal+ saw revenues grow 4.3 per cent year-on-year to €1.5 billion. International revenues were up 5.8 per cent thanks to subscriber […]

South Africa’s Takeover Regulations Panel (TRP) has ruled that French media company Canal+, owned by Vivendi, must make a mandatory offer immediately to buy the remaining shares of pay-TV company MultiChoice. Canal+, the biggest shareholder, offered to buy the rest of the company for €2.5 billion earlier this February. It held a 31.67 per cent […]

Canal+ Group has increased its stake in Viu, the Asian OTT platform, to 30 per cent, in accordance with the terms of the transaction announced on June 21st 2023. For the French media group, owned by Vivendi, this increase marks a further step in its plan to make Asia its next growth driver, through its […]

Canal+, owned by French media group Vivendi, has made an offer to acquire all the shares it does not already own in South Africa’s MultiChoice Group. Any potential deal – which has been submitted to the MultiChoice board of directors – would be worth in the region of €1.6 billion and, according to Canal+, would […]

French media giant Vivendi is planning to split itself into three separate listed entities. Analysts at investment bank BNP/Paribas have looked closely at the plan. The three businesses are Canal+, ad-agency Havas and a holding company managing the remaining equity stakes in listed and non-listed companies. The bank says that Vivendi has long traded at […]