Vivendi group: Holdings
- Holdings
- Film Production & Distribution
- Television and video production & distribution
- Cable and broadcast television
- Stakes in other media groups
- Interactive
- Music recording
- Music Publishing and Distribution
- Theme Parks
- Merchandising
- Cinemas
- Newspaper and magazine publishing
- Book publishing
- Telecommunications
- Urban services
- Sports
Holdings
This listing is indicative only, illustrating the spead of corporate interests before dismantling of the empire gathered pace.
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It thus does not provide a definitive inventory, instead highlighting film, music and other interests acquired through for example the Seagram takeover.
It covers -
- Film production and distribution interests
- Television and video production & distribution
- Cable and broadcast television
- Stakes in other media groups
- Interactive
- Music recording
- Music Publishing and Distribution
- Theme Parks
- Merchandising
- Cinemas
- Newspaper and magazine publishing
- Book publishing
- Telecommunications
- Urban services
- Sports
Film Production & Distribution
Film production and distribution interests included -
- Universal Studio
- Universal Pictures
- October Films (majority interest)
- Universal Studios Home Video
- United International Pictures (33%) - international distribution
- Cinema International BV (49%) - video distribution
- Interscope
- Propaganda
- Working Title
- Cinea (50%) France
- PolyGram DA
- Pan Europeenee Production (70%)
- Noe
- PolyGram Television
- Working Title Television
- Propaganda Television
- TedPoly (50%) - Hong Kong
- Meteor Films - Netherlands
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Australia
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Benelux
- Sogepaq (50%) - Spain
- PolyGram Film International
- PolyGram Television USA
- PolyGram Television International
The group had production or distribution agreements with the independent -
- Havoc Inc
- Island Pictures
- Egg Pictures
- Def Pictures
- Dirty Hand Productions
- The Jones Company
Television and video production & distribution
Program production and distribution interests included -
- Universal Television Group - production and distribution
- Brillstein-Grey Entertainment (50%) - production
- Multimedia Entertainment - Jerry Springer talk show
- PolyGram Films
- Gramercy
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment UK
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Canada
- PolyGram Film Distribution
- PolyGram Video
- Vision Video
- Abbey Home Entertainment
- PolyGram Video US/International
with a 50% stake (through UGC) in France's leading distributor UFD, a joint venture with Fox.
Cable and broadcast television
Broadcast and cable television interests included -
- USA Networks Inc - formerly Home Shopping Network headed by Barry Diller, former Fox Network czar
- Universal Pay Television - international distribution
- CANAL+ - French film/television production and broadcasting
- Telepiu - pay tv in Italy
- Echostar - US satellite tv (10%)
Stakes in other media groups
Vivendi had stakes in other media groups and channels, including -
- HBO Asia - controlled by AOL Time Warner
- Telecine (Brazil)
- Cinecanal (Latin America)
- Showtime (Australia)
- Star Channel (Japan)
- Kirch Group - German film and television production, broadcasting and publishing (now defunct)
- RTL7 (Poland) - RTL subsidiary
- Sogecable (Spain)
- VIVA (20%)
- MTV Asia (50%) - with Viacom
- Atomic TV (40%) - Poland
- Sundance Channel (10% USA and 75% International)
- Really Useful Holdings (30%) - Andrew Lloyd Webber theatrical productions and copyrights
Interactive
- Universal Studios Online
- Universal.com
- Universal Interactive Studios - software and video games
- Universal Digital Arts
- Interplay - video game producer
- GetMusic - online music retailer
Music recording
Recording interests included the following labels -
- MCA Records
- MCA Records Nashville
- Decca Records
- GRP Recording Company
- Geffen/DGC Records
- Universal Records
- Rising Tide
- Interscope Records
- Hip-O Records
- A&M
- Decca
- Def Jam
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Island
- London
- Mercury
- Motown
- Phillips Classics
- Polydor
- Verve
The group had manufacturing facilities in Amersfoot (Netherlands), Blackburn (UK), Hannover (Germany), Kings Mountain (USA) and Louviers (France)
Music Publishing and Distribution
Publishing and promotion interests included -
- PolyGram Music Publishing
- Island Music
- Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing (50%)
- Universal Music & Video Distribution
- Universal Music International
- MCA Music Publishing
- Interscope Music Publishing
- All Nations Catalog
- Universal Concerts (concert promotion)
Theme Parks
- Universal Studios Hollywood
- Universal Studios Florida (joint venture with UK Rank Group)
- Universal's Islands of Adventure
- Universal Studios Japan
- Sega Game Works (partial ownership - local entertainment centers)
Merchandising
- Spencer Gifts chain
- PolyGram Merchandising (80%)
- Britannia (UK) - direct marketing
- DIAL (France) - direct marketing
Cinemas
- Cineplex Odeon Corporation (42%) - cinemas in US and Canada
- Cinema International Corporation (49%) - cinemas
- United Cinemas International (49%) - cinemas in partnership with Viacom
- UGC (55%) - 850 screens in six EU countries
Newspaper and magazine publishing
Newspapers and magazines (sold to Hachette and Hersant's Socpresse) included -
- Courrier International
- L'Etudiant
- Bonjour
- Le Moniteur
- L'Usine Nouvelle
- La France Agricole
- Le Quotidien du Medecin Jano
- Medical Progress
Book publishing
Book publishing interests in France, the US, the UK, Spain and Latin America (sold to Hachette and Wendel Investissement) included -
- Dalloz
- Dunod
- Larousse
- Le Robert
- Harrap
- Chambers
- Kingfisher
- Laffont
- Plon
- Presses de la Cite
- Belfond
- Bordas
- Houghton Mifflin
Telecommunications
- Cegetel (70%)
Urban services
- Vivendi Environnement SA (5.3%) - urban services and development
Sports
- Paris St Germain soccer club
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