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Vivendi Gets Rid Of Its IT Press Business
News The publishing branch of Vivendi Universal has announced that it is putting an end to its professional press business, including Groupe Tests (number one in French IT publishing). This purchase will mostly be made possible thanks to the selling of...
[June 4, 2001, 10:31]
Apple Denies Universal Music Bid
News Countering speculation that it is close to buying Vivendi Universal's record label, Apple Computer said Wednesday that it has never offered to make such an investment or purchase. In a statement, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said there was no...
[April 17, 2003, 8:37]
Listen.com Strikes Deal With Vivendi
News Listen.com has signed a licensing agreement on Monday to offer songs from Vivendi Universal's Universal Music Group through its Rhapsody online music service. With the Listen deal, Rhapsody becomes the first online music company to offer song...
[July 2, 2002, 7:57]
Vivendi Exec Shuffle Raises Net Questions
News Reports on Monday that Jean-Marie Messier is stepping down from his post as Vivendi Universal's chief executive cast a shadow over the future of the French media conglomerate's Internet unit. As it stands, VUNet is an assembly of many acquisitions...
[July 2, 2002, 8:25]
MP3 For Sale Online In Industry First
News In what may be a first for the recording industry, Maverick Records and Vivendi Universal's online division are asking listeners to pay just under a dollar for an unprotected MP3 version of a new single.
[May 24, 2002, 11:10]
Handsets Hold Key To Vivendi Vote 'piracy'
News An alleged episode of vote 'piracy' at the Vivendi Universal general meeting is to be investigated by the Tribunal de Commerce de Paris, the body that presides over corporate legal disputes in France.
[May 8, 2002, 15:56]
Vivendi Bids Au Revoir To Entertainment
News Faltering French media giant Vivendi Universal plans to unload most of its US entertainment business but will not immediately sell its Universal Music Group division, chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou said.
[May 1, 2003, 11:44]
Apple May Buy Universal Music
News Shares of Apple Computer fell on Friday after a report that the company was in talks to buy the music company of Vivendi Universal for as much as $6bn, or about £3.7bn. A Vivendi Universal representative said that a number of third parties have...
[April 14, 2003, 8:02]
MP3.com Splits Into Two
News MP3.com said Friday that it will undergo another metamorphosis, splitting into two entities as it moves to provide technology support for parent company Vivendi Universal. Now, as part of the larger Vivendi Universal family, we have new customers...
[October 22, 2001, 9:04]
CA Confirms Kumar's Replacement
News Before working at Vivendi Universal Games, he served as chief executive of Flipside, which was purchased by Vivendi Universal. Cron, who was previously chief executive of Vivendi Universal Games, will take on chief executive responsibilities...
[April 27, 2004, 9:15]
MovieLink Expected To Use MPEG-4
News Peter Marx, vice president of emerging technologies with Vivendi Universal, told an audience at the National Association of Broadcasters that MovieLink will use MPEG-4, but later clarified that the service has not yet committed to just one format.
[April 9, 2002, 11:15]
MP3.com Wavers On Brink
News The company was bought by media giant Vivendi Universal for $372m (£228m) in May 2001 but has been on rocky ground ever since, with users failing to warm to the idea of paid-for music services while free alternatives such as Kazaa are still...
[July 11, 2003, 13:43]
Wednesday - Apple Records?
Blog Nah, as far as can be ascertained it's a case of Apple going to Vivendi -- who owns Universal -- and offering money for back catalogue online distribution rights. Vivendi, keen to offload as much as possible in order to pay off its no-longer-trendy...
[April 17, 2003, 16:15]
Vivendi Presses Play On Music Site
News Its technology will be powered by MP3.com, the online music service that Vivendi Universal acquired earlier this year for $350m. Pressplay is a partnership between entertainment giants Vivendi Universal and Sony, both of which own record companies.
[December 19, 2001, 16:39]
Pressplay Slips Onto MP3.com
News Pressplay, a joint venture between Sony and Vivendi Universal, said MP3.com joins MSN, Roxio and Yahoo! Vivendi, which said in August that it had acquired MP3.com and would use the online music company's technology to digitally distribute various...
[January 23, 2002, 12:02]
US Justice Department Eyes Online Video Efforts
News MovieFly, one of the upcoming services, is backed by AOL Time Warner, Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, Viacom's Paramount Pictures, Vivendi Universal, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Record labels have banded together to form two online music services...
[December 24, 2001, 11:20]
RealNetworks Unveils Napster-like Service
News Although no demonstration was available of Sony Music Entertainment and Vivendi Universal's rival Duet service, Vivendi Executive Vice Chairman Edgar Bronfman said the service would be similar to MusicNet, offering streaming access to songs and...
[May 18, 2001, 9:44]
The Taming Of A Generation As MP3.com Is Bought
News Vivendi Universal very aggressively pursued copyright lawsuits, driving the valuation down so that the company could be acquired," said Eric Sheirer, a music analyst with Forrester Research. Vivendi Universal announced Sunday that it would purchase...
[May 22, 2001, 9:48]
MP3.com Assets Sold
News CNET Networks said it has signed a definitive agreement with Vivendi Universal Net USA to acquire the assets of MP3.com, with the deal scheduled to close in December. Robertson ultimately sold the MP3.com property to Vivendi Universal, which...
[November 17, 2003, 9:40]
ISP Finds Backing In Fight With Gaming Giant
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation announced on Tuesday that it will provide legal representation for a US-based Internet service provider threatened by media conglomerate Vivendi Universal for hosting online versions of Vivendi games.
[March 13, 2002, 9:49]
