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VIVENDI l 2012 l Annual Report 4
GROUP PROFILE – BUSINESSES – LITIGATION – RISK FACTORS 1
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SECTION 1 - GROUP PROFILE
SECTION 1 GROUP PROFILE
Vivendi is one of the few multimedia groups in the world to operate across
the entire digital value chain. It creates and publishes content for which it
develops broadcast networks and distribution platforms.
The Group capitalizes on both its employees’ expertise and its strong
brands to offer its customers high added-value digital services and
products.
Vivendi currently operates a number of companies that are leaders in
content, media and telecommunications.
CONTENT AND MEDIA
✱ Canal+ Group, France’s leading Pay-TV channel and Europe’s largest
producer and distributor of films.
✱ Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company,
operating in about 60 countries and with a catalog of more than
2 million titles.
✱ Activision Blizzard, the world leader in video games, with franchises
played the world over, including Call of Duty, Skylanders and World
of Warcraft .
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
✱ SFR, the number one alternative telecommunications operator in
France and Europe.
✱ Maroc Telecom, the number one fixed-line and mobile
telecommunications operator in Morocco, also operating in Burkina
Faso, Gabon, Mauritania and Mali.
✱ GVT, the number one alternative telecommunications operator
in Brazil, with a high-performance broadband network and new-
generation services in fixed-line telephony, Internet and Pay-TV.
Vivendi also owns a number of other market-leading companies: Digitick
and See Tickets (event ticketing), Wengo (expert phone counseling) and
Watchever (subscription video-on-demand service in Germany).
In 2012, Vivendi reported revenues of €29 billion and adjusted net income
of €2.55 billion. €2.6 billion was invested in video games, music, movies
and audiovisual programming, while €4.5 billion was allocated to net
capital expenditure, including €4.1 billion to telecommunications activities.
As of December 31, 2012, the Group had more than 58,000 employees
throughout the world.