Presentation
Corporate governance
Vivendi a world leader in communications and entertainment
#1 Video Games Worldwide
#1 Music Worldwide
#1 Alternative Telecoms in France
#1 Telecoms in Morocco
#1 Alternative Telecoms in Brazil
#1 Pay-TV in France
Vivendi is a major player in each of its activities:
Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard, a 57% Vivendi subsidiary, is an independent producer of online and console video games with leading positions in most segments of the high-growth sector of the interactive entertainment industry.
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group, a 100% Vivendi subsidiary, is the world’s number one in recorded music with more than one in four records sold around the world, which holds the largest catalog of music rights.
SFR
SFR, the second-largest telecommunications operator in France, is a 56% subsidiary of Vivendi. With more than 20 million mobile customers and 4.4 million high-speed Internet customers, the new SFR group – following the combination with Neuf Cegetel, is Europe’s premier alternative operator.
Maroc Telecom Group
Maroc Telecom Group, a 53% Vivendi subsidiary, is the largest fixed, mobile and Internet operator with 15.3 million mobile telephone customers and approximately 1.2 million fixed lines ; Maroc Telecom Group holds majority stakes in the incumbent operators of Burkina Faso, Gabon, Mauritania and Mali.
GVT
GVT, a 100% Vivendi subsidiary, is the largest alternative telecommunications operator in Brazil. With innovative solutions and products in telephony and the Internet, GVT is the best performing high-speed Brazilian operator and the one that best meets consumer’s expectations in terms of quality and services offered.
Canal+ Group
Canal+ Group, a 100% Vivendi subsidiary, is the France’s number one in premium and theme channel publishing and distribution of pay-TV offerings, with 12.5 million subscribers and a major player in film production and distribution in both France and Europe.
Vivendi owns 20% of NBC Universal, a major media player active in producing and distributing films and television programs, promoting TV channels and operating theme parks.
zaOza
Vivendi Mobile Entertainment was founded as a 100% subsidiary of Vivendi in 2007. VME seeks to create an entertaining new distribution channel, to exploite the Vivendi group’s content and to relay the content of other groups. Its innovative subscription service, branded zaOza, was launched in France in 2008.
Key figures 2009
- Revenues: 27 132 million euro
- EBITA: 5 390 million euro
- Workforce: 49 000 (at december 31, 2009)
- Present in 77 countries
Stock exchange:
- Vivendi is listed on "Compartment A" of NYSE Euronext Paris (ISIN FR 0000127771)
- Vivendi is included in the CAC 40 index