Paris, March 20, 2014

 

Vivendi: new offer from Bouygues regarding SFR

 

Vivendi announced today that it has received a new offer from Bouygues regarding SFR.

It should be kept in mind that the Vivendi Supervisory Board decided on March 14th to enter into exclusive negotiations with Altice for a period of three weeks.

 

About Vivendi

Vivendi groups together leaders in content, media and telecommunications. Canal+ Group is the French leader in pay-TV, also operating in French-speaking Africa, Poland and Vietnam; its subsidiary Studiocanal is a leading European player in production, acquisition, distribution and international film sales. Universal Music Group is the world leader in music. GVT is a telecoms and media/content distribution in Brazil. In addition, Vivendi owns SFR, a French leader in alternative telecoms.

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