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Vivendi SE

Vivendi SEis a French mass-media holding company headquartered in Paris. It owns Gameloft, Groupe Canal+, Havas, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village, and Dailymotion, and is a majority owner of the Lagardère Group. The company has activities in television, film, video games, book publishing, print press, communication, tickets, and video hosting services.

In 2000 Vivendi Universal was created from the merger with Groupe Canal+ and Seagram Company Ltd (owner of Universal Studios). In 2006 it sold off most of the Universal components and its name reverted to Vivendi.

As of 2021, Vivendi's chairman Yannick Bolloré is also CEO of Havas, which was spun off from Vivendi in 2000 but has since become a subsidiary. The company is known for its stake in Universal Music Group, which it partially spun off in 2021.

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