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holdings
This
listing is indicative only, illustrating the spead of
corporate interests before dismantling of the empire gathered
pace.
It
thus does not provide a definitive inventory, instead
highlighting film, music and other interests acquired
through for example the Seagram takeover.
It
covers -
Film Production & Distribution
Film production and distribution interests included
-
Universal
Studio
Universal Pictures
October Films (majority interest)
Universal Studios Home Video
United International Pictures (33%) - international
distribution
Cinema International BV (49%) - video distribution
Interscope
Propaganda
Working Title
Cinea (50%) France
PolyGram DA
Pan Europeenee Production (70%)
Noe
PolyGram Television
Working Title Television
Propaganda Television
TedPoly (50%) - Hong Kong
Meteor Films - Netherlands
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Australia
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Benelux
Sogepaq (50%) - Spain
PolyGram Film International
PolyGram Television USA
PolyGram Television International
The
group had production or distribution agreements with the
independent -
Havoc
Inc
Island Pictures
Egg Pictures
Def Pictures
Dirty Hand Productions
The Jones Company
Television and video production & distribution
Program production and distribution interests included
-
Universal
Television Group - production and distribution
Brillstein-Grey Entertainment (50%) - production
Multimedia Entertainment - Jerry Springer talk show
PolyGram Films
Gramercy
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment UK
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Canada
PolyGram Film Distribution
PolyGram Video
Vision Video
Abbey Home Entertainment
PolyGram Video US/International
with
a 50% stake (through UGC) in France's leading distributor
UFD, a joint venture with Fox.
Cable and broadcast television
Broadcast and cable television interests included
-
USA
Networks Inc - formerly Home Shopping Network headed
by Barry Diller, former Fox Network czar
Universal Pay Television - international distribution
CANAL+ - French film/television production and
broadcasting
Telepiu - pay tv in Italy
Echostar - US satellite tv (10%)
stakes in other media groups
Vivendi had stakes in other media groups and channels,
including -
HBO
Asia - controlled by AOL Time
Warner
Telecine (Brazil)
Cinecanal (Latin America)
Showtime (Australia)
Star Channel (Japan)
Kirch Group - German film and television production,
broadcasting and publishing (now defunct)
RTL7 (Poland) - RTL subsidiary
Sogecable (Spain)
VIVA (20%)
MTV Asia (50%) - with Viacom
Atomic TV (40%) - Poland
Sundance Channel (10% USA and 75% International)
Really Useful Holdings (30%) - Andrew Lloyd Webber theatrical
productions and copyrights
Interactive
Universal
Studios Online
Universal.com
Universal Interactive Studios - software and video games
Universal Digital Arts
Interplay - video game producer
GetMusic - online music retailer
Music recording
Recording
interests included the following labels -
MCA
Records
MCA Records Nashville
Decca Records
GRP Recording Company
Geffen/DGC Records
Universal Records
Rising Tide
Interscope Records
Hip-O Records
A&M
Decca
Def Jam
Deutsche Grammophon
Island
London
Mercury
Motown
Phillips Classics
Polydor
Verve
The
group had manufacturing facilities in Amersfoot (Netherlands),
Blackburn (UK), Hannover (Germany), Kings Mountain (USA)
and Louviers (France)
Music Publishing and Distribution
Publishing and promotion interests included -
PolyGram
Music Publishing
Island Music
Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing (50%)
Universal Music & Video Distribution
Universal Music International
MCA Music Publishing
Interscope Music Publishing
All Nations Catalog
Universal Concerts (concert promotion)
Theme Parks
Universal
Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Florida (joint venture with UK Rank
Group)
Universal's Islands of Adventure
Universal Studios Japan
Sega Game Works (partial ownership - local entertainment
centers)
Merchandising
Spencer
Gifts chain
PolyGram Merchandising (80%)
Britannia (UK) - direct marketing
DIAL (France) - direct marketing
Cinemas
Cineplex
Odeon Corporation (42%) - cinemas in US and Canada
Cinema International Corporation (49%) - cinemas
United Cinemas International (49%) - cinemas in partnership
with Viacom
UGC (55%) - 850 screens in six EU countries
Newspaper and magazine publishing
Newspapers
and magazines (sold to Hachette
and Hersant's Socpresse) included
-
Courrier
International
L'Etudiant
Bonjour
Le Moniteur
L'Usine Nouvelle
La France Agricole
Le Quotidien du Medecin Jano
Medical Progress
Book publishing
Book
publishing interests in France, the US, the UK, Spain
and Latin America (sold to Hachette
and Wendel Investissement) included -
Dalloz
Dunod
Larousse
Le Robert
Harrap
Chambers
Kingfisher
Laffont
Plon
Presses de la Cite
Belfond
Bordas
Houghton Mifflin
telecommunications
Cegetel
(70%)
urban services
Vivendi
Environnement SA (5.3%) - urban services and development
sports
Paris
St Germain soccer club
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