Vivendi Joins the Consortium Supporting France’s Bid for the Rugby World Cup 2023
March 31 2017 - 12:02PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Vivendi (Paris:VIV) announced today that it joining the group of
companies supporting France’s bid to host the Rugby World Cup to
take place in 2023. The winner will be announced on November 15,
2017.
Canal+ is the leading French rugby channel with the widest
offering available on television. It was therefore an obvious
choice for Vivendi to support the French Rugby Federation in its
bid to host the competition.In particular, Canal+ has been the
partner of the French championship TOP14 for over 30 years. It
holds the rights to this competition until 2023 in partnership with
the National Rugby League.
The popularity of rugby in France has been increasing in recent
years. It is now the second most popular team sport in the
country.
About VivendiVivendi is an integrated media and content
group. The company operates businesses throughout the media value
chain, from talent discovery to the creation, production and
distribution of content. Universal Music Group is engaged in
recorded music, music publishing and merchandising. It owns more
than 50 labels covering all genres. Canal+ Group is engaged in
pay-TV in France, as well as in Africa, Poland and Vietnam. Its
subsidiary Studiocanal is a leading European player in production,
sales and distribution of movies and TV series. Gameloft is a
worldwide leader in mobile games, with 2 million games downloaded
per day. Vivendi Village, groups together Vivendi Ticketing (in the
United Kingdom, the United States and France), MyBestPro (expert
counseling), Watchever (subscription streaming services), Radionomy
(digital radio), the venues L’Olympia and Theâtre de L‘Œuvre in
Paris, and CanalOlympia in Africa, as well as Olympia Production.
With 3 billion videos viewed each month, Dailymotion is one of
the biggest video content aggregation and distribution platforms in
the world. www.vivendi.com, www.cultureswithvivendi.com
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