In a further escalation of hostilities between two European TV giants, Vincent Bollore’s Vivendi announced Monday that it was planning to raise its stake in Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset to 30% of shareholding and voting rights — the upper limit above which Vivendi would be legally obliged to launch a takeover bid.
ROME (AP) — Shares in Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset empire were volatile Thursday after the Italian government suggested it wouldn’t accept a hostile takeover by France’s Vivendi media group. Trading in […]
Mediaset, the Italian broadcast and cinema giant controlled by Italy’s recently ousted prime minister, has said it will make a bid to take over troubled Dutch reality television producer Endemol.
Hasbro Studios, the Los Angeles-based production and distribution division of Hasbro, Inc., today concluded an overall programming agreement with Mediaset, Italy’s leading media group, to broadcast Transformers Prime, My Little […]
