Campaign Paddington - Studio Canal
Communications
VIVENDI
Key figures
26.4
million
Canal + Group subscribers worldwide
130
million
magazines (Prisma Media) sold
400
million
users a month on the Dailymotion platform
At the end of 2023, the Bolloré Group held 29.9% of the share capital of Vivendi.
Vivendi is a global leader in culture, media, communications and travel retail.
Television and cinema
Canal + Group is a leader in the creation and distribution of content in the world, with a presence in more than 50 countries and nearly 7,600 employees on every continent. Canal+ Group has 26.4 million subscribers worldwide, including 17.1 million in Europe, 8.1 million in Africa and 1.2 million in Asia-Pacific. It is the largest shareholder in MultiChoice, the leader in pay-TV in English and Portuguese-speaking Africa; Viaplay, the Scandinavian leader in pay-TV and streaming; and is also a shareholder in Viu, a leading Asian streaming business.
With the support of its subsidiary Studiocanal and its network of 14 production companies, including 13 in Europe and one in the United States, Canal+ Group is the leading producer and distributor of feature films and TV series in Europe. It holds a catalog of nearly 9,000 titles from more than 60 countries, including those of Orange Studio following the acquisition of OCS by Canal+ Group.
Publishing
Lagardère Publishing, operating mainly under the Hachette imprint, is also the No. 1 publisher and book distributor in France and No. 2 book publisher in th United Kingdom.
It brings together more than 200 publishing brands and releases over 15,000 new titles each year in a dozen languages, mainly in French, English and Spanish.
Lagardère Publishing serves all segments of the consumer publishing market, including textbooks and extra-curricular works, general literature, illustrated books, partworks, dictionaries, children and young adult titles, paperbacks and travel guides.
Travel Retail
Lagardère Travel Retail is the world’s third largest travel retail operator (the world’s second largest travel retail operator in airports).
It operates in transport hubs and concessions in three segments: Travel Essentials, Duty Free & Fashion and Foodservice.
Operating in more than 40 countries over 5 continents and with around 27,000 employees, the Lagardère Travel Retail network had a total of 5,122 points of sale worldwide at the end of 2023. Its network in more than 290 airports as well as 700 train and metro stations.
Communications and advertising
Havas Group is one of the largest communications groups in the world.
Created in Paris in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, the group today employs 23000 people in over 100 countries and has three operating divisions (Havas Creative Group, Havas Media Group, Havas Health & You) covering all the communication professions.
Magazines
Prisma Media has been fully consolidated with Vivendi since June 1, 2021. Founded in 1978 by Axel Ganz under the name Prisma Presse, the company became Prisma Media in 2012. Today, Prisma Media is the leader in print magazines, online videos and daily digital audience. With 30 leading titles (including Capital, Femme Actuelle, Geo, and Télé Loisirs), the group is present in all the main general interest segments.
Gaming
Gameloft has established itself as a pioneer in the video game industry, creating innovative gaming experiences for more than twenty years. Long focused on mobile gaming, it has initiated a strategic shift to develop multi-platform console-PC-mobile games. Gameloft boasts globally recognized expertise through a portfolio of more than 120 video games developed at its 13 studios and achieved an average audience of 44 million monthly players in 2023.
Live performance
Through Olympia Production, Vivendi owns a booking agency as well as a show and concert promoter for French-speaking music artists and stand-up comedians. It is the producer of 20 brand-led festivals in the UK (U Live) and in France (Olympia Production). Vivendi Village also own concert and show venues, in particular the iconic L’Olympia in Paris, and a network of movie theaters across Africa that regularly host large popular concerts.
See Tickets is a leader in the global ticketing business, with a well-implemented network in nine European countries and the United States.
Distribution plateforms
With 400 million users each month, Dailymotion is one of the biggest video content aggregation and distribution platforms in the world.