Vivendi Village

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Vivendi Village is a subsidiary of French media group Vivendi. It specializes mainly in Live entertainment, online ticketing and content production. Vivendi Village owns 10 entities, including the Olympia venue in Paris as well as the ticketing services company See Tickets. [1]

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History

Vivendi Village was created in 2015 as a way for Vivendi to develop new activities in connection with its core businesses, [2] notably the organization of festivals. [3] In 2019, Vivendi Village employed 743 people in more than 20 countries, with a turnover of 141 million euros. [4] According to French weekly business paper Challenges, Vincent Bolloré, Vivendi's main shareholder, wanted to build Vivendi Village as a « laboratory of company start-ups ». [5] One of Vivendi Village's main growth levers is the acquisition and organization of music festivals, especially in France and in the UK. [6]

Brands

Vivendi Village brings together 10 brands, including See Tickets, one of the world leaders in digital ticketing services, with a turnover of 58 million euros in 2018. The iconic Olympia venue in Paris, as well as the production company Olympia Productions are also part of Vivendi Village, which also includes 18 cultural centers in Africa under the name brand name Canal Olympia. [7] Vivendi Village also owns U-Live, a British festival production company; the Copyright Group; the theater venue Théâtre de l’œuvre in Paris; as well as Vivendi Sports, which organizes sporting events.

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References

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