When Counter-Strike was published by Sierra Entertainment / Vivendi Universal Games, it was bundled with Team Fortress Classic, Opposing Force multiplayer, and the Wanted, Half-Life: Absolute Redemption and Firearms mods.

* Radical Entertainment in Vancouver, Canada, founded in 1991, acquired by Vivendi Games in 2005.

* Massive Entertainment in Malmö, Sweden, founded in 1987, acquired by Vivendi Games in 2002, sold to Ubisoft on November 10, 2008.

Sierra Entertainment, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA continued to publish games for the personal computer and popular gaming consoles until 2008 when their parent company Vivendi Universal merged with games publisher Activision.

* Emulation FAQ-Blizzard Entertainment ( Activision Blizzard / Vivendi SA )

With the 2004 acquisition of Vivendi's Vivendi Universal Entertainment by General Electric's NBC, Universal Music Group was entirely separated from Universal Pictures.

* Vivendi Entertainment

In August 2000, Konami Computer Entertainment Sapporo, Inc. merged with Konami Computer Entertainment Yokohama, Inc., and the new company was named Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc. On September 21, 2000, Konami and Universal Studios announced that they had entered an agreement that would enable Konami to publish a Crash Bandicoot game for next-generation game systems, with Universal Interactive ( Vivendi Games ) handling the production of the games.

Hallmark Entertainment was absorbed into RHI Entertainment ( with Vivendi as the current home video output partner ).

Parent company General Electric merged NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment in May 2004 to form NBC Universal.

* The emperor appears as a god in the strategy game Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom made by Sierra Entertainment, ( owned by Vivendi until 2008 ).

In 2001, Vivendi, a diversified international entertainment company acquired Universal Studios and re-branded the entire organization as Vivendi Universal Entertainment LLLP.

InXile Entertainment released a new Bard's Tale as one of its first titles, released by Vivendi Universal Games, but has found success in a new category of downloadable games, such as Line Rider and Fantastic Contraption, continuing Fargo's string of hit games into a fourth decade.

Flagship Studios was formed following the resignation en masse of Blizzard North management following a dispute with Blizzard Entertainment parent company Vivendi regarding the potential fate of the company, development team, and titles, which were in doubt at that time.

* Ubisoft Massive in Malmö, Sweden, founded as Massive Entertainment in 1997, acquired from Vivendi Games on 10 November 2008.

It was developed by Irrational Games and released by Sierra Entertainment ( part of Vivendi Universal ) in October 2004.

* Opie Gets Laid, a romantic comedy film distributed by Vivendi Entertainment

As THQ was considered to be a competitor of Sierra Entertainment and Vivendi Universal, the prospect of a Homeworld sequel remained unlikely as Sierra was still the owner of the Homeworld IP until September 2007 when it was announced that THQ was in talks with Vivendi to purchase the license Homeworld franchise.

In May 2004, NBC's parent company, General Electric, acquired Vivendi Universal Entertainment to create NBC Universal ; Wright, who orchestrated the deal, was named chairman and CEO of the new company.

In 2001, USA Networks sold its non-shopping TV and film assets ( including the USA Network, the Sci Fi Channel, the Trio channel, USA Films ( which was rechristened as Focus Features ) and Studios USA ) to Vivendi Universal.

In February 2001, NTL and Vivendi Universal launched The Studio, a 50: 50 joint venture film channel which closed in January 2003.

PFE's assets were merged into Seagram's existing film studio, Universal Pictures, after Seagram was dissatisfied with offers to buy the studio ( ironically, one of the bidders for PolyGram was Canal + Group, owned by Vivendi, which would later take over Seagram ).

In 2002 Vivendi Universal acquired Studios USA and the rest of USA's non-shopping ( film and TV ) assets, and reverted the remaining series produced and / or distributed by Studios USA to Universal Television.

In 2009 Stokes entered into production on the science fiction dance battle film, Boogie Town, produced by Vivendi Entertainment, and once again starring Marques Houston.

According to Vivendi and the film's official website ( now offline ), the film was planned to be released in theatres in July 2011.

A Blu-ray release of the film is scheduled for March 2, 2010 from Vivendi Visual Entertainment.

* Vivendi, French international media conglomerate with activities in music ( Universal Music Group ), television ( Canal + Group ) and film ( Vivendi Entertainment ), publishing, telecommunications ( Maroc Telecom, GVT and SFR ), the Internet, and video games ( Activision Blizzard ).

A video and computer game based on the film was developed and published by Vivendi Games, and the Wii version was released shortly after the launch of the system.

* Eragon ( 2006 ) for Xbox360, PS2, Xbox and PC, published by Vivendi Universal Games, based on the film from Twentieth Century Fox ( adapted from the Christopher Paolini novel ).

With the slogan, " pop, culture, TV ", Trio programming under Vivendi / NBC Universal ownership focused on television as a cultural tool and art form.

Vivendi Universal Entertainment was created in December 2000 with the merger of the Vivendi media empire with Canal + television networks and the acquisition of Universal Studios from Canadian company Seagram.

Vivendi owns Canal + Group ( television ) and Universal Music Group, Vivendi Entertainment, controlling stakes in Activision Blizzard ( video games ), Maroc Telecom, GVT and SFR ( telecommunications ).

In 2004, Vivendi, by then the owners of Universal, merged its entertainment division ( which included Universal ) with General Electric's NBC to form NBCUniversal, and the EMKA-copyrighted films are now distributed on television by NBCUniversal Television Distribution.

Factory and Vivendi Entertainment have released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 ( NTSC ) in two volume sets.

* DVD rights to George of the Jungle are owned by Classic Media, who also owns ancillary rights-DVD distribution is handled by Vivendi Entertainment.

A mini-series based on The Phantom aired on Syfy in June, 2010, and was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Vivendi Entertainment.

Jean-Marie Messier, then-CEO of Vivendi Universal, stated " The acquisition of MP3. com was an extremely important step in our strategy to create both a distribution platform and acquire state-of-the-art technology.

At the end of June 2000, a strategic business alliance between Vivendi, Seagram, and Canal + was announced, and Vivendi Universal, a leading global media and communications company, was formed after the merger with Seagram ( the parent company of Universal Studios ).

Cost-cutting measures were taken because of parent company Vivendi Universal Games ' ( VU Games ') financial troubles and because of Sierra ’ s lack of profitability as a working developer.

In 2008, Sierra parent company Vivendi Universal Games, which had since been renamed Vivendi Games in 2006, merged with video game publisher Activision to form the Activision Blizzard holding company.

Diller ’ s company was later acquired by Vivendi Universal, which in turn was partially acquired by NBC to form NBC Universal.

In 2003, General Electric's NBC agreed to buy 80 % of Vivendi Universal's North American – based filmed entertainment assets, including Universal Pictures and Universal Television Group in a multi-billion dollar purchase, renaming the merged company NBC Universal.

Universal Music Group's parent company, Vivendi, is headquartered in Paris, France.

* Vivendi Universal, now Vivendi SA, a French company active in media and communications

During the awards ceremony Cantat read out a speech on behalf of the band, addressed to Jean-Marie Messier, the CEO of Vivendi, the group which owns Noir Désir's record company, Universal.

After taking up the chairmanship of the utility company Compagnie Générale des Eaux in 1994, he oversaw its diversification into the media sector and its 2000 merger with Canal + and Seagram ( owners of Universal Studios ) to form Vivendi Universal.

Messier was forced to resign from his position with Vivendi in July 2002, after the company posted a non-cash loss of 13. 6 billion euro ($ US 11. 8 billion ) during 2001.

His controversial decision to sell his family stake in DuPont Chemical in order to create the Vivendi Universal entertainment company which turned out to be short-lived, was a source of widespread astonishment in the business community.