nbcuniversal became the owner of vivendi universal entertainment in 2004.
nbcuniversal became the owner of vivendi universal entertainment in 2004.
what did nbcuniversal become the owner of in 2004?
vivendi universal entertainment
nbcuniversal was formed in 2004 with the merger of general electric's nbc with vivendi universal's film and television subsidiary vivendi universal entertainment, after ge had acquired 80% of the subsidiary, giving vivendi a 20% share of the new company. in 2011, comcast attained 51% and thereby the control of newly reformed nbcuniversal, by purchasing shares from ge, while ge bought out vivendi. since 2013, the company is wholly owned by comcast, which bought ge's ownership stake.









































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kidsco









































kidsco was an international children's entertainment brand founded by canadian broadcaster corus entertainment's nelvana, american-based producer dic entertainment, and european broadcaster sparrowhawk media group in april 2007. by the end of 2007, sparrowhawk was purchased by media conglomerate nbc universal, thus giving the company its share in the brand. in june 2008, dic entertainment was acquired by cookie jar group, thus also having a stake. in may 2012, cookie jar's minority shares in kidsco were brought by nbcuniversal and corus, which saw nbcuniversal become majority shareholder with a 51% share while corus obtained a 43.8% share.
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