The recent alliance between French conglomerate Vivendi and Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi-controlled Mediaset TV group is likely to spark a battle for subscribers that will be played out across the European media landscape. French billionaire Vincent Bolloré, Vivendi’s chair and biggest shareholder, is looking to take on Murdoch’s Sky empire and Hastings’ Netflix streaming giant by combining a telecommunications company, TV outlets and scads of content into a yet-unnamed Southern European-based media mega-conglomerate.
Source: Vivendi, Mediaset Merger Sets Up TV Fight With Sky, Netflix in Europe | Variety