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...Epic argued Google also reached deals with network operators such as AT&T and T-Mobile, and game developers like Activision Blizzard, essentially paying them off to prevent them from launching Play Store...
...Shares in the big four western publishers — Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and Take-Two — have all increased by between 18 and 70 per cent since the start of 2015....
...He’s also a clever dealmaker – he combined Activision with Vivendi’s Blizzard to tap its success in online PC gaming and then took back his company with a buyout of Vivendi in 2013....
...Cable companies now face cord-cutting consumers and competition from the Netflix, satellite and telecom groups, Mr Wolf notes....
...Canal Plus, Activision Blizzard, the fast-growing computer games maker and other units....
...Investors and analysts have for months argued that Vivendi should be broken up to release the full value of its diverse businesses, which combine Universal Music and the gaming unit Activision Blizzard with...
...The French group is reviewing restructuring options including a possible split of its telecoms and media assets or a disposal of its stake in Activision Blizzard, whose CEO, Bobby Kotick, is also due at...
...Vivendi has sold a $427m stake in Activision Blizzard, maker of the Call of Duty video game, raising questions about whether the French group has been stretched more than it has admitted by the $1.9bn purchase...
...An Activision spokesman declined to comment on whether it was competing for Beatles rights....
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