Universal Music Group



1989–1996	1996–1997	1997–present

The Universal Music Group (abbreviated as UMG, or simply Universal Music) are a group of several record labels, including Capitol, Def Jam, Island, Republic, and Interscope/Geffen/A&M.

MCA Music Entertainment Group[]

1989–1996[]

Universal Records[]

1996–1997[]

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It changed its name to Universal Records, following Matsushita Electric's acquisition of MCA. The logo was adopted from Universal Pictures, the motion picture counterpart.

Universal Music Group[]

1997–present[]

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Universal Music Group

Owners: Tencent (20%) | Pershing Square Holdings (10%)

Virgin Music Group
Caroline Records | Fiction Records | Fontana Records | V2 Records | Virgin Records

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Vivendi

Main assets:

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Canal+ Group

Part of Vivendi

Free-to-air channels:
C8 | CStar | CNews

Additional sport channels:
Canal+ Premier League | Canal+ Top 14 Rugby | Canal+ Moto GP | Canal+ Formula 1 | Canal+ Ligue 1

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Canal+ Polska

Parent companies: Canal+ Group (51%), TVN Warner Bros. Discovery (32%) and Liberty Global (17%)

Satellite platform
Canal+
Predecessors
Cyfra+ | n | Wizja TV

Other channels
Ale Kino+ | MiniMini+ | Planete+ | TeleToon+ | Novelas+ (+1)

Upcoming channels
Canal+ 360 | Canal+ Extra 5 | Canal+ Extra 6 | Canal+ Extra 7

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M7 Group

Part of Canal+ Group

Television channels:
Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic and Slovakia: Canal+ Action | Czech Republic and Slovakia: Canal+ Sport (2 | Pop-Up: 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8) | Prima SK (Cool | Love)¹ | Hungary: Direct One | Romania: Focus Sat TV

Defunct:
Canal+ First | Diveo | HD Austria | UPC DTH

¹ Under license from TV Prima.

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SPI International

Part of Canal+ Group

Film1 channels
Film1 (Premiere | Family | Drama | Action)

Other content
FilmBox + | Filmbox On Demand | FightBox Live | FunBox UHD App

Defunct
Film1 Sundance | FilmBox Plus Hungary | Timeless Dizi Channel (Poland)

V • T • E Canal+ Myanmar
Part of Canal+ Group Television channels Canal+ Action \| Canal+ Cha Tate \| Canal+ Gita \| Canal+ Ha Ha! \| Canal+ Kyi Lite \| Canal+ Mae Madi \| Canal+ Pu Tu Tue \| Canal+ Sports \| Canal+ Su Sann \| Canal+ Zat Lenn

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Viaplay Group

Shareholders: Canal+ Group | PPF Group

Predecessor: Modern Times Group

Film channels:
Nordics: V Film (Premiere | Action | Hits | Family) | V Series (excluding Finland)

Radio networks:
Sweden: Rix FM | Star FM | Lugna favoriter | Bandit Rock | Power Hit Radio | Svenska Favoriter
Norway: NRJ | P4 | P5 (Nonstop Hits) | P6 | P7 | P8 | P9 | P10 | P11 | Tour of Norway
Finland: Radio Nova

Notes

¹	Co-owned with TDC Group
²	Co-owned with Talpa Network
³	Co-owned with Sýn
⁴	Co-owned with Paramount

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MultiChoice

Television services:

Satellite TV: DStv (South Africa) | GOtv (outside South Africa) | Box Office
Video-on-demand: Showmax

M-Net channels:

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M-Net

M-Net channels:

Defunct channels:
Africa Magic Plus/Entertainment | Africa Magic Movies | Africa Magic Movies 1

Other assets:
Irdeto

Defunct channels and properties:
Vuzu

Former/defunct:
France:

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TPS

Premium channels:

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Lagardère

Part of Vivendi (60%)

Lagardère News
Radio
Europe 1 | Europe 2 | RFM

Magazine press
Paris Match | Le Journal du dimanche | Parents | Infobébés

Internet
Newsweb | Doctissimo | Selma

Notes

¹	Sold to Groupe M6 (RTL Group).
²	Sold to Czech Media Invest, currently owned by Agora S.A..

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Tencent

Services:

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Co-owned by David Ellison, RedBird Capital Partners, Tencent (minor) and CJ ENM (minor), pending merger with Paramount Skydance Television \| Skydance Interactive \| Skydance Animation (Animation Madrid) \| Skydance New Media \| Skydance Sports \| Uncharted \| Premium Large Format

Former/Defunct:
Activision Blizzard

Universal Music Group

MCA Music Entertainment Group[]

1989–1996[]

Universal Records[]

1996–1997[]

Universal Music Group[]

1997–present[]

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