Even after the recent investment in Premiere by Murdoch’s News Corp, Vivendi is still interested in acquiring the German pay-TV operator, said CEO Jean-Bernard Lévy, “but only if the conditions are there for a successful investment.”
Lévy said the company is keeping all options open: “I don’t think our board would take a majority position and wait. We will see. We have said repeatedly we have good and profitable pay-TV business in France and Poland. We think that if the conditions are met we could be credible managers to improve pay-TV opportunities in neighbouring countries. If there are no opportunities, we just will not do it.”
