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Bertelsmann

According to the article, the German-based Bertelsman, which is the forth largest media company globally has a strong presence in the media with its corporations in over sixty countries worldwide. It's recently focused on developing its multimedia capabilities. (Global Communication P75)

Vivendi Universal

The Vivendi Universal Corporation was established in the nineteenth. It is a major player in France and across Europe’s audiovisual sector. In order to reflect its new communication interests, the company changed it's name from Generele des Oeaux to Vivendi. It is also one of the major pay-TV operators in Europe. (Global Communication, P77)

British Sky Broadcasting Group

The global communication describes that the British Sky Broadcasting Group is the leading pay-TV provider in the United Kingdom. The BskyB has forty channels which includes news, sports and entertainment. By corperating wirh American Online, it formed an alliance in 1998. It's major shareholder is the Rupert Murdoch’s news corporation. They hope to have the sames succuess as HBO did and want to expand their cable and satellile net-woerks around the world. (Global Communication, P79)