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Encyclopedia - Vivendi Universal: Encyclopedia - Vivendi Universal
Vivendi Universal (VU) is a French company active in media and communications with activities in music, television and film, publishing, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vivendi Universal: Encyclopedia Ii - Vivendi Universal - History
Vivendi Universal was created in December of 2000 with the massive merger of the Vivendi media empire with Canal+ television networks and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vivendi Universal: Encyclopedia Ii - Vivendi Universal - History
Vivendi Universal was created in December of 2000 with the massive merger of the Vivendi media empire with Canal+ television networks and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Music Group: Encyclopedia - Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group (UMG) formerly MCA Music Entertainment (see Music Corporation of America). is the largest major label in the record...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canal+: Encyclopedia - Canal+
Canal Plus Group (Canal+) is a French film and television studio and distributor. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi Universal an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Music Group: Encyclopedia Ii - Universal Music Group - Record Labels
UMG owns, or has a joint share in, a large number of record labels, including: A&M Records Barclay Records Blackground Records Cinep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Encyclopedia - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country's national radio and television broadcaster. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warcraft Iii: Encyclopedia - Warcraft Iii
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2002, is a real-time strategy computer game and the second sequel to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crash Bandicoot: Encyclopedia - Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot - The platformers. The first three Crash games, as well as several subsequent Crash games, were platform games. Crash ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vu: Encyclopedia - Vu
The two-letter abbreviation VU has several different meanings: VU is the country code of Vanuatu; .vu is its ccTLD. Vivendi Universa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellow Pages: Encyclopedia - Yellow Pages
In many countries, the Yellow Pages refers to a telephone directory for businesses organized by the category of product or service. As th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Sky Broadcasting: Encyclopedia - British Sky Broadcasting
British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting) is a company that operat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - École Polytechnique: Encyclopedia - École Polytechnique
The École polytechnique (the "Polytechnic School"), often nicknamed X, is the foremost of the French Grandes écoles of engineering. Ini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - V: Encyclopedia - V
V is the twenty-second letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is vee. Like F and the Greek letter Upsilon (also spelled...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia - 2004 Summer Olympics
Ancient victors were crowned with olive wreaths (Gk. kotinos) — a tradition echoed with this games' medalists. The colours of the logo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adventure Game: Encyclopedia - Adventure Game
Adventure is a genre of video game typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al Gore: Encyclopedia - Al Gore
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician and businessman, who served as the 45th Vice President of the Unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blizzard Entertainment: Encyclopedia - Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment is a PC game developer and publisher. Since its release of Warcraft in 1994, it has been one of the most successfu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Current Tv: Encyclopedia - Current Tv
Current TV is an independent media company, led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, attorney Joel Hyatt and a team of industry profess...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Interplay Entertainment: Encyclopedia - Interplay Entertainment
Interplay Entertainment Corporation is an American video game and computer game publisher and developer. It has been teetering on the bri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Electric: Encyclopedia - General Electric
The General Electric Company, or GE (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. Going into 2005, it was the world's la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal: Encyclopedia - Universal
Universal has several meanings: Universalism - properties of universality in concepts or application For the concept of a universal in m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warcraft Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - Warcraft Iii - Reign Of Chaos
Warcraft III - Plot. Similar to how Starcraft was told, the story in Warcraft III is told through all four races in a progressive manne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cbc Newsworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Cbc Newsworld - History
The channel initially began broadcasting on July 31, 1989, and it originally broadcast from studios in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blizzard North: Encyclopedia Ii - Blizzard North - History
Blizzard North was originally an independent company. It was established in 1993 under the name Condor, with the founders being Max Schae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Omikron - The Nomad Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Omikron - The Nomad Soul - Story
Soon after the beginning of the game's introduction, the player begins the investigation in the Anekbah sector. He uncovers information t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nbc Universal: Encyclopedia Ii - Nbc Universal - Television
NBC Universal has its modern roots in a series of expansions undertaken by NBC. In the late 1980s, NBC began pursuing a strategy of diver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evil Genius Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Evil Genius Game - Criticisms Of Evil Genius
One of the first criticisms of the game is that there is no sandbox feature in the game. The bulk of the game takes place in only 2 grids...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Electric: Encyclopedia Ii - General Electric - History
In 1876, Thomas Alva Edison opened a new laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Out of the laboratory was to come perhaps the most famous ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - E3: Encyclopedia Ii - E3 - Layout
Using the LACC, over 540,000 square feet (50,000 m²) are available for exhibition space across the five halls. The LACC is located over ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - F.e.a.r. Computer Game: Encyclopedia Ii - F.e.a.r. Computer Game - Characters
F.E.A.R. computer game - Allies. This section covers the F.E.A.R. team as well as a single Delta Force member. Little is known about t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nbc: Encyclopedia Ii - Nbc - History
NBC - Radio. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) radio network went on the air with twenty-four affiliated stations on November 15,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mergers And Acquisitions: Encyclopedia Ii - Mergers And Acquisitions - Financing M&a
Technically, what differentiates a merger from an acquisition is how it is financed. Various methods of financing an M&A deal exist: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blizzard Entertainment: Encyclopedia Ii - Blizzard Entertainment - Overview
Blizzard Entertainment was founded in February, 1991 as Silicon & Synapse by Mike Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce. The company...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cnbc: Encyclopedia Ii - Cnbc - Cnbc In The U.s.
The original CNBC channel was launched in Fort Lee, New Jersey, on April 17, 1989. It merged in 1991 with the Financial News Network (FNN...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Électricité De France: Encyclopedia Ii - Électricité De France - Major Reform 1996-2007
Électricité de France - The opening of the electricity market. The decision to open the electricity market to competition at European...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Portugal
ADSL service has been available in Portugal since 2000, however it wasn't until 2002, with increased competition, that the service starte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swat: Encyclopedia Ii - Swat - Swat Units In The United States
Though initially confined to metropolitan cities, today virtually every city with a police force in excess of a handful of officers has a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crash Bandicoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Crash Bandicoot - The Platformers
The first three Crash games, as well as several subsequent Crash games, were platform games. Crash Bandicoot - Gameplay. The core gamep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Starsiege: Encyclopedia Ii - Starsiege - Story
Starsiege contains a rich backstory and plot, which are conveyed to the player via three main sources. The first source is the Compendium...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Adventures Of Tintin: Encyclopedia Ii - The Adventures Of Tintin - Characters
The Adventures of Tintin - Tintin. The character of Tintin was created on January 10, 1929, and his 75th birthday was widely celebrated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warcraft Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - Warcraft Iii - Reign Of Chaos
Warcraft III - Plot. Similar to how Starcraft was told, the story in Warcraft III is told through all four races in a progressive manne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 Summer Olympics - Bid And Preparations
Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, (date of the 25th anniversary of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Electric: Encyclopedia Ii - General Electric - History
In 1876, Thomas Alva Edison opened a new laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Out of the laboratory was to come perhaps the most famous ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cendant: Encyclopedia Ii - Cendant - Splitting Apart
As of October 24, 2005, Cendant Corporation announced its decision to split into four separate companies, citing a necessity to diversify...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Digital Distribution: Encyclopedia Ii - Digital Distribution - Flaws
Digital distribution - Loss of publisher support. There are drawbacks of an independent approach, not least the loss of publisher fundi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellow Pages: Encyclopedia Ii - Yellow Pages - Other Countries
In (The Republic of) Ireland the equivalent directory is titled Golden Pages while in Northern Ireland it is "yellow pages" In Belgium th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crash Team Racing: Encyclopedia Ii - Crash Team Racing - Characters
Crash Team Racing - Default characters. Crash Bandicoot Speed = Good Acceleration = Good Turn = Good - the star of the Crash series. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sierra Entertainment: Encyclopedia Ii - Sierra Entertainment - History
Sierra started modestly as On-Line Systems in 1980, with founders Ken and Roberta Williams programming games and managing the company fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire Earth Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Earth Ii - Epochs
There are 15 epochs (pronounced as "epic") in the game, each representing a part of history. As time passes, civilizations become more ad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concentration Of Media Ownership: Encyclopedia Ii - Concentration Of Media Ownership - Media Consolidation In Particular Countries
Concentration of media ownership - Australia. Further information: Media ownership in Australia, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]],   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Whole Experience: Encyclopedia Ii - The Whole Experience - Game Titles
WXP-developed games include: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) for Xbox (2002 Vivendi Universal) Greg Hasti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blizzard Entertainment: Encyclopedia Ii - Blizzard Entertainment - Overview
Blizzard Entertainment was founded in February, 1991 as Silicon & Synapse by Mike Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce. The company...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swat: Encyclopedia Ii - Swat - Swat Units In The United States
Though initially confined to metropolitan cities, today virtually every city with a police force in excess of a handful of officers has a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythic Entertainment: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythic Entertainment - History
Mythic evolved from an earlier game developer called Adventures Unlimited Software Inc. (AUSI) that was founded in 1984 when it launched ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usa Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Usa Network - Usa Original Programming
Children/Teen Programming USA Cartoon Express, animation block with USA Network Kids Club segments in-between them USA Action Extreme Te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Sky Broadcasting: Encyclopedia Ii - British Sky Broadcasting - History
See Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting for pre-merger history. British Sky Broadcasting - Origins. By 1990 both Rupe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Half-life 2 Controversies And Criticisms: Encyclopedia Ii - Half-life 2 Controversies And Criticisms - Pre-release
Half-Life 2 controversies and criticisms - Source code leak. Half-Life 2 was merely a rumor until a strong impression at E3 in May 2003...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canal+: Encyclopedia Ii - Canal+ - Corporate Divisions
Canal+ - Canal+. In the Netherlands, France and Spain the flagship product is a television channel, Canal+. The channel is encrypted fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Interplay Entertainment: Encyclopedia Ii - Interplay Entertainment - History
The company was cofounded as "Interplay Productions" in Southern California in 1983 by Christopher Wells, Special Projects Manager, Educa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liquid Entertainment: Encyclopedia Ii - Liquid Entertainment - Overview
Ed Del Castillo and Michael Grayford worked on a number of high profile computer games prior to founding Liquid Entertainment. Aside from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - History
The CBC's predecessor, the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC), was established in 1932 by the government of R.B. Bennett after...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Houghton Mifflin: Encyclopedia Ii - Houghton Mifflin - Company History
In 1832, William Ticknor and James Thomas Fields had gathered an impressive list of writers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Haw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Adventures Of Tintin: Encyclopedia Ii - The Adventures Of Tintin - Characters
The Adventures of Tintin - Tintin. Main article: Tintin and Snowy Tintin is a young Belgian reporter (as well as an accomplished figh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adventure Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Adventure Game - History
Adventure game - Colossal Cave Adventure. In the early 1970s, programmer, caver, and role-player William Crowther developed a program c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newsworld International: Encyclopedia Ii - Newsworld International - The End Of The Network
In 2004, the channel was purchased by former Vice-President of the United States Al Gore, and Joel Hyatt. The programming continued to be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veolia Environnement: Encyclopedia Ii - Veolia Environnement - History
On December 14, 1853, a water company named Compagnie Générale des Eaux (CGE) was created by an Imperial decree of Napoleon III. In 185...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - V: Encyclopedia Ii - V - Alternative Representations
Victor represents the letter V in the NATO phonetic alphabet. In international Morse code the letter V is DitDitDitDah: · Â· Â...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - F.e.a.r. Computer Game: Encyclopedia Ii - F.e.a.r. Computer Game - Characters
F.E.A.R. computer game - Allies. This section covers the F.E.A.R. team as well as a single Delta Force member. Little is known about t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Sky Broadcasting: Encyclopedia Ii - British Sky Broadcasting - History
British Sky Broadcasting - Origins. By 1990 both Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television and the BSB alliance were beginning to struggle with t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Interplay Entertainment: Encyclopedia Ii - Interplay Entertainment - History
The company was founded as "Interplay Productions" in Southern California in 1983 by former employees of a small video game developer cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swat 4: Encyclopedia Ii - Swat 4 - Gameplay
SWAT 4 - Single player. SWAT 4 features a single-player campaign where the player has to take his SWAT team through a number of mission...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al Gore: Encyclopedia Ii - Al Gore - Vietnam War Service
Al Gore - Vietnam and journalism. Although opposed to the Vietnam War, on August 7, 1969, Gore enlisted in the army to participate in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - École Polytechnique: Encyclopedia Ii - École Polytechnique - The Polytechnicien Studies
École Polytechnique - Introduction. The Polytechnicien program is quite different from typical university or college studies. While it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flagship Studios: Encyclopedia Ii - Flagship Studios - Titles
Flagship Studios - Hellgate: London. In March 2005, following months of teasing concept art for an unknown game, Flagship Studios' firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 Summer Olympics - Bid And Preparations
Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, (date of the 25th anniversary of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vivendi Sa: Encyclopedia Ii - Vivendi Sa - History
On December 14, 1853, a water company named Compagnie Générale des Eaux (CGE) was created by an Imperial decree of Napoleon III. In 185...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crash Bandicoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Crash Bandicoot - Characters
Aku-Aku An Mask, with magical powers and lasers. He has colorfull feathers on his head; Red, blue, green... He's an great friend of Crash...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crash Bandicoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Crash Bandicoot - Developers
The first four Crash Bandicoot games were developed by Naughty Dog (Crash 1, Crash 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash 3: WARPED and CTR: Crash...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crash Bandicoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Crash Bandicoot - Crash In Pop Culture
In The Simpsons episode "Lisa gets an A", Dash Dingo an obvious spoof of Crash. A tweaked-out soundtrack is used, sounding uncannily simi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Italy
ADSL has in theory been available in Italy for a number of years, and has been very widely publicised; but in practice has to now (Sept 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Greece
ADSL in Greece appeared commercially in the summer of 2003. Typical download/upload speeds available (kbps) : 256/128, 384/128, 512/...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Netherlands
Four ADSL networks are active in The Netherlands; a network set up by KPN, the former state telecom operator, and three others run by BBn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Norway
ADSL became available to private consumers around late 2000. Depending on the provider, offered speeds range from 704/128 kbps to as high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Poland
The most popular ADSL service for home users in Poland is Neostrada provided by TPSA. At present it has six possible price, speed and dow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Labour Problems
5,500 employees of the CBC (about 90%) were locked out by CBC management on 15 August 2005 in a dispute over future hiring practices. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Germany
As of first quarter of 2005, Deutsche Telekom signed up approximately 6.4 million DSL customers in Germany, making Germany one of the top...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - New Zealand
ADSL was launched in 1999 by Telecom New Zealand under the name Jetstream. There was a progressive roll out into local exchanges. As of 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Morocco
Operated by Maroc Telecom. The service started as a test in November 2002 before it was launched in October 2003. The service is named Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Adventures Of Tintin: Encyclopedia Ii - The Adventures Of Tintin - Stage Adaptations
A musical based on The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun premièred on 15 September 2001 at the Stadsschouwburg (city theatre)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crash Team Racing: Encyclopedia Ii - Crash Team Racing - Gameplay
Gameplay is similar to that of Mario Kart; the following are gameplay elements original to CTR. Collecting ten wumpa fruit improves any i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Australia
ADSL became available in Australia in 2000. The infrastructure is owned by Telstra, whose retail branch BigPond was the only reseller unt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Argentina
ADSL first appeared in Argentina in 1998, named Speedy by Telefónica, a Spanish company. Fibertel, a cable provider, remains the most po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Issue Of Bias
Critics, often led by private media, sometimes accuse the network of cultural elitism, liberal bias, or bias in favour of the current gov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warcraft Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - Warcraft Iii - Custom Maps
There are many player-created multiplayer maps (made with the included Warcraft III World Editor tool) available. There are many differen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warcraft Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - Warcraft Iii - Spin-offs
A massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the WarCraft universe, entitled World of Warcraft, is the fourth WarCraft game in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warcraft Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - Warcraft Iii - Modding
With the Warcraft III World Editor that came with Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, players were able to create their own custom maps to play...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Belgium
ADSL first appeared in Belgium in 1999, named Turboline. The first network was set up by Belgian telecom operator Belgacom and has been e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Brazil
ADSL was successful in Brazil during beta testing, and became popular in 2000, with the main ISPs being Speedy, Ajato and Velox, with typ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Adventures Of Tintin: Encyclopedia Ii - The Adventures Of Tintin - Race And Colonialism
The earliest stories in The Adventures of Tintin have been criticised for racist and colonialist leanings, including caricatured portraya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dsl Around The World: Encyclopedia Ii - Dsl Around The World - Finland
First ADSL line providers started in 2000. A typical ADSL connection in Finland is 512/512 kbps or 1024/512 kbps and it costs €20 to â‚...   » Read the article