. 5 9 ▁billion . ▁Following ▁the ▁completion ▁of ▁the ▁mer ger , ▁Viv endi ▁retained ▁Path é ' s ▁interests ▁in ▁British ▁Sky ▁Broadcast ing ▁Group ▁P LC ▁and ▁Canal S at ellite , ▁a ▁French ▁broadcast ing ▁corpor ation , ▁then ▁sold ▁all ▁remaining ▁assets ▁to ▁J ér ôme ▁Se yd oux ' s ▁family - owned ▁holding ▁company , ▁For nier ▁SA , ▁who ▁changed ▁its ▁name ▁to ▁Path é . ▁ ▁Viv endi ▁Universal ▁SA ▁was ▁created ▁on ▁ 8 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁with ▁the ▁mer ger ▁of ▁the ▁Viv endi ▁media ▁emp ire ▁with ▁Canal + ▁television ▁networks ▁and ▁the ▁ac quisition ▁of ▁media ▁assets ▁of ▁Canadian ▁company ▁Se agram ▁Company ▁Ltd , ▁owner ▁of ▁Universal ▁Studios . ▁ ▁Viv endi ▁Universal ▁acquired ▁MP 3 . com ▁and ▁a ▁leading ▁American ▁publish er , ▁H ought on ▁M if fl in ▁in ▁year ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁To ▁raise ▁the ▁funds , ▁Viv endi ▁Universal ▁sold ▁its ▁trade ▁and ▁medical ▁publishing ▁business es ▁to ▁a ▁group ▁led ▁by ▁Cin ven . ▁ ▁Viv endi ▁En viron nement ▁ ▁Viv endi ▁En viron nement ▁was ▁formed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁by ▁Viv endi ▁to ▁cons olid ate ▁its ▁environmental ▁divisions , ▁which ▁were ▁C GE A ▁Transport , ▁O ny x ▁En viron nement ▁( now ▁Ve olia ▁Environment al ▁Services ), ▁D alk ia ▁and ▁C GE ▁water ▁division . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁C GE A ▁Transport ▁was ▁renamed ▁Con