French Owned Companies and Brands in the US
• Airbus
• Allegra ( Aventis Pharmaceuticals )
• Amtrak Acela ( Alstom )
• American Photo Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
• Beefeater ( Pernod Ricard )
• BancWest ( BNP Paribas )
• Bell Labs / Lucent Technologies ( Alcatel )
• BF Goodrich Tires ( Michelin )
• BIC
• Blizzard Entertainment ( Vivendi Universal Games )
• Boating Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
• Bravo ( Vivendi Universal *)
• Bushmills ( Pernod Ricard )
• Car and Driver Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
• Chivas Regal ( Pernod Ricard )
• CNBC ( Vivendi Universal *)
• Crystal Springs ( Danone )
• Cycle World Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
• Dannon ( Danone )
• Decca Records ( Vivendi Universal )
• Deutsche Grammophon ( Vivendi Universal )
• DKNY ( LVMH-Moët Hennessy- Louis Vuitton )
• ELLE Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
• Evian ( Danone )
• Focus Features ( Vivendi Universal *)
• Geffen Records ( Vivendi Universal )
• Glenlivet ( Pernod Ricard )
• GRP Records ( Vivendi Universal )
• Hennessy ( LVMH-Moët Hennessy- Louis Vuitton )
• Home Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
• Interscope A & M Records ( Vivendi Universal )
• Island Def Jam Music Group ( Vivendi Universal )
• Jameson ( Pernod Ricard )
• Kahlua ( Pernod Ricard )
• Krups ( Groupe SEB )
• Lea & Perrins / Worcester ( Danone )
• Lost Highway Records ( Vivendi Universal )
• Magellan GPS ( Thales / Alcatel )
• Martell ( Pernod Ricard )
• Massive Entertainment ( Vivendi Universal Games )
• MCA Nashville ( Vivendi Universal )
• Mercury Nashville ( Vivendi Universal )
• Mercury Records ( Vivendi Universal )
• Metropolitan Home Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
• Michelin Tires
• Mikasa Crystal
• Motel 6 ( Accor )
• Moulinex ( Groupe SEB )
• MP3 . com ( Vivendi Universal )
• MSNBC ( Vivendi Universal *)
• mun 2 Channel ( Vivendi Universal *)
• Naya ( Danone )
• NBC ( Vivendi Universal *)
• NBC Universal ( Vivendi Universal *)
• Nissan Motor ( Renault owns 30 %)
• Pernod Ricard
• Philips ( Vivendi Universal )
• Polydor Records ( Vivendi Universal )
• Popular Photography & Imaging Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
• Premiere Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
• Radical Entertainment ( Vivendi Universal Games )
• RCA ( Thomson Electronics )
• Red Roof Inns ( Accor )
• Renault
• Road & Track Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
• Rogue Pictures ( Vivendi Universal *)
• SCI-FI Channel ( Vivendi Universal *)
• Seagram ' s ( Pernod Ricard )
• Sheaffer Pen Company ( BIC )
• Sierra Entertainment ( Vivendi Universal Games )
• Sofitel ( Accor )
• Sound & Vision Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
• Stolichnaya ( Pernod Ricard **)
• Stonyfield Farm ( Danone )
• Swordfish Studios ( Vivendi Universal Games )
• TAG Heuer Watches ( LVMH-Moët Hennessy- Louis Vuitton )
• Technicolor ( Thomson Electronics )
• Telemundo ( Vivendi Universal *)
• T-Fal / Tefal Cookware ( Groupe SEB )
• Thales ( Alcatel )
• Uniroyal ( Michelin )
• Universal Motown Records Group ( Vivendi Universal )
• Universal Pictures ( Vivendi Universal *)
• Universal Studios ( Vivendi Universal *)
• USA Network ( Vivendi Universal *)
• Verve Music Group ( Vivendi Universal )
• Vivendi Universal
• Wild Turkey ( Pernod Ricard )
• Wite-Out ( BIC )
• Woman ' s Day Magazine ( Hachette Filipacchi Media )
* An NBC Universal Company in which Vivendi Universal owns a 20 % share and General Electric owns an 80 % share ** US distribution rights