MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) - French media group Vivendi (VIV.PA) has offered to pay compensation to Mediaset (MS.MI) to settle a dispute with the Italian broadcaster over a soured pay-TV deal, three sources close to the matter said on Tuesday.
One of the sources said Vivendi would pay a first tranche of 250 million euros ($295 million) as part of a wider tentative agreement. The person said more money would be paid at a later stage, but did not quantify the amounts.
One of the other two sources said Mediaset could join a joint venture being set up between Vivendi’s own pay-TV arm Canal+ and Italian phone group Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI).
Vivendi is the biggest shareholder in Telecom Italia with a 24 percent stake.
This source said it was too early to say whether the two sides would eventually reach a compromise.
Mediaset, Vivendi and Telecom Italia declined to comment.
($1 = 0.8474 euros)
Reporting Gwenaelle Barzic in Paris, Sophie Sassard in London, writing by Agnieszka Flak; editing by Silvia Aloisi
