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Maroc Telecom and games to lift Vivendi 06 sales

Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:44am EST

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* Vivendi (VIV.PA) fourth quarter/full-year sales

* Due Jan. 31 1645 GMT;

* Average 2006 Reuters poll forecast 20.1 billion euros

($25.95 billion).

PARIS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Vivendi (VIV.PA) is set to post a 3.5 percent rise in full-year sales after the market close on Wednesday, propelled mainly by its Maroc Telecom (IAM.PA) and video games units.

The French media group behind France's No.2 mobile operator SFR and Universal Music Group, the world's largest recorded music company, is set to report revenues of 20.1 billion euros

($25.95 billion), based on a Reuters survey of nine analysts.

Vivendi could also give a trading update for the current year and details regarding its bottom-line performance for the whole of 2006.

In November, Vivendi forecast net ajusted profit of 2.6 billion euros for the full year, or a 16 percent increase, with a dividend distribution rate of a minimum of 50 percent of net profit.

On Wednesday, analysts will seek details on the prospects of the new merged operations, pay-TV channels Canal Plus and TPS, and regarding a long-running legal battle Vivendi has in Poland.

Based on the Reuters poll, SFR's sales are to reach 8.713 billion euros, Maroc Telecom 2.067 billion euros, UMG 4.96 billion, Canal Plus 3.642 billion euros and games 763 million euros.

((Reporting by Nathalie Meistermann, editing by Quentin Bryar; Paris Equities, astrid.wendlandt@reuters.com, +33 1 49 49 54 40))

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