Vivendi finalizes acquisition of video sharing site Dailymotion

A woman walks walk past the main entrance of the entertainment-to-telecoms conglomerate Vivendi's headquarters in Paris April 8, 2015. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi said on Tuesday that it had finalised the purchase of an 80 percent stake in video-sharing website Dailymotion from French telecom operator Orange for 217 million euros ($241.85 million). The two groups entered into exclusive talks in mid-April. (Reporting by Leila Abboud, editing by Astrid Wendlandt)