光大暴風攜手買入MP & Silva多數股份

China is set to deepen its investment in global sports and entertainment with the acquisition of a majority stake in MP & Silva in a deal valuing the Italian-owned media rights agency at just over $1bn.

隨着收購意大利人所有的媒體轉播權代理機構MP & Silva的多數股份，中國將擴大對全球體育和娛樂業的投資。這宗交易對MP & Silva的估值略高於10億美元。

China Everbright, a financial services company, and Beijing Baofeng Technology, a listed online video group, will acquire a stake of more than 60 per cent in MP & Silva, according to two people involved in the process. A deal is expected to be announced within in the next 48 hours, although the timing could slip.

據兩名參與相關流程的人士稱，金融服務性企業中國光大(China Everbright)和上市在線視頻集團北京暴風科技(Beijing Baofeng Technology)將收購MP & Silva逾60%的股份。這宗交易預計會在48小時內公佈，儘管具體的公佈時間可能會有出入。

China Everbright is a large state conglomerate that, like many of its peers, is seeking to diversity abroad as its domestic banking arm contends with ever slower economic growth at home.

光大是一家大型國有集團。與許多同類企業類似，在光大的國內銀行部門艱難應對國內經濟增長放緩之際，該集團也在尋求到海外實現多元化發展。

Baofeng was one of China’s hottest stocks before the country’s markets crashed last year, with its share price rising 3,300 per cent in the three months to June 2015.

在中國股市去年崩盤之前，暴風科技曾是中國最熱門的股票之一，其股價在截至2015年6月的三個月中上漲了33倍。

MP & Silva was established about a decade ago and makes 80 per cent of its money from selling football rights, but also sells the French Open in Europe and Formula One in the Middle East.

MP & Silva成立於大約十年前，該公司賺的錢有80%來自於出售足球比賽的轉播權，不過該公司還在歐洲出售法國網球公開賽(French Open)的轉播權，在中東出售一級方程式賽車(Formula One)的轉播權。

The company had revenues of around $600m in 2014-15, and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of just under $60m.

2014-15財年，該公司營收約6億美元，息稅折舊及攤銷前利潤(Ebitda)略低於6000萬美元。

MP & Silva declined to comment. Everbright and Baofeng could not immediately be reached for comment.

MP & Silva拒絕置評。記者未能立即聯繫上光大和暴風科技請其置評。