Carlyle Group in talks with Virgin Media over possible $19.6 billion bid卡莱尔集团在会谈中,与美属维尔京媒体可能19600000000美元申办
The Carlyle Group private equity firm is in discussions with Virgin Media Inc. over a potential bid for the British cable TV company, The New York Times reported.The talks are preliminary and may not lead to a bid, the Times said on its Web site, citing a person familiar with the negotiations.凯雷集团的私人股权投资公司正在与美属维尔京媒体公司超过一个潜在的收购英国有线电视公司,纽约时报报道了会谈,是初步结果,并可能不会导致一个出价,纽约时报表示,在其网站上引用一位熟悉内情的人士参加谈判。 The person was not authorized to speak about the negotiations and requested anonymity, the Times said in its report Sunday.人无权谈论谈判,并要求匿名的,纽约时报表示,在其报告周日。
The offer for Virgin Media, whose largest investor is Richard Branson, would be worth about $19.6 billion (€14.5 billion) including debt, the person said, placing it among the largest ever in Britain.该要约维尔京媒体,其最大的投资者是理查德布兰森,将价值约19600000000美元( € 145亿元) ,包括债务的,该人说,把它当中规模最大的一次在英国。
A spokeswoman for Virgin Media declined to comment.一名发言人维尔京媒体拒绝对此发表评论。 A message was left Sunday evening seeking comment from The Carlyle Group.一个信息是左周日晚间发表评论,从凯雷投资集团。
Virgin Media, formed by a merger this year between Branson’s Virgin Mobile and cable operator NTL Inc., reported its seventh consecutive quarterly loss in May after subscribers defected to rival BSkyB.维尔京媒体,形成一个合并的这一年间布兰森的维珍移动和有线电视运营商NTL公司,报告了其连续第七个季度亏损后,在五月份订户叛逃到竞争对手BSkyB的。
Virgin Media lost customers earlier this year after it stopped airing basic BSkyB channels, dropping popular programs such as “Lost,” “24,” and “The Simpsons,” as the result of a battle over fees during negotiations to renew a distribution agreement.维尔京媒体失去的客户在今年早些时候后,它停止了广开言路,基本BSkyB的渠道,投放了时尚节目,如"迷失" , " 24 " , "辛普森一家" ,作为一种结果,战费,在谈判期间,以自强不息一项分销协议。
BSkyB has long dominated pay TV in Britain, accounting for around 70 percent of the country’s pay-TV subscribers. BSkyB的长期主导的付费电视,在英国,占约70 %的国家的付费电视用户。 But the arrival of Virgin Media has threatened a shake-up of the status quo, and relations between the two have become increasingly rancorous in recent months.但抵达维尔京媒体扬言摇起来的现状,以及两国关系已经越来越不相适应,在最近几个月。
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