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Tencent<\/a> Holdings Ltd plans to take DouYu International Holdings Ltd<\/a> private amid disagreements over strategy among executives at the Chinese videogame streaming firm, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Tencent<\/a>, the biggest shareholder<\/a> in Nasdaq-listed DouYu with a 37% stake, wants to team up with at least one private equity firm for the deal and is currently talking to investment banks<\/a>, they said.
It is aiming to complete the deal this year, said one of the people.
Shares in DouYu, one of Tencent's main platforms for game marketing and China's No. 2 videogame streaming site, surged on the news, jumping 12.7% in pre-market trade.
The company has been debating its business strategy after Tencent's plans to merge it with bigger rival Huya Inc were blocked by regulators in July last year on antitrust grounds.
There have been differences among DouYu executives over whether to stick with game livestreaming<\/a> as its core business or shift towards more profitable entertainment livestreaming<\/a>, said the other person.
That tension has not abated even after DouYu co-founder and co-CEO Zhang Wenming, who had favoured diversifying revenue streams, resigned last month, the person added. DouYu has said Zhang's departure was due to personal reasons. Co-founder Chen Shaojie now runs the company.
The take-private plans reflect Tencent's desire to have a firm grip on its core gaming affiliates at a time when it faces a raft of regulatory issues, said the people, who were not authorised to speak on the matter and declined to be identified.
A 60% slide in DouYu's stock price since July, giving it a market value of $717 million on Wednesday, has also meant it is attractively priced for a take-private deal, they added.
Tencent and DouYu declined to comment. Zhang and Chen did not immediately respond to a request for comment made via DouYu.
Tencent, owner of hit games \"Honor of Kings<\/a>\" and \"PUBG<\/a> Mobile\", has like other Chinese internet<\/a> firms been grappling with a regulatory crackdown on the sector and in the third quarter posted revenue growth of just 13% https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/tencent-reports-3-jump-third-quarter-profit-beating-expectations-2021-11-10 -its slowest since it went public in 2004.
In addition to the blocking of the DouYu-Huya deal, it has also had to contend with efforts by authorities to rein in gaming by minors, while curbs on other industries have also dampened advertising appetite.
At the same time, competition is growing both at home and globally.
ByteDance<\/a>, owner of Douyin, the domestic version of Tiktok, and which also has a games unit, has made sizeable inroads into the video games business. Microsoft Corp last week said it would acquire https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/microsoft-buy-activision-blizzard-deal-687-billion-2022-01-18 \"Call of Duty<\/a>\" maker Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash - the biggest gaming industry deal in history.
New rules in the offing from China's cyberspace regulator will also require the nation's big internet<\/a> companies to seek approval https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/china-cyberspace-regulator-drafts-new-rules-internet-behemoths-sources-2022-01-19 for new investments and fundraising, sources have told Reuters. The regulator has denied issuing a document to that effect.
\"In such a challenging regulatory and competitive environment, it is becoming more important for Tencent to strengthen the control of existing gaming-related portfolio companies such as DouYu,\" said the second person.
There have been some $13.7 billion in take-private deals for U.S.-listed Chinese companies over the past two years, compared to a combined $5.8 billion for 2018 and 2019, according to Refinitiv data.
Undervalued shares and increased scrutiny by U.S. regulators have often been cited as reasons for the deals. The average premiums paid by buyers jumped to 53% last year from 36% in 2020, the data showed.
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腾讯计划去美国——列出DouYu私人资本流媒体公司
腾讯,在纳斯达克上市的最大股东DouYu持有37%的股份,希望与至少一个交易的私人股本公司,目前正在与投资银行,他们说。
腾讯控股有限公司计划DouYu国际控股有限公司私人在分歧的策略在中国游戏流公司高管中,两人有直接了解的人士说。
腾讯,最大的股东在纳斯达克上市的DouYu 37%的股份,希望与至少一个私人股本公司的协议,目前正在交谈投资银行,他们说。
今年的目标是完成交易,说的一个人。
DouYu股份,腾讯的一个主要平台游戏营销和中国第二大电子游戏流媒体网站,飙升的新闻,在市场贸易中跳涨12.7%。乐动扑克
公司一直在讨论其商业策略与更大的竞争对手腾讯计划合并后Huya公司被监管机构去年7月在反垄断。
有差异DouYu高管是否坚持比赛转播画面作为其核心业务或转向更有利可图的娱乐转播画面另一个人说。
张力没有减弱即使DouYu联合创始人兼ceo张雯,支持多样化的收入来源,于上个月辞职,这个人补充说。DouYu说张的离职是由于个人原因。创始人陈Shaojie现在经营着这家公司。
私有化计划反映了腾讯的渴望牢牢地抓住它的核心游戏子公司时,它面临着一系列监管问题,说话的人说,他没有授权在物质和拒绝透露姓名。
7月以来DouYu股价下滑60%,市值7.17亿美元的周三,也意味着它是价格诱人的私有化交易,他们补充说。
腾讯和DouYu拒绝置评。张和陈没有立即回复记者的置评请求通过DouYu。
腾讯的老板打游戏”荣耀的君王”和“PUBG移动”,像其他中国人互联网公司在应对监管打击这一行业和第三季度收入增长13%的https://www.reuters.com/business/media telecom/tencent报告- 3跳-第三季度利润超过预期- 2021 11 - 10——2004年上市以来最低。
除了DouYu-Huya交易的阻碍,它也不得不面对当局努力控制游戏的未成年人,而限制其他行业广告也抑制了食欲。
与此同时,越来越多的国内和全球的竞争。
ByteDanceDouyin的所有者Tiktok的国内版本,也有游戏单元,使得大规模进军视频游戏业务。微软(msft . o:行情)上周表示,将收购https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft -购买-动视暴雪- 6870亿- 2022 - 01 - 18”使命的召唤“制造商动视暴雪以687亿美元现金——历史上最大的游戏产业的交易。
新规即将发生的来自中国的网络监管机构还将要求国家的大互联网公司寻求批准https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china——网络——监管机构-草稿-新-规则-互联网巨头-资源- 2022 - 01 - 19为新投资和融资,消息人士告诉路透。监管机构否认发布文档。
”在这样一个具有挑战性的监管和竞争环境,更加重要的是腾讯加强现有的控制如果你打算创立一个投资组合公司如DouYu,”第二个人说。
有一些对美国137亿美元的私有化交易上市中国公司在过去两年中,相比2018年和2019年总计58亿美元,据Refinitiv数据。
被低估的股票,增加了美国监管机构的审查往往被认为是交易的理由。平均费用由买家支付从2020年的36%跃升至去年的53%,数据显示。
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