SingTel announces pricing of BPL stand-alone subscription
SingTel has announced the pricing for the next season of the Barclays Premier League (BPL), saying that majority of its BPL customers will be "unaffected".
The pricing for EPL stand-alone subscriptions will be at S$59.90, while existing mio TV Gold Packs are still available from S$64.90, said the announcement.
As only stand-alone content will be cross-carried, the stand-alone subscriptions will also be available on StarHub's pay-TV platform also at S$59.90 a month. Gold Packs will not be cross-carried after the Media Development Authority (MDA) decided that bundles were exempt from cross-carrying.
The new pricing "applies only to new subscriptions or those customers who are renewing their contracts", said SingTel.
SingTel will also be making the BPL available to more fans with screenings at community centres, but will release more information on these plans later. SingTel has added that it will spend S$100 million to enhance the quality and reliability of its service.
Meanwhile, SingTel also said that it "expresses disappointment with the Minister’s decision to not grant its appeal against the directive by MDA" for the cross-carriage of BPL content, but added that it respects the Minister's decision even though it believes that the BPL rights contract is "non-exclusive".
“We have made every effort to ensure our representation was heard because we believed that this was in the best interest of football fans. mio TV was set up to give customers choice and breathe new life into sports coverage. Our intention was to give customers certainty of content at competitive prices,” said Mr Allen Lew, Country Chief Officer-Singapore, SingTel.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
SingTel has announced the pricing for the next season of the Barclays Premier League (BPL), saying that majority of its BPL customers will be "unaffected".
The pricing for EPL stand-alone subscriptions will be at S$59.90, while existing mio TV Gold Packs are still available from S$64.90, said the announcement.
As only stand-alone content will be cross-carried, the stand-alone subscriptions will also be available on StarHub's pay-TV platform also at S$59.90 a month. Gold Packs will not be cross-carried after the Media Development Authority (MDA) decided that bundles were exempt from cross-carrying.
The new pricing "applies only to new subscriptions or those customers who are renewing their contracts", said SingTel.
SingTel will also be making the BPL available to more fans with screenings at community centres, but will release more information on these plans later. SingTel has added that it will spend S$100 million to enhance the quality and reliability of its service.
Meanwhile, SingTel also said that it "expresses disappointment with the Minister’s decision to not grant its appeal against the directive by MDA" for the cross-carriage of BPL content, but added that it respects the Minister's decision even though it believes that the BPL rights contract is "non-exclusive".
“We have made every effort to ensure our representation was heard because we believed that this was in the best interest of football fans. mio TV was set up to give customers choice and breathe new life into sports coverage. Our intention was to give customers certainty of content at competitive prices,” said Mr Allen Lew, Country Chief Officer-Singapore, SingTel.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
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