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FRom CNA : SingTel secures BPL broadcasts rights for 3 more seasons Posted: 10 October 2012 2252 hrs SINGAPORE: SingTel on Wednesday announced that it has secured the broadcast rights to all 380 Barclays Premier League (BPL) matches for the next three seasons commencing August next year. These rights were acquired on a non-exclusive basis, meaning that SingTel is not obliged to share the content with their competitors. Mr Allen Lew, SingTel's country chief officer (Singapore) and CEO of Group Digital L!fe, said: "We are delighted to bring all the BPL matches 'live' to Singapore for another three seasons. "Along with our recent acquisition of the rights to the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, FA Cup, Serie A, Ligue 1 and other prominent football tournaments, fans can be assured of SingTel's strong commitment to deliver the most comprehensive football experience on mio TV, the home of football." The matches will continue to be available online on miostadium.com and on mobile via SingTel's BPL application. Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said: "mio Stadium has provided Singapore fans with great local programming and coverage of the Barclays Premier League action in a comprehensive and innovative manner. We are pleased to be continuing our partnership with SingTel for another three seasons." In response to SingTel's announcement, StarHub issued a statement saying: "We are surprised that FA Premier League (FAPL) did not conduct a tender for Singapore, departing from all past practice. We will be seeking clarification from FAPL before deciding on our next course of action. We will be keen to acquire the BPL only if the price is right." Well............. have to stick with SingTel for the next 4 years.... I subscribe MIO TV only for BPL but it seems getting better deal now with Champion League, Europa Cup, La Liga, Serie A and French Ligue 1 thrown in starting this year ...

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After so long, they have finally secure rights to broadcast all 64 World Cup Matches across their platforms. Early bird package priced at $66 before 31st May. After which will be $88. Abit chor right...

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does anyone knows whether mediacorpse broadcast some live matches of euro 2008 especially the openng match and final match?

171507.2 in reply to 171507.1 http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,...,159831,00.html? Singtel wins exclusive rights for Champions League, Uefa Cup matches from 2009 to 2012 VIEWERS SAY: Pay more? We feel played out By Zubaidah Nazeer March 22, 2008 ? [/url] FOOTBALL fans who want to catch the Champions League and Uefa Cup matches from the later half of next year will have to sign up for SingTel's mio TV and its Internet and mobile services. [/url] Football fans will still be able to catch Champions League matches on ESPNStarSports via StarHub for the 2008/2009 season. --File picture Both Uefa and SingTel released statements yesterday, announcing that SingTel has been awarded the exclusive rights to screen these European club tournaments in Singapore from next year till 2012. In addition to broadcasting the matches on its pay-TV service, SingTel will also screen them through its online portal and in clips over its mobile service. Football fans interviewed by The New Paper said the move seems to put consumers on the losing end. Civil servant Azman Jamil, 48, said: 'I feel like I've been played out. For any soccer fan like me, we consider tournaments like the English Premier League (EPL) and Champions League to be big, so we watch them all. 'So now, you're telling me that I should either pay more to another service provider or not watch it? How is this fair?' Another football fan, 59-year-old NMudin, agreed. He said: 'What they do is not in the best interest of soccer fans. 'Over the years, we have had to pay more for sports channels. Now, even after having paid more, we still can't watch some big-name matches.' Some fans, like Mr Ron Tan, 29, said they are resigned to just watching EPL next time. Mr Tan, a facilities executive, said: 'EPL is a bigger tournament with more matches. 'At most, I'll just go to a pub or the home of a friend who has SingTel's mio TV if I really want to watch a UefaCup or Champions League match next time.' Mr Allen Lew, SingTel's CEO, said mio TV is 'an integral part of the services that SingTel provides, and what drives pay-TV take-up is the quality of content'. Uefa, on a news release posted on its website, welcomed its new Singapore partner. It said: 'The commitment they have made to acquire the media rights is evidence of the tremendous popularity of the Uefa Champions League and the Uefa Cup in Singapore. 'Uefa also thanks ESPN StarSports and StarHub for their excellent contribution to broadcasting the Uefa Champions League and Uefa Cup respectively.' ESPN StarSports has been the sole broadcaster of Champions League matches in Singapore via StarHub cable channels. In reply to our queries, a spokesman for ESPN StarSports said: 'While it has been our best intention to continue showcasing the tournament, we are disappointed that after May 2009, we shall not be able to do so in Singapore.' ESPN StarSports said that it will still be showing the current and following seasons of Champions League matches which run from September to May. STILL SHOWING FA CUP It said its sports offerings remain 'robust and strong', with the English FA Cup and other big-name sports events in the tennis, rugby and cricket arenas. StarHub's spokesman said it did not bid for the broadcast rights to Champions League and Uefa Cup as it had previously been made available via ESPN and StarSports channels. The competition between StarHub and SingTel for the cable subscribers-pie has been fierce. And football, being one of the major reasons that viewers subscribe to pay-TV, is a lucrative market. Just last month, StarHub had announced that it won the bid to screen all the 31 live matches in the upcoming Uefa Euro 2008 Championships this June. After the World Cup, the European Championships is the most-watched football tournament in the world. SingTel missed out on the chance to broadcast live EPL matches, when StarHub outbid both SingTel and ESPN StarSports in late 2006 for the rights to broadcast EPL matches here. StarHub paid an estimated $250 million for this, or four times the previous price. It then raised subscription cost for its sports channels to $25, up from $15. ******************************************************************************** ** so i want to watch EPL i subscribe to Starhub, next time wan to watch Championship league, i have to subscribe to MIO TV KNN...

ARABIC news channel Al-Jazeera said it hopes to get the go-ahead from the Singapore Government to broadcast here by year end, following talks that began early this year. Nigel Parsons, managing director of the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera English channel, said that Singapore was cautious about allowing it to broadcast. 'We are still not available in Singapore because we are undergoing a very long monitoring process,' he told said in a phone interview from Doha on Monday. 'We are not the devil incarnate. We understand we have to be patient.' Al-Jazeera, which attracted millions of viewers after it aired exclusive footage from Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the wake of the Sept 11 attacks, has been accused by US leaders of biased reporting on Iraq and supporting terrorism. 'Yes, we will freely admit to having sympathies for the occupied people of Palestine, for example, but when we do stories about that region, they are always balanced,' said Mr Parsons, who will be in Singapore next week for the Global Brand Forum along with former US Vice-President Al Gore. Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) said on Tuesday that it was still assessing the Al-Jazeera channels. 'As with all foreign channels, the authorities will need to make assessments based on criteria such as public expectations and interest, as well as the ability to meet local programme standards,' said Amy Chua, director of media content at MDA, in an e-mail. Several of Singapore's neighbours, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, broadcast Al-Jazeera English. The channel can also be watched online via streaming. Mr Parsons said that the channel was closely monitored by the South African government for a few months before it was allowed to broadcast in that country. Funded by Qatar's Emir, or leader, Al-Jazeera English was launched in November to report world news from a Middle East perspective and challenge the dominance of Western media. Mr Parsons said the channel, which has broadcasting centres in Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington, has a reach of about 100 million households around the world, and is expected to break even in three to five years. -- REUTERS What are the chances I wonder?