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No more F1 and UFC from 1st Oct 2021. Fox Sports exiting SG. https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sports-fans-in-spore-face-anxious-wait-as-cessation-of-fox-sports-channels-looms Sports fans in S'pore face anxious wait as cessation of Fox Sports channels looms Post-race highlights of F1 races are no substitute for the live races themselves, said an F1 fan.PHOTO: EPA-EFE Kimberly Kwek PUBLISHED 4 HOURS AGO FACEBOOKWHATSAPP SINGAPORE - Formula One, tennis' Grand Slams and the Majors in golf have long been a staple of sports fans' diet but they could no longer be available to those in Singapore from next Friday (Oct 1), when Disney shuts 13 pay-television channels, including its Fox Sports channels. The decision was announced in April "to pivot towards a direct-to-consumer-first model and further grow (its) streaming services". Telcos Singtel and StarHub had offered these channels as part of their subscription packages and while on Friday both announced they have secured the broadcast rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the status of F1 and the premier events in golf and tennis remains unclear. David Tan, a StarHub subscriber who is a UFC and F1 fan, expressed his disappointment at the lack of updates from the companies over the past few months especially when "they had six months to do something about it". He added: "We waited for them to release more information, but they just said we'll lose Fox Sports but we still can enjoy the other channels. "They should have more feedback channels, which wasn't done well so it gives the impression that they don't really care." In response to queries from The Sunday Times, both telcos acknowledged the situation and said they were trying to resolve it. A StarHub spokesman said: "We are aware that a segment of customers may still feel some impact, as alternative viewing means are not yet available for certain 'live' sports events. "To this end, we remain in talks with various content providers to enter broadcast deals for popular sporting events, to cater to our customers' needs. We will make available more information when there are developments." The spokesman noted it has other offerings like the Bundesliga, UFC, WTA Tour, World Wrestling Entertainment and National Basketball Association (NBA). Singtel, which in recent months has added world cricket tournaments through Astro Cricket plus the World Table Tennis and Badminton Asia Championship, said it will "continue to look for quality and popular live sporting events to enhance our sports line-up for customers, and we will share further updates in the coming weeks". But F1 fan and Singtel subscriber Gilbert Teo, 30, reckons such content cannot supplant what will soon be disappearing from his screen. The senior account manager at an adtech company said: "Maybe there are additional sports events, but it's not a like-for-like replacement." Even post-race highlights of F1 races are no substitute for the live races themselves, he added. Aside from the telcos, there are other options for consumers, like over-the-top (OTT) streaming platforms from the rights holders themselves. There are MotoGP Videopass, F1 TV and Golf TV but there are some limitations. For example, F1 TV Pro is unavailable in Singapore, meaning fans here can only watch race replays. Golf TV has live coverage of PGA Tour and European Tour events but has only one Major, the British Open, on its line-up. None of the four tennis Grand Slams (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open) have a dedicated OTT service. Teo does not plan to cancel his subscription as his current TV package, which he pays about $90 monthly for, includes the English Premier League, but feels there should be some form of rebate from the telcos. He said: "The price of watching sports in Singapore is very high so if they don't have the telecast of certain channels, I think we should have a fair compensation." Existing TV packages that include the Fox Sports channels range from $33.80 to $99.90 for Singtel, while StarHub's Sports+ package costs $20 monthly. The Singtel packages include access to non-sports channels. The looming Oct 1 deadline is particularly significant for F1 fans like dietitian Melody Foo, 29. After this weekend's Russian Grand Prix, there are another seven races scheduled for this season with Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton locked in fierce battle - the former leads by five points - for the drivers championship. Foo said: "It's definitely a concern that I cannot watch them, it's a big part of my life and I look forward to watching all these (competitions) during the weekend. "The next Grand Slam (Australian Open) is in January so I still have time for tennis and the ATP tournaments are still showing, so that's still okay." Even though Hong Kong pay-TV service provider Now TV secured the rights for the F1 and US Open following Disney's decision, Deloitte South-east Asia sports business group leader James Walton said it is unclear if the local telcos would follow suit. He said: "Realistically, it's now down to a point where unless beIN Sports steps up or Singtel or StarHub decide to invest in this, there will be a question of how many channels they want to run, how much content they want to produce and do they really see any value in locally broadcasting some of these activities or if it'll go into video-on-demand. "But ultimately, it's looking increasingly likely that a lot of these sporting properties are heading towards video-on-demand, subscription and pay-per-view models and it's something that fans will have to get used to in the years to come."

Mediacorp kena hack ah? Suddenly the 11pm drama 三生三世十里桃花 got cut off and now showing other programmes. Is it the first time its down so long

Wonder if any of you chaps have watch or tried watching this channel. It used to be at Ch 199 but now on Ch 200. Last weekend, I missed the "LIVE" United vs Wigan game so when I got home at about 1.30AM, not knowing the score, wanted to watch it on this channel. Unfortunately, this game was not on the menu . . . . All the big 4-5 teams played on Saturday, they rarely do and guess which 2 games MIO TV chose to put up in the "FREE" On Demand Channel out of the 8 games, one was a late game . . . . . 1. Norwich vs West Ham 2. Arsenal vs Soton 3. Aston Villa vs Swansea 4. Fulham vs WBA 5. Man United vs Wigan 6. QPR vs Chelsea 7. Stoke vs Man City 8. Sunderland vs Pool ( Late Kick-off ) Yes, games (1) and (3) Can't understand the rational . . . . . . .

saw the notification on ch856 that it will cease the +3hr transmission soon. This is a useful channel and hope Starhub can reconsider.

Yesterday went to my friend's house for majong session and saw his wife watching "live" Hongkong TVB drama online by using a "IPTV" thumbdrive.She say that she get that from SLQ 2nd floor and it can allow her to acess to all country TV live online (including all cable channel eg Star sports,ESPN,HBO,discoverly channel,Fox news.....etc) It can view up to more than 1000+ channel around the world! and the best part is there ia no monthly fee need to pay!!!She claim that she bought that thumbdrive at $198 only and to me that is good money spend if what she said above is real.But before I put the money in that stuff,would like to ask all bros here what do you gays think?Will this thing get me into trouble with Max-online,MIO or MDA?I do a search in the web and this is what I got regarding this "IPTV".IPTV Sorry,post at wrong place liao Can admin help me to move this topic to Lite and easy please?

received a letter today, Channel 855 (catch-up TV - yellow button playback) will be discontinued after 31 Dec 2013, replaced by 857 VV Drama-On-Demand (higher monthly subscription). HATE IT!!!! do we have alternate choice? I need VV Drama for my parent and MIO is not comparable yet.

Hi all, Time to rejoice at the news of Channel 5 showing the Confederation Cup Live on Channel 5!!! Afterall, it's been a while since we are treated to such football action on free-to-air channels.. Cheers.........

Ok, who's the scam artiste here?

After my recent accident encounter, I am goin to install a 4 channel DVR for my station wagon. Any reliable models to recommend? Blackvue brand seem popular but no 4-ch model. Should I install 2x 2-ch or a single 4-ch type? Thanks.

they conduct a live poll, and get this! hahaha a nice slap in their face

Hi guys, I missed 29 Jan 13 9pm channel U recommendation of men's suit. Any idea the tailor's shop name? Quite impressed during channel u's advert of the tailor design. Please let me know of the tailor shop if you guys know. Thankyou.

Anyone catch tonight jiao dian programme which discuss on the white paper of 6.9 million target.... it's simply just pure govt BS. The whole programme justify why we need 6.9 and paint a beautiful picture of vibrant country full of 6.9 million and how we are to be blamed cos we cant producing enough... The ending is even better, calling upon singaporeans to be patient with the govt while they are impriving the infrastructure.... truly a c--k sucking programme.

Watch it: http://video.xin.msn.com/watch/video/love-...ode-7/2egw5ulff Then read this:

any1 watches this show? damn cool... always come home tired from work, but watch until midnight. just 2 days back got one episode on big foot. and according to some "experts" big foot may be the evolution of apes, while human are the product of alien intervention. tats y big foot so scared human.

Anyone knows how to do so? tmr got both F1 and football. need to have 2 separate screens (watching football on MIO)

Any bro know how to do it? I only know the frequency is 76.25Mhz..... Can't seem to tune to it....

Any bros watched this just now? It was a American show of 4 men competing for the title of One Man Army based on speed, strength and intelligence. Host was a ex-SF also giving running commentary also. The four men comprised two ex-Recon Marines, a ex-SEAL Team Six operator and an Argentinian non-military MMA (mixed-martial arts) specialist and the whole idea of the show was that one by one would be eliminated through challenges until a sole winner was left standing in the end to receive a US$10k prize. One ex-Recon Marine was a mature and steady beefy dude aged 41 while the other was a cocky super fit 26 yo just returning from Iraq. The ex-SEAL Team Six anti-terrorist expert was a grand old 49 yo oldie but still looked trim and deadly. The last guy who was Argentinian spoke perfect English and was the odd ball because he had had no military background though from footages he seemed very good in MMA. Interesting plus entertaining typical American show though some of you bros especially MO might sneered at it and brush it aside

Newspaper reports that CH 5 viewership is on a steady decline The main gripes are that CH5 shows are lame, old or boring. To be very honest I never watched CH5 after getting cable (although cable quality also dropped a lot) CH5 used to have a nice show in the 90s called Hey Singapore! but other than that, they don't really have anything memorable. I consider shows like PCK to be extremely lame.

Any bros following this series? Have been following it since season 1 and really to these fellows from Red Jacket. They have been converting normal small arms to all sorts of deadly configurations as accordance to customers from average Joes to private security firms. Not sure if they have gotten permission or any permit from their state or federal agencies (should have right?) to do that because they have for example converted semi-auto firing (by law) say AR15s or even Browning 50-cal HMGs to full auto modes. Which means any psycho customers can suka suka train his Browning 50-cal HMG on his neighbours to unleash hell... [sweatdrop] For a strictly gun control state like ours, it is really an eye-opener that their Constitution allow them to own guns And I thought the last time they fired a civil war-era cannon was the biggest calibre weapon they had gotten their hands on until last night when these fellas repaired a WWII-era M1 57mm AT gun and fired it. They even re-furbished the rounds themselves by filling up empty fired shell casings with explosive propellant, installed primers and topped them off with projectiles. Below is a shot of these guys firing the 57mm gun: How about that?

Been following this YouTube channel for several months now, I find his automotive videos and tutorials very informative! http://www.youtube.com/user/EricTheCarGuy

Saw the TV trailer at channel 5... tomorrow at 11:00pm.

Am currently watching the first episode of this Discovery Channel series: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/surviving-the-cut/ VERY interesting. Came highly recommended by a friend of mine who's actually fought in war.

2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards LIVE on Channel U, the Korean girls look so HOT!

You guys watching this? Laughing my a*s off in tonight's episode This Detroit black parking warden nicknamed "ponytail" goes around with a vengeance and prides himself for issuing parking tickets in a flash, leaving the poor "victims" absolutely no chance to react. He was quarreling with a suburb landowner and his wife because the landowner parked his car on the turf outside his house. When he was issued a ticket he was pissed at ponytail and all sorts of insults came out. Ponytail explained to him that outside house the area belongs to the city not him and didn't gave chance issued a $30 fine. Really funny show...provided you don't find yourself exactly in the poor "victims'" shoes for illegal parking and kena caught...