Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) has won exclusive rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup 2009-2012 on its mobile, internet and mio TV platforms.The first thing I did when I heard the news yesterday was to text my friend who works for ESPN to ask him what's going on. He said SingTel outbid them just like StarHub did for the Premier League. Not again, was my reaction.
SingTel also plans to stream UEFA Champions League games both ‘live’ and on-demand on mio TV, and the Internet through the IDEAS portal www.ideas.singtel.com. It will also offer clips on its mobile service.
StarHub which has been showing UEFA Cup matches did not bid for the combined Champions League and UEFA Cup package. Damn you too StarHub! Why didn't you bid? Now we have to fork out unnecessary money to get SingTel's mio TV's setup box, ADSL modem and subscribe to their sports channel if we want to watch the Champions League in the future. Fark!
I don't know how this could be good for football fans in Singapore. Who the hell would subscribe to mio TV just to catch Champions League? Have you seen the programming on mioTV? They are like crap! And from what I understand, mio TV is only available for residential homes, therefore you won't be able to catch the Champions League games in bars and pubs.
7 comments:
Ha! starhub got no money liao. they spend so much to get the premier league and the euro championships already.
espn is losing their grip not only in singapore but parts of asia too.
Just pray that they won't have many new subscribers to watch the Champions League so they will have no choice but to lease some of the big games to Mediacorp. Then we all can watch for free!
Most in Singapore are with Starhub. It's so fucking troublesome to get another setup box.
>Have you seen the programming on mioTV? They are like crap!
miotv got aljazeera.
lol
Our EPL is going farther and farther away. My condolences are with you all.
After the dust settles, what can we do? Make sure that Starhub lowers down their subscription fees for sports channel!
addicted to watching soccer? so you people 'lan lan' need to subscribe to these farking company that will ultimately squeeze dried yr wallet. cancel yr plan with them, time to hold them ransom. let these company suffer financially with less subscription to their sport channel. there is no authority to curb these monopoly. lucky i cut this addiction a few years back . visit the coffeeshop / Pub for soccer, let them pay for the subscription.
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