meatballz Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 As broadcast rights for the English Premier League (EPL) remain in limbo for StarHub, the pay-TV operator has crossed swords with rival mio TV, alleging that there is more than meets the eye in the agreement between the Premier League and mio TV for the 2013-2016 package of rights. "What is of grave concern is that we understand there may be a high rebate structure payable to our competitor in the event the content is sold by the Premier League to a second operator," said Jeannie Ong, head of corporate communications and investor relations at StarHub. "This will make it uneconomic for the content provider to sell the same content to a second operator, creating a barrier to acquisition." When asked to respond to these claims, a SingTel spokesman said: "The terms of the agreement for the broadcast of (EPL) are confidential . . . Given that the next season does not commence until August 2013, there is ample time for other parties to negotiate terms with the content provider if they are genuinely interested in doing so." Since SingTel's mio TV sealed a surprise non-exclusive deal to air EPL matches for the 2013-2016 seasons late last year, StarHub's attempts to negotiate a set of rights for itself have been thwarted. StarHub claims it was told by the Premier League that an "exclusive negotiation period" with another pay- TV operator in Singapore is in place until after the Chinese New Year period. Taken to its natural conclusion, the situation has ramifications in the context of Singapore's new cross-carriage mandate. "This runs contrary to the objectives of the cross-carriage rule, which is to facilitate content across different operators' platforms and to give customers more choice," Ms Ong said. The cross-carriage rule obliges a pay-TV operator to share its exclusive content with a rival upon request, lowering the incentive to seal exclusive deals. It does not, however, apply to non-exclusive deals like the one between SingTel and the Premier League.
jerms Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 what rivals? both belong to limpeh. consumers lose big.
meatballz Posted March 3, 2013 Author Posted March 3, 2013 duno if there will be any technical problems watch epl on starhub using cross carriage? they are all pk.
Guest james46 Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 what rivals? both belong to limpeh. consumers lose big. Totally agreed. Both acting only loser is consumer.
meatballz Posted March 17, 2013 Author Posted March 17, 2013 latest http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/starhub-enter-negotiations-english-premier-league-broadcast-rights-161100015--spt.html StarHub enter negotiations for English Premier League broadcast rights
meatballz Posted March 21, 2013 Author Posted March 21, 2013 latest It will be taken very seriously". Here's what ContentAsia wrote in an article regarding the issue: Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has stepped back into the country’s English Premier League (BPL) rights fracas, saying that “any suggestion” that the authority had not upheld principles of fair market conduct and effective competition in Singapore’s media industry “will be taken very seriously”. The statement comes in the wake of fierce resistance by leading pay-TV player StarHub to the way the BPL rights negotiations had been conducted. Rival SingTel signed a non-exclusive deal for rights to the next three BPL seasons in October last year, and entered an exclusive negotiating period while terms of the deal were finalised. StarHub said this exclusive period was not in line with Singapore’s cross-carriage environment. While StarHub has just started talking to the Premier League about its own set of rights for Singapore, the cable platform said all it wanted was “fair play”. The MDA said that “as a regulator, our decisions are based on thorough, robust and fair assessment in accordance to due process. We will not be pressured by any party into doing otherwise.”
dude Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 The best is for the broadcast rights to be awarded to Mediacorp. Govt sure be more popular - equal rights to enjoyment for all.
dXter Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 Clearly MDA's system is not robust. latest It will be taken very seriously". Here's what ContentAsia wrote in an article regarding the issue: Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has stepped back into the country’s English Premier League (BPL) rights fracas, saying that “any suggestion” that the authority had not upheld principles of fair market conduct and effective competition in Singapore’s media industry “will be taken very seriously”. The statement comes in the wake of fierce resistance by leading pay-TV player StarHub to the way the BPL rights negotiations had been conducted. Rival SingTel signed a non-exclusive deal for rights to the next three BPL seasons in October last year, and entered an exclusive negotiating period while terms of the deal were finalised. StarHub said this exclusive period was not in line with Singapore’s cross-carriage environment. While StarHub has just started talking to the Premier League about its own set of rights for Singapore, the cable platform said all it wanted was “fair play”. The MDA said that “as a regulator, our decisions are based on thorough, robust and fair assessment in accordance to due process. We will not be pressured by any party into doing otherwise.”
wyvern Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 I'll move to starhub even if its more expensive. Second that. SinkTel really CMI. Need extra modem for additional set top boxes and where the hell do we have so many telephone point near TV??!!
dXter Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 Next time if move onto IP TV using fibre point (Starhub - trialing , Singtel, etc), the inevitable consequence of not enough network-ready points will come.
meatballz Posted April 24, 2013 Author Posted April 24, 2013 latest Soccer fans will soon be able to catch the Barclays Premier League (BPL) "live" matches on both SingNet and StarHub platforms. Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) has asked Pay-TV retailer SingNet to cross-carry the matches over the next three seasons. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singnet-to-cross-carry-barclays-premier-/651448.html so its not coming back to starhub????? 1 thing is certain though, PRICE CAN ONLY GO UP AR CHARM LA. PK. http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/mda-directs-singnet-cross-carry-premier-league-starhub-121000934--spt.html
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