WorldScreen.com, 12 Oct 2009
SINGAPORE: Following news that the upstart IPTV service mioTV has nabbed the rights to popular Barclays Premier League rights in Singapore, the Media Development Authority is asking the platform to "provide clarity on the pricing of their sports packages."
SingTel's mioTV platform outbid cable platform StarHub for the rights to EPL action for the 2010 to 2013 seasons. In a statement, the MDA said it did "understand the concerns raised"—the much newer mioTV does not reach as many customers as the incumbent cable platform StarHub. MDA noted that the bidding for the rights "is a commercial process...determined by the Football Association Premier League (FAPL) and agreed upon with the bidders. Prior to the BPL bidding, MDA had begun dialogue sessions with the industry on possible regulatory interventions to address this issue for the longer term."
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