MDA said SingTel must share EPL content with StarHub under Singapore's cross-carriage rule which mandates pay TV operators in the country must carry each other's content, eliminating the need for viewers to switch or subscribe to another operator.
In a statement it shared late-Wednesday with local media, MDA said: "Following a thorough examination of the agreement between SingTel and FAPL, and the information provided by SingTel and relevant parties, MDA concluded that the agreement contained certain clauses which prevent or restrict, or are likely to prevent or restrict the same content from being acquired or otherwise obtained for transmission on selected platforms in Singapore by other pay-TV retailers. Full story