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Lets hope that the final price will be much higher than A$2 billion. A$ keeps depreciating and is fast approaching 1.15 now.

Found new venture to re-channel the fund from failed Myanmar telecom bid. Will SingTel find its way too...

Bharti Airtel raises stake in Qualcomm’s India broadband venture

NEW DELHI – Bharti Airtel, which is nearly a third owned by Southeast Asia’s top phone carrier SingTel, has raised its stake to 51 per cent in a wireless broadband venture founded by Qualcomm, the Indian company said on Thursday.

Bharti Airtel, which last year agreed to buy a 49 per cent stake in Qualcomm’s India 4G broadband venture, did not say how much it paid for the additional 2 per cent stake.

http://www.todayonline.com/business/bhar...nd-venture

It shouldn't a surprise to most of us...

SingNet’s appeal against MDA’s cross-carry direction rejected

SINGAPORE — The Minster for Communications and Information has rejected the appeal of SingNet against the Media Development Authority of Singapore’s (MDA) direction to cross-carry English Premier League live matches for the 2013-2016 seasons. SingNet will continue to be required to continue efforts in making the necessary arrangements to cross-carry EPL content. Below is the statement in full:

On 24 April 2013, the Media Development Authority of Singapore (“MDA”) issued a Direction to SingNet Pte Ltd (“SingNet”) to cross-carry the Barclays Premier League live matches (“BPL Content”) over the next three seasons, starting from 2013/2014 to 2015/2016.

http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/min...-direction

(26-07-2013, 09:29 PM)CityFarmer Wrote: [ -> ]It shouldn't a surprise to most of us...

SingNet’s appeal against MDA’s cross-carry direction rejected

SINGAPORE — The Minster for Communications and Information has rejected the appeal of SingNet against the Media Development Authority of Singapore’s (MDA) direction to cross-carry English Premier League live matches for the 2013-2016 seasons. SingNet will continue to be required to continue efforts in making the necessary arrangements to cross-carry EPL content. Below is the statement in full:

On 24 April 2013, the Media Development Authority of Singapore (“MDA”) issued a Direction to SingNet Pte Ltd (“SingNet”) to cross-carry the Barclays Premier League live matches (“BPL Content”) over the next three seasons, starting from 2013/2014 to 2015/2016.

http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/min...-direction

Singtel strikes back...
Extracts,

mio TV Unveils BPL Pricing Ahead of New Season Kick-Off

 Existing mio TV Gold Packs still available from $64.90
 New pricing for BPL stand-alone subscription at $59.90
 Majority of BPL customers unaffected

mio TV will maintain existing prices for its Gold Packs (BPL, sports, movies and family entertainment bundled packages). For as little as $64.90 a month, football fans and their families will enjoy more than 80 channels. Based on our customer viewing habits, the Gold Packs are the best way for mio TV to continue offering great value. mio TV also remains committed to enhancing the overall BPL experience for football fans who can watch up to four BPL matches at the same time on its multi-view channel. They will also be able to follow games and get all the latest BPL information on their mobile devices.

Good news for Starhub?

(26-07-2013, 10:55 PM)Dividend Warrior Wrote: [ -> ]Good news for Starhub?

I don't see how the news is positive for Starhub unless I am interpreting this wrongly. Wouldn't Starhub cable viewers who want to watch EPL now face an even greater impetus to switch over to Mio and enjoy the 'more value' $64.90 package instead of the standalone $59.90 single channel deal ?

(Not Vested in telcos)

I like this sentence in the announcement.

"The BPL stand-alone subscription will also be offered on both mio TV and the alternative pay-TV platform at $59.90 per month. The cross-carriage ruling requires the BPL stand- alone subscription price to be the same, regardless of the platform.


The price for BPL stand-alone subscription reflects the cost of providing the matches as a stand-alone service."

So will Starhub be "pleased"?

And also, just found out from a previous post, "On Wednesday, SingTel also pointed out that its sports offering of $34.90 a month, which includes BPL, was priced cheaper than StarHub's offering in 2009."

Will Singtel's current subscribers be unhappy?

Ok guys, I am a bit confused by all these pricing tactics.

Please tell me if my understanding is correct or wrong.

- Singtel users who subscribe to only BPL, will pay $59.90
- Singtel users who subscribe to the Gold Packs (BPL + other channels), will pay $64.90
- Starhub users who subscribe to only BPL, will pay $59.90

My question is, does Starhub get to keep the entire $59.90? I doubt so.
I am guessing that Starhub needs to pay some kind of fees to Singtel?
And if that's the case, is it cheaper or more expensive than actually directly bidding for the rights?

(27-07-2013, 10:07 AM)Dividend Warrior Wrote: [ -> ]Ok guys, I am a bit confused by all these pricing tactics.

Please tell me if my understanding is correct or wrong.

- Singtel users who subscribe to only BPL, will pay $59.90
- Singtel users who subscribe to the Gold Packs (BPL + other channels), will pay $64.90
- Starhub users who subscribe to only BPL, will pay $59.90

My question is, does Starhub get to keep the entire $59.90? I doubt so.
I am guessing that Starhub needs to pay some kind of fees to Singtel?
And if that's the case, is it cheaper or more expensive than actually directly bidding for the rights?

I don't think Starhub get to keep anything. However, I do not know if there is a cost to Singtel to provide the service to Starhub's users.

It will be fun to see if starhub follow suit and charges a high price for popular stand alone channels that it has and singtel does not have. And then, charge a fair price to starhub subscriber for a bundled package subscription which has access to all starhub channels.