Surely Singtel, Starhub and Mediacorp can work something out and offer it to us for free?
Why don't you offer yourself for free too?
if TCS promise fifa it free to air, surely fifa will charge lower rights fee. But knowing the arsehole, everything also count $$. since fifa know singtel can make big bucks so they charge huge rights fee which in turn hurt the consumers'pocket.
anyway plenty of free streaming available over internet. i been watching BPL matches via beijing tv channel over the web. yes the commentary is in manderin and sometime lag but then it free. Can also switch to cantonese commentary from guangzhou tv channel.
fark singtel, dun subscribe, furthermore i bet most matches will start around 2-3am which was the norm during 86 and 94 worldcup. i wont be surprise some matches start at 7am, how to watch at these timing, no need to work meh...
i just found out the kick off timing of the brazil world cup. i post the link here for all to see. By the way, it a 12hrs difference between singapore and brazil.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/
the opening match will be lima time 5pm, that 5am here while final is 4pm lima time.
see how many ahgongs will pay $100+ to watch matches at 4-5am.
in group stages, 3 matches a day, singapore time 1am, 4am and 6am.
Business Times
Published April 15, 2014
SingTel unlikely to profit from World Cup: Minister
Govt to review current cross- carriage policy and anti-siphoning list
Govt should just unravel singtel, let more competent foreign players take over the more complex business of satellite tv, mobile and broadband. What remains of the present singtel and its management can focus on payphones, land lines and telegram.
That's their appropriate competence level.
this one really dont know what to say.
nobody ask singtel to bid for wc, they go and bid.
now they kanna bummed sideways by fifa, kanna fuck by sinkees, and best is end up make no money.
Govt should just unravel singtel, let more competent foreign players take over the more complex business of satellite tv, mobile and broadband.
What remains of the present singtel and its management can focus on payphones, land lines and telegram.
That's their appropriate competence level.
Stupid sinkees, don't watch World Cup will die issit? Other people win world cup your lives will be better is it?
In the first place it was Singtel who fucked up the market by a major bid to get the BPL rights n we r fucked after that ... Each nego based on the previous pricing
CB Singtel for cocking it up
Singtel never cocked up. All were planned carefully to squeeze sinkies dry. Everything, every little step..singtel 'winning' EPL rights from starhub, WC rights.
Yes, that's right, our govt only good at exploiting its own citizens.
Can even staged fake quarrel between singtel and starbub over soccer rights. Worse than a communist country.
They tried to do that with SPH mediawork, realised cannot milk $$ from sinkies through free-to-air channel tv and promptly closed it down within a few years.
Always remember, both singtel and starhub are majority owned by our govt. Just like HDB and CPF, Singtel and Starhub are partners in crime to squeeze sinkies left and right.