Cost of watching football on TV likely to increase again nex

• Dead_Man_Inc

  4 Nov 06, 19:24

  Cost of watching football on TV likely to increase again next season.
  
  Quotes from The New Paper
  
  "The Business Times reported yesterday that cable TV provider Starhub and rivals Singtel were poised to enter a bidding war for the television rights to the English Premier league (EPL) for the next three seasons, from 2007 until 2009."
  
  A Macquarie Research analyst estimated that the winning bid could be about $150 million, more than double the price Starhub is said to have paid ESPN Starsports, who have had the exclusive rights to the EPL for the last three season (2004- 2006).
  
  It is almost inevitable that some of the extra costs will be passed on to the consumers
  
  Jeannie Ong, Starhub's head of corporate communications told the Business times:
  "This upcoming auction process will indoubtedbly end in higher prices"
  
• Pitot

  4 Nov 06, 19:27

  
• anhydrouscoppersulphate

  4 Nov 06, 19:46

  damn starhub
• The man who was death

  5 Nov 06, 01:03

  damn singtel
• anhydrouscoppersulphate

  5 Nov 06, 01:03

  Originally posted by The man who was death:

  damn singtel

  
• Dead_Man_Inc

  5 Nov 06, 01:06

  damn both companies!
  
  maybe just for show? to increase the price for sports grp again..
• used

  5 Nov 06, 01:11

  thats it! i'm moving to london
• dragg

  5 Nov 06, 01:11

  damn everyone.
  
  
• precipice

  8 Nov 06, 09:45

  maybe its time to cancel the subsciption.