Pay Extra $$$ to watch World Cup
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*$10.50 if you sign up by 30 April 2006 or $15.75 from 1 May 2006.
*4 channels with 4 views of the same match (Ch 27, 28, 110, 111)
*Enjoy ALL 64 ‘live’ matches – 56 ‘live’ matches on pay-per-view and 8 first- round matches ‘live’ on SuperSports (Ch 22).
NNB....everytime only we pay more 1. When no italian serie A also no price reduction. Now World Cup got to pay more. PCB!!!!!!!!
Who the hell would want to pay extra $$$ to watch 4 different views of the SAME match??? -
if they are evil enough, they make it Pay Per View like boxing match.
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nvm can watch on TV1. or buy antenna and see if can receive from indonesia channels anot
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In case you dunno, Its a Pay Per View . I think only 8 first round matches are not PPV. The rest isOriginally posted by mochou:if they are evil enough, they make it Pay Per View like boxing match. -
abit ridiculous....
but ever since november there've been rumours abt this thing alreadi....
a starhub surveyor called up my fren to ask abt this issue....
so i was kinda xpecting it to happen alreadi -
opps, didnt read detailed enuff.Originally posted by hoolala:In case you dunno, Its a Pay Per View . I think only 8 first round matches are not PPV. The rest is
in that case, they deserved to be flamed. bloodly suckers...... -
dun understand.
sign up $10/$15, i get to watch all matches live? if so, i dun have to PPV? -
LoL>>>>>>>
change yr antenne to 45 degree or 90 degree can liow lo...
for tv1 the best is horizona..
must try to configure la..
atfirst might get blur reception..but change here and there can d.. -
knn la..if its 10.50 one lump sum for all the matches i dun mind..but i;m schooling so maybe i'll miss alot ofmatches..guess i'll go to kopitiams more often..
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what to do?
a lot of things in this country has little or no competition. they can do anything they want. -
to get WC rights not cheap eh..Originally posted by dragg:what to do?
a lot of things in this country has little or no competition. they can do anything they want.
if not pass to you all then how to recover cost wo -
xinyi! become reporter?
Pay more, if you want the football
Sports-group subscribers to pay $15.75, but there is early-bird offer
By Lin Xinyi
STARHUB will be showing all 64 World Cup soccer matches live over four channels from Germany from June 9-July 9. But it will not be for free.
Existing subscribers of Starhub Digital Cable's sports group must fork out an additional $15.75 for the pay-per-view package.
However, there is an early-bird offer of $10.50.
Non-sports group subscribers will be charged $26.25.
Sports-group subscribers will be the only group of viewers able to watch eight simultaneously televised matches live on SuperSports (StarHub Channel 22) at no additional charge.
Almost all the viewers interviewed by The Straits Times share the same sentiments: Why should we pay more money when we have already paid for the sports group? But we will pay.
Also, as events promoter Neo Yong Aik said: 'It's only about 16 cents per match. The principle is wrong but it's not an issue worth getting agitated over.'
And added Chua Kok Wei, 35: 'Even if it's $50, I will still pay because I've no choice. I want to watch.'
Peh Siong San, 32, said: 'For people who subscribe to the sports group like myself, it is largely because of soccer.
'I'm quite surprised we have to pay additional charges but I will do so. After all, I've been following the World Cup since 1990.'
Starhub did not charge additional fees for the 2002 World Cup or Euro 2004.
The four channels will not only offer live matches but also repeat telecasts, bird's-eye-view of the pitch, tactical analysis, and the tracking of individual players.
Corporate customers, such as pubs and neighbourhood coffee shops, will face an even higher bill.
For sports-group subscribers who want to catch the early-bird offer, which expires on May 1, the first set costs $688. Subsequent sets are $500 each.
For The Penny Black, a pub with six sets, it would be $3,188. But general manager Stephen Nobel is not hesitating. He said: 'During the last European Championship, the telecasts proved to be a hit.
'We were open till five or six in the morning. Without screening the World Cup, we won't be very badly affected. But with it, there will be extra revenue.'
Coffeeshop owner Goh Lay Choo said she is likely to subscribe to the package but is not happy with the extra charges.
She said: 'We have to cough up more money even though we're already paying a montly subscription of $420. But it will definitely be good for our business, so I guess we'll have to do it.'
When contacted, Starhub defended the additional fees.
Tham Loke Kheng, senior vice president (Marketing and Content) said: 'The costs of telecast rights for virtually all sports programming have escalated tremendously over the years.
'Our challenge is to balance the desires of various sports-audience segments against the rising costs by operating within a reasonable cost structure that keeps prices as low as possible.
'StarHub's Pay-Per-View platform gives us the flexibility to offer soccer fans new sports content like the World Cup as and when the event takes place, without having to increase the costs to all our sports-group subscribers in general.'
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someone said they did a survey. why?Originally posted by blackchickenahkai:to get WC rights not cheap eh..
if not pass to you all then how to recover cost wo
that means there is another option right? -
then dont watch soccer idiot. without it u die one issit. ah.. tell me.. u
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you are right.Originally posted by Remo Fernandez:then dont watch soccer idiot. without it u die one issit. ah.. tell me.. u
i will die if i dont watch a single match. -
Can just subscribe the sports channel for a few months?
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Well, we can all go pubs or sports bars to watch. Then those places would benefit, but not the money-grubbing Starhub.
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*sigh* no choice...might as well sign up early to enjoy the discount...
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i'm considering of signing up around may and cancel it by end of jul. is the channels also provided soccers and wrestlings?
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There's no such options.Originally posted by 798:i'm considering of signing up around may and cancel it by end of jul. is the channels also provided soccers and wrestlings? -
gone are the days of free almost all world cup matches on ch 5 or premiere 12...
tink should protest... -
They really think singaporean are suckers.
Even the people that the press interviewed are suckers.
The press even want to justify singaporeans as suckers.
This is ridiculous !!!!
Those who say yes are plain idiots.
You are already paying more for the EPL.
Now, you know why they BAN other form of TV. -
thats the whole point.Originally posted by SexyChin:Can just subscribe the sports channel for a few months?
they ask you to pay for installation charges and whatnot. -
wah lan eh, those interviewed ppl so cock one, i tink they only put those happy ppl, cfm got more unhappy ppl lor.. where got such thing one sia, last time 2002 oso nv charge now they wan charge..
pay for sports liao still need pay for world cup... gif wad stupid feature, watch same match on different views... knn rubbish..
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wonder if nobody signup wat will happen...