Singapore – The Media Development Authority (MDA) has fined StarHub Cable Vision (SCV) S$50,000 for a cable television disruption on 28 September 2013. The incident, which started at around 12.40am, lasted for nearly five hours and is estimated to have affected about 170,000 SCV subscribers across various parts of Singapore. Those impacted experienced a complete signal loss for both paid and free-to-air TV channels which are accessed through their SCV cable points. Services were … [Read more...] about MDA fines StarHub for cable TV disruption
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BPL to be cross-carried on standalone basis in Singapore
SingTel's mio TV secured Barclays Premier League rights on a non-exclusive basis in October 2012. The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) issued a direction ordering SingTel to cross-carry all live matches from the upcoming three seasons of the BPL with rival operator StarHub, starting from 2013/2014 to 2015/2016. SingNet Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of SingTel, subsequently informed the Minister for Communications and Information of its intention to appeal against the Direction issued by … [Read more...] about BPL to be cross-carried on standalone basis in Singapore
