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Commentary: About time IDA and MDA merged

With the long overdue merger, the hope is that the new regulators…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew

MDA proposes tougher rules, more consumer protection for pay-TV services

The new rules could give more power to TV viewers, who currently…

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Commentary: S$59.90 to watch Barclays Premier League matches in Singapore

This is the final score for football fans looking to watch Barclays…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew

Singapore bloggers stage 24-hour ‘blackout’ to protest media regulation

Various websites run by Singapore bloggers will stage a "blackout" this Thursday, 12:00…

Raymond Lau Raymond Lau

Commentary: SingTel playing a risky game with its pay-TV stance

The real reason why SingTel is unhappy is because it cannot now…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew

Commentary: MDA tells SingTel to show BPL matches on rival channels

The country's media regulator has clearly told the "red" operator to show…

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Commentary: MDA has to sort out StarHub-SingTel football wrangle

(credit: Ronnie Macdonald, Creative Commons) Being a referee is never easy. In…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew

SingTel fined a record S$180,000 for mio TV football outage

SingTel has been told to pay an unprecedented S$180,000 fine for problems…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew

SingTel wins Barclays Premier League broadcast rights for Singapore

Whether StarHub viewers will get to watch the matches on their cable…

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Commentary: SingTel brings National Geographic and other Fox channels to mio TV

When several Fox channels start being available on SingTel's mio TV set…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew

Win a trip to Google HQ, Android phones with cyber wellness contest

Here's a contest that is actually a little meaningful and also has…

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Bye bye to a common set-top box for Singapore

It was meant to be the one set-top box you need at…

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More pro-consumer pay-TV contracts in Singapore from March 2012

Though the new rules revealed by the Media Development Authority (MDA) will…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew

Budget 2011: TV and radio licence fees scrapped in Singapore

The much-derided licence fees that Singapore residents have to pay for simply…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew

Commentary: Why you should say no to World Cup 2010

No, it is not SingTel and StarHub you should be angry with.…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew

A common set-top box for S’pore: you sure it makes sense?

StarHub uses a cable plant to send its TV signals to homes;…

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Commentary: Is a SingTel-StarHub joint BPL bid still on?

Without the protagonists even speaking a word about it, the market has…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew

StarHub pay-TV goes fully digital

The writing's been on the wall, but StarHub is finally going to…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew

Want to win a tech grant of S$50K from MDA?

Start-up@ Singapore 2009, a national business plan competition with a 10-year pedigree,…

Chan Chi-Loong Chan Chi-Loong

HDTV rocks

Serious couch potatoes got a big boost last week, when news emerged…

Alfred Siew Alfred Siew