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Bye bye to a common set-top box for Singapore

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28 May
2012
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It was meant to be the one set-top box you need at home, to tune in to TV channels on SingTel, StarHub, M1 and possibly any new pay-TV operator that would come to Singapore.

But instead of being the one box to rule them all, the Singapore government’s idea of a common, standardised set-top box has now come to nought, despite earlier plans to unveil it this year. The real reason: it was just impractical.

 
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