Tuesday, October 13, 2009

PayTV to carry all channels

Printed in MyPaper on 13 October

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MyPaper

I refer to the letter entitled “MDA asked for sports package pricing clarity” (MyPaper 12 Oct 09).

I hope that the Media Development Authority (MDA) should address this issue from a broader perspective. It is wasteful and inconvenient for consumers to have two set top boxes and wirings in their home to receive content from two separate PayTV operators.

MDA should the PayTV operator to deliver the content of any provider at a regulated charge for the delivery of the content. The regulator should disallow the PayTV operator to adopt predatory pricing or other restrictions to block out the content of their competitors.

The consumer should be allowed to choose any PayTV operator (i.e. Starhub or SingTel) and have access to all available contents. This will allow competition to work at its best, to reduce cost and increase choice for consumers.

Tan Kin Lian
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Tan Kin Lian said...

My suggestion is: consumers need to subscribe to only one carrier, and put up the set top box.

Each carrier (i.e the party that delivers the content) should be required to carry the channel of any content provider at regulated rates. They cannot charge higher rates to push out certain content providers.

Ideally, the carrier should not be a content provider (i.e. conflict of interest) but it is already too late to implement this move.

October 15, 2009 6:36 AM

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