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Pay-TV needs more than live sports to survive

Annabeth Leow

Annabeth Leow

Published Mon, Oct 5, 2020 · 09:50 PM

SINGAPORE'S pay-television operators have been struggling as viewers shift to over-the-top (OTT) video services such as Netflix and Amazon.

Meanwhile, the live sports events that the pay-TV players have been banking on for years are no longer the sure fire draw they used to be.

As at end-March 2020, StarHub had 327,000 pay-TV subscribers while Singtel had 382,000. This was down from 528,000 and 423,000, respectively, at end-March 2016.

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