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Astro rolls out sports rebates
01 June 2020
As sports events emerge from Covid-19 lockdowns, Malaysian platform Astro has rolled out a one-off rebate for sport pack subs who didn’t get what they paid for over the past few months.
The RM20/US$4.60 rebate will apply over the June and July billing cycles, the platform said.
Given Covid-19’s disruption to the global sports calendar, “the rebate is the right thing to do,” Astro’s head of sports, CK Lee, says.
Sports subscribers have also been given complimentary viewing of all channels on the platform.
Platforms in neighbouring Singapore are not following suit – for now.
Singtel says Premier League has taken the first steps towards restarting the current season, which could return to TV screens “in the next month or so”.
“In the unfortunate event that Premier League is unable to resume the season’s matches, we will provide customers with options such as offering more channels or rebates on their subscription,” the telco told us.
Singtel’s seven-day sports pass costs S$19.90/US$14 a month. The sports plus pack is S$49.90/US$35 a month.
StarHub also said it was encouraged by the resumption of live sports around the world.
The platform offered TV customers a four-day free preview of Bundesliga matches from 15-19 May.
Sports pack subs are also able to switch to a choice of six entertainment packs – including movies – at no charge.
StarHub’s Sports Pass plan costs S$29.90/US$21 a month/24-month contract.
In the Philippines, Cignal TV has responded to Covid-19 measures by giving subscribers premium channel blowouts – including sports channels, says Vitto Lazatin, vice president – content acquisition, management & strategy.
Cignal’s a la carte sports offering include beIN Sports Pack for Ps350/US$6.90 monthly, One Sports HD at Ps150/US$2.95 monthly and Fox Sports 2 HD for Ps40/US$0.80 a month. One Sports Plus and Fox Sports 2 are already bundled in most packs while beIN’s channels are in the premium tier.
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As sports events emerge from Covid-19 lockdowns, Malaysian platform Astro has rolled out a one-off rebate for sport pack subs who didn’t get what they paid for over the past few months.
The RM20/US$4.60 rebate will apply over the June and July billing cycles, the platform said.
Given Covid-19’s disruption to the global sports calendar, “the rebate is the right thing to do,” Astro’s head of sports, CK Lee, says.
Sports subscribers have also been given complimentary viewing of all channels on the platform.
Platforms in neighbouring Singapore are not following suit – for now.
Singtel says Premier League has taken the first steps towards restarting the current season, which could return to TV screens “in the next month or so”.
“In the unfortunate event that Premier League is unable to resume the season’s matches, we will provide customers with options such as offering more channels or rebates on their subscription,” the telco told us.
Singtel’s seven-day sports pass costs S$19.90/US$14 a month. The sports plus pack is S$49.90/US$35 a month.
StarHub also said it was encouraged by the resumption of live sports around the world.
The platform offered TV customers a four-day free preview of Bundesliga matches from 15-19 May.
Sports pack subs are also able to switch to a choice of six entertainment packs – including movies – at no charge.
StarHub’s Sports Pass plan costs S$29.90/US$21 a month/24-month contract.
In the Philippines, Cignal TV has responded to Covid-19 measures by giving subscribers premium channel blowouts – including sports channels, says Vitto Lazatin, vice president – content acquisition, management & strategy.
Cignal’s a la carte sports offering include beIN Sports Pack for Ps350/US$6.90 monthly, One Sports HD at Ps150/US$2.95 monthly and Fox Sports 2 HD for Ps40/US$0.80 a month. One Sports Plus and Fox Sports 2 are already bundled in most packs while beIN’s channels are in the premium tier.
Philippines’ pay-TV platform SkyCable opened some of its sports channels for free from 3-16 April and from 19 Mar-30 April.
SkyCable sports packages range from Ps150/US$2.30 a month for the Fox Sports Pack to Ps550/US$11 a month for Fox Sports 3, Outdoor Channel HD, Fight Sports HD and Eurosport HD.
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