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BURDENING consumers with price hikes is not the solution, as Singtel, StarHub and Mediacorp announced an unprecedented partnership to broadcast in Singapore the upcoming World Cup. Collaborating for the first time ever, the three entities had in their joint release today (April 25), said fans will pay the same prices as they did to watch the 2014 edition.  Packages for all 64 matches will be made available on Singtel TV, Singtel TV GO, CAST, StarHub TV, StarHub Go, Mediacorp's Toggle. Singaporeans will pay S$94.16 (RM277.50) for the early bird price which will last till May 22. Those who sign up after that date will have to fork out S$112.35 (RM331.11). Nine matches will be aired on free-to-air television. According to Straits Times , the three companies started discussions last year and paid some S$25 million (RM73 million) to secure the broadcasting rights – a slight increase from 2014. ST quoted Deloitte Singapore and Southeast Asia sports business group leader Ja...

TRANSKRIP PENUH TEMUBUAL BERSAMA PM DALAM RANCANGAN SOAL JAWAB TERBITAN TV3     KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Jan -- Berikut adalah transkrip penuh temubual bersama Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dalam rancangan Soal Jawab terbitan TV3.     Rancangan selama sejam itu dihoskan Datuk Charon Mokhzani.     SOALAN: Bolehkah Datuk Seri hurai sedikit mengenai pencapaian dan prestasi ekonomi Malaysia? JAWAPAN: Sepanjang tahun 2014 malah untuk tempoh sembilan bulan pertama tahun 2014 pertumbuhan ekonomi Malaysia merupakan kadar pertumbuhan yang tertinggi di kalangan negara-negara Asia.     Kita telah mengambil dasar-dasar atau pun melaksanakan dasar-dasar yang membawa keyakinan kepada pihak pelabur dari luar dan dalam negeri.     Tahun 2013 umpamanya kita telah mencatat kadar Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) yang tertinggi dalam sejarah Malaysia sebanyak RM38.2 bilion.     Kita lihat bahawa nilai pasaran burs...

As published in Mailsport today By Haresh Deol haresh@mmail.com.my KUALA LUMPUR — The fight to secure broadcasting rights for the M-League has taken a new twist as the parties involved have joined forces. And this would bring more cheers to local football fans as there will be a minimum of three live matches telecast on match days. Telekom Malaysia (TM), Media Prima, Astro and Fox Sports had all sent a joint bid at RM60 million per year for the next six years to the FA of Malaysia (FAM) on Friday. The national body is expected to announce its decision tomorrow. The figure is double of Astro’s RM30 million annual obligation which ran from 2011 till last year. Mailsport learnt that the broadcasters decided to team up after learning there were efforts by another party to secure the production which will be later sold to the broadcasters. “The broadcasters have decided to team up. This way, they will be able to commit to the requirements put for...

UiTM senior lecturer Sadek Mustaffa spoke about players having Peripheral view and to how Malaysia's win effected the sale of the national jersey. Zainal Abidin Hassan believes this team is good enough to defend the title. My harapan - is to see Malaysia win the AFF Cup. All three of us were on TV3's Scoreboard earlier. The show was hosted by Nadia Zuber. We stressed that playing Thailand will be an uphill battle - even more so with the second leg being played in Bangkok. I believe the winner of this clash will go on to net the title. No disrespect to the other semifinalists the Philippines and Singapore. As said months before the tournament - the Azkals could pull some surprises this time around as they have improved tremendously. Even national coach K.Rajagobal agreed to a certain extent, as seen in this posting published in March. Those who had conversations with me will remember I said the national team would occupy the top four but anything beyond will be a bo...