As the famous saying goes " U Gain Some , U Lose Some " ... and this saying very aptly applied to soccer fans who have been getting their regular LIVE soccer fix from the Indonesian RCTI Channel ! Indonesian soccer fans & a number of Singaporean ones ( who could gain access to the Channel ) here were indeed shocked to find out that the Channel will NOT be showing Spanish League LIVE Matches for this 2009 / 2010 New La Liga Season ! And so their hopes of watching the million dollar stars plying their trade at Real Madrid were dashed as the Channel's seemed to have ' lost ' the Spanish League LIVE Broadcasting rights to another TV Channel - TV One this Season !RCTI Channel has been the Channel bringing to soccer fans LIVE UEFA Champions League & Spanish League Matches to both countries soccer fans over the years . While the Channel still does continue to show LIVE UEFA Champions League Matches for this New Season , Spanish League fans will now have to turn to TV One Channel instead for their LIVE Coverage !
But , all is not lost yet though ! It seems that soccer fans may get to watch Italian Serie A LIVE Matches On RCTI Channel instead , but only for Monday morning's ( Singapore Time 2.45am ) Fixtures Beginning from this week onwards ! For a start , the Channel will be showing AC Milan vs Bari LIVE & EXCLUSIVE at 2.45am ( Monday , 28 Sept 2009 - Singapore Time ! ) .
This sudden decision by Indonesian RCTI Channel not to show Spanish League Matches LIVE for this Season comes as a real shock to many soccer fans here as well as back home in Indonesia as the Channel has been doing so for these past few years ! This move comes as very sudden and abrupt indeed ! Also , some soccer fans also observed that the Channel's LIVE soccer Coverage this second half of the year especially have decreased quite rapidly , in terms of the number of LIVE Matches & Competitions they are broadcasting !
Most notably has to be earlier this Month where there were two Rounds of South American World Cup Qualifying Matches being played , but none of it were being shown LIVE on RCTI Channel ! Both times , only one of the five Matches each were being shown as DELAYED Telecast - Brazil vs Argentina & Brazil vs Chile .
As such , some soccer fans here in Singapore can't help but feel that Starhub Cable could have a part to play in this , as they felt that the local cable operator could have done something to serve as a reminder or warning to them - such as writing a warning letter to the Indonesian TV Station against broadcasting both the Spanish League & South American World Cup Qualifying Matches which Starhub Football Channel are showing !
And their ' speculation ' and ' theory ' may just have been proven right ! Ironically , the two Competitions which the Indonesian RCTI Channel are currently showing it LIVE on it's Channel - UEFA Champions League & Italian Serie A .... Both competitions Starhub Cable happened NOT to be showing it this Season , after having lost the LIVE broadcasting rights to their rival operator - Singtel mio tv !
So , this really brings some soccer fans here to think and wonder if Starhub Cable did actually have a part to play in influencing the Indonesian RCTI Channel sudden decision not to show both the Spanish League & South American World Cup Qualifying Matches LIVE on it's Channel , which they felt the Channel ' rightly ' should be doing so .... Is there really a ' conspiracy ' behind this as suggested by some soccer fans here ?
