11 May 2010
First , soccer fans snubbed both Starhub Cable and SingTel miotv World Cup Package , now even coffeeshop owners are crying foul over the high subscription prices that they had to pay to screen this year's Tournament in South Africa . It seems that both the telecos may be fighting a lost cause ahead of this year's World Cup , with just exactly a month to the Big Kickoff !
Many soccer fans had clearly made their feelings known on Facebook and other various Internet Forums that they would rather look for alternative means elsewhere , such as watching the Matches LIVE outdoors in nearby coffeshops than willing to fork out seven times the amount they had paid to sign up four years ago . Now these fans were dealt a further blow with news that quite a large number of coffeshop owners do not intend to subscribe to screen the World Cup Matches LIVE , as they also could not afford the high prices !
As doing so would mean that the coffeeshop owners would have a big hole burnt in their wallets and pockets with the subscription prices ranging from $1888 to $4888 , depending on the sizes of their TV Sets and how many of those TV Sets are wired up to show the World Cup Matches LIVE .
It's seems that both telecos are now fighting a lost cause , while at the other end , it's all doom and gloom for local soccer fans too . Is it really dead end or is there still light at the end of the tunnel for soccer fans here ?
It could be more of a case of the telecos fighting a tough battle than the fans finding all these shocks too much to accept . One main reason is that , way before this deal was struck , there had been numerous reports in various local Newspapers as well as soccer fans themselves already making up their minds to enjoy next Month's Tournament by other alternative means . With each passing day that the deal had not been finalised and with the clock fast ticking down to the Big Kickoff , fans got very desperate that they would never get to enjoy the World Cup on TV , so the fans having done their own ' homework ' and ' research ' long ago while waiting for this ' official announcement ' from the teleos , have already settled for what they feel is the much better option .
After all , they still get to enjoy the World Cup and the best thing of all , to them at least , they don't have to pay a single cent for it ! It's FREE !
Never mind that one may not get to watch the World Cup Matches in coffeeshops , for those who still wish to catch the LIVE Matches outdoors , there may still be a glimmer of hope , though no promises yet . McDonalds and S - 11 outlets are just some of the places in the heartlands that may be showing LIVE World Cup Matches when the Tournament officially Kick Off next month .
Unless the two telecos decide to change their tactics and make slight adjustments to their subscription prices , more fans are likely to give them a miss and look elsewhere where pastures are greener in the world outside . Very much the same reasons as to why a player would want out of a particular football club to seek for greener pastures , and the terms and conditions he would look for when signing for a new football club . Isn't it ?
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