Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has signed deals with three major U.S. studios — Disney-ABC International Television, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution – that will make it possible for its mio TV service to screen over 50 top U.S. series as early as 24 hours after their U.S. premiere.
SingTel claims its will be the first IPTV operator in the world to offer such a volume of top US series within a day of their US telecast on a subscription-based model, and this will provide the first exhibition of such licensed series in Singapore.
This service, called Season Pass, will launch this September and the availability of programming will follow the US TV calendar. mio TV will offer the latest seasons of popular American TV series debuting in US from September this year such as Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Criminal Minds, Prison Break, Bones, 24, Ugly Betty, Without a Trace, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Supernatural, Samantha Who? and many more.
SingTel had 45,000 mio TV customers as at 30 June 2008.http://www.singtel.com
- In September 2007, Alcatel-Lucent announced that it provided key network integration services for SingTel’s recently launched pay TV service, mio TV, which debuted on 20-July-2007. mio TV is based on a combination of Alcatel-Lucent’s services integration solution and the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and multimedia platform. Alcatel-Lucent also provided a complete services integration solution that brings together the network infrastructure, software platforms and integration skill sets.