Bringing IPTV Content to Singapore

January 16, 2007 – Singapore media company Mega Media is to supply an exciting and comprehensive suite of high quality High Definition (HD) channels for SingTel’s IPTV service when it is launched commercially later this year.

Mega Media and Voom’s HD content is currently available on SingTel’s IPTV technical trial, which began in November 2006. MDA has issued a nationwide IPTV licence to SingTel’s wholly-owned subsidiary SingNet.

Mr Quek Peck Leng, SingTel’s Executive Vice President of Consumer, said:  “The collaboration with Mega Media and its partners will help differentiate us when we launch our IPTV service later this year.  Our customers can look forward to quality HD content as well as on-demand HD programmes so that they can watch what they want whenever they want.” 

Mr Glenn Oakley, Rainbow Media’s Senior Vice President, Business Development, said:  “We recognized the opportunity to both expand VOOM HD further into Asia and fill a growing void for quality high-definition programming when we initially decided to collaborate with Mega Media.  Today’s news marks a major step in our progress and is a testament to our ability to bridge oceans in working together to meet this demand.”