The announcement came the day after mio TV unveiled a deal with three Hollywood studios - Disney-ABC, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros – to broadcast popular dramas on-demand within a day of the shows’ premiere or broadcast in the US.
Currently, StarHub offers recording services on its Hubstation application and according to Patrick Lim, head of cable TV services at StarHub: “Video-on-demand has not yet entered mainstream TV viewing yet in Singapore, but it will soon.”
“In fact, StarHub will be launching our VOD services very soon, which will also carry popular TV series with advanced windows. But whatever the choices, we know that people want good value, convenience, good customer service, a full range of quality programing and reliable networks,” he added.
StarHub currently offers 150 channels and has a subscriber-base of 508,000 compared to 50 channels and 45,000 subscribers on SingTel’s mio TV.
StarHub fights back in Singapore's pay-TV war
SINGAPORE - StarHub, Singapore's largest pay-TV operator, has responded to rival SingTel's mio TV offering on-demand services by announcing it would launch its own video-on-demand services soon.
