Mio TV secures champions league broadcast rights

If you are asking where to watch champions league in Singapore, your question is answered just a few hours before the clashes started. Champions League matches of this season can be watched from tonight [1] as Mio TV, a 24-hour pay television service of SingTel, has got the broadcast rights to Europe's premier football competitions UEFA Champions League and Europa League. The broadcasts will start with the first round of UEFA Champions Group matches and fans can watch Real Madrid and Manchester City on 19 September at 2.45am. Mio TV's coverage of the Europa League will start with the first round of Group matches on 20 September.[2]

The news came just a few hours before the champions league starts and confirmed by SingTel. All Champions League and Europa League matches will be shown on the new mio tv champions league channel 111, 122 and 113.[3] Current Mio Stadium and Sports Pack subscribers can watch the new channels for free until Oct 31. Then they will need to subscribe to revamped packages in order to continue viewing the new channels.[4]

Real Madrid and Manchester City

Football fans are irritated by the whole issue according to TodayOnline:

“They really need to review such matters early and not wait until the last minute. There also needs to be
some transparency because we signed for the mio TV packages on the understanding we will be receiving, among other sports content, the Champions League for a period of time.”
Manchester United fan Joshua Lee lamented about the monopoly and the haplessness of consumers. “It’s a rollercoaster ride for us consumers,” he said. “We’re constantly at the mercy of  the telco and we don’t have a choice because it’s a monopoly. We can only wait and see.”[4]

[1] - SingTel to broadcast Champions League
[2] - SingTel's mio TV secures rights to Champions League
[3] - SingTel wins deal to screen Uefa Champions League matches
[4] - SingTel finally find net in last-gasp scramble