The Ministry of Information Communication and Culture will implement a new policy to ensure that popular television programmes, especially popular sports, are no longer monopolised by a particular broadcasting or media corporation.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said the matter had been conveyed to the parties concerned including Astro.
"We want Astro, for example, to create a productive and fair cooperation network with Media Prima and especially the RTM.
"Those without Astro facilities don't get (TV sports programmes) whereas the RTM is a government broadcasting body, and in this matter, I apologise on behalf of the ministry," he told reporters after the simultaneous launching of the 1Malaysia Community at the Sabah state level and Mobile Post as well as appreciating the election workers for the Batu sapi (Sandakan) parliamentary by-election, here today.
Rais said this to reporters when asked to comment on the complaints, especially from those who don't subscribe to Astro, who could not watch the Malaysia Games (Sukma) held in Kuala Lumpur this year,
"We want to implement the new policy and under the licence issued by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), we will change this situation.
"In other words, there will be no more monopoly," he said.
