( companies in Singapore specializing largely in Television and Radio Broadcasting , and to a lesser extent, in Periodical s and Newspaper publishing and Filmmaking .
MediaCorp Group comprises of the following divisions:
At present, MediaCorp runs 6 Television channels and 14 Radio channels, making MediaCorp the largest media Broadcaster and provider in Singapore.
Before 2001, MediaCorp was formerly known as:
- the ('''RTS''') (1965–1980)
- the ('''SBC''') (1980–1994)
- the ('''TCS''') and the '''Radio Corporation of Singapore''' ('''RCS''') (1994–2001)
MediaCorp has held a virtualised monopoly in the television broadcasting market, and most of the radio broadcasting market for a substantial amount of years. With the liberalisation of Singapore media in January 1 , 2001 however, SPH MediaWorks , a division of Singapore Press Holdings entered the market. Losses by both companies due to competition led to a merger, and as of 1 January 2005 , MediaCorp once again became the monopoly in the mass market free-to-air terrestrial television provider.
MediaCorp is located at Andrew Road, Caldecott Broadcasting Centre.
- 1 June 1936 , it was started as the first Radio station in Singapore. It started a TV service in 15 February 1963 . 2 April , regular TV services was launch on Channel 5. On 23 November the same year, the second channel, Channel 8, was launch. Channel 5 shows some of the English and Malay programme while the Channel 8 shows some of the Chinese and Tamil programme.
- 1966, Old broadcast house moved to current TV studio at Caldecott Hill . Old broadcast house was redeveloped into Drama street scene.
- 1974, it started a Colour Television service.
- 1984, it launched the TV12 channel, and in 1994, had them separated into Prime 12 and Premiere 12.
- 1990, SBC launched Stereo on all TV channels.
- 1994, SBC becomes Television Corporation Of Singapore (TCS), one of the three companies created from the privatisation process.
- 1995, Channel 5 and 8 started 24-hour broadcasts.
- 1997, Channel 8 productions were exported to the Taiwanese cable market via TCSI (TCS International), a cable network in Taiwan. Popular serials included Fann Wong 's Return Of The Condor Heroes .
- 1999, SIM Group of Companies underwent corporate restructure, became Media Corporation of Singapore, or Singapore.
- 1999, it started Channel NewsAsia (CNA), the world and local news channel, which can also be seen on Asia Cable TV.
- 2000, Prime 12 and Premiere 12 were renamed to Suria and Central respectively. That year, it launched SportCity (later rename CityTV on 2001) for all sports programmes, which ceased transmission in 2002 due to the regional Economic Slowdown .
- 2001, TCS becomes MediaCorp TV .
- 2001, TVMobile started operation and it became the world's first outdoor digital TV system, broadcasting on some 1500 SBS Transit Bus es.
- 2004, to prevent further economic losses, MediaCorp and SPH decided to merge their free television and free newspaper operations.
- 31 December 2004 , MediaCorp and SPH announces that the merger is legally completed, thereby creating the new holding company, MediaCorp TV Holdings Pte Ltd, which now owns Channel 5 , Channel 8 , TVMobile and Channel U .
- 1 January 2005 , Channel U (Previously under SPH MediaWorks Ltd, a subsidiary of SPH) joins MediaCorp.
MediaCorp Group's Strategic Business Units (SBUs) are managed quite independently from the parent group.
MediaCorp offers 6 free-to-air terrestrial television channels:
- is a 24-hour, English-language channel. Programmes of Channel 5 normally includes English-language dramas and screens variety shows, news, current affairs and game programmes and general adaptations of oversea productions, such as '' Singapore Idol '' and '' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? ''. It features many American-purchased productions such as reality dramas '' Survivor '', '' The Amazing Race '' and '' Project Runway '', sitcoms '' Friends '' and '' Frasier '', and dramas '' Desperate Housewives '' and '' X-Files ''.Recently, as of 2002,''The Weakest Link'' is running with S$1.000.000 Singaporean dollars and its host , Asha Gill.'''
- is a 24-hour, Mandarin channel. It is the highest-rated channel in Singapore. It has local and regional-made Chinese dramas, variety shows, news and current affairs programmes. Special events like "NKF Charity Show", "Star Search" and "Star Awards" are broadcasted on this channel.As of 2002, Zhi Zhe Shen Chun, the Manadrin version of the popular quizshow The Weakest Link, is canceled while the English version is on. The host was Taiwanese personality Cui Lixin and the prize was of S$ 100.000 singapore dollars.
- is the second Chinese-language channel. It aims to reach the younger generation who wishes an alternative to the more traditional commercial television programming.
- is a combination of ''Kids Central'', ''Arts Central'' and ''Vasantham Central'', which is an English-language channel for Child ren, an English-language channel featuring the Art s, and a Tamil-language channel for dramas respectively.
- is a Malay-language channel for Malay dramas and programmes.
- is an English-language regional channel for international news and Current Affairs .
- , The world's first outdoor digital television channel, aired on public buses, which features Reruns and Simulcast of shows from its sister channels and occasionally feature original content, e.g. shorts produced in collaboration with Nanyang Polytechnic . It is broadcasted as a free-to-air channel using the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, but can only be received with a digital set-top box for home viewers.
Chinese language:
- Seletar Robbery (1982) (First Singapore Telemovie )
- The Awakening (1984) (The first blockbuster drama)
- The Unbeatables (First drama series in Singapore about gambling. Its three seasons were released in 1993, 1996 and 2002 respectively.)
- Don't Worry, Be Happy (1996) (The first local Chinese sitcom)
- Return Of The Condor Heroes (1998) (The most expensive blockbuster Wuxia drama ever produced by MediaCorp, based on Louis Cha 's novel. The serial made waves in the Taiwan and China markets and was repeated due to overwhelming audience demand. It also made screen idols out of Fann Wong and Christopher Lee , who were the charismatic leads.)
- Spring Of Life (2002) (Comedy about life in Singapore between the 1950s to the 1970s)
- Always On My Mind (2003) (Starring Fann Wong , this serial was made to commemorate the sacrifices of the brave members of the Singapore medical profession during the SARS crisis.)
- Holland V , 荷兰村 (2003) (The second longest Chinese drama in Singapore history with 125 Episode s Biggest winner in Star Awards 2003, winning best M/F Lead and M/F supporting).
- The Champion (2004) (The drama series about Swimming starred Singaporean and Taiwanese artistes.)
- Double Happiness , 喜临门 (2004) (The longest Chinese drama, it has 130 episodes in two parts. The first part is shown from May to August, while the second part begins in October).
- Portrait Of Home , 同心圆 (2005) (The third longest Chinese drama with 100 episodes in two parts. The first part (60 episodes) was aired from May to July, while the second part (40 episodes) begins in October).
English language:
- Comedy Night , 搞笑行动 (The longest variety show in Singapore history, it started from 1990 to 2000. It returns in 2003 to celebrate MediaCorp TV 40 anniversary, for a brief period.)
- PSC Nite , 普威之夜 (The variety show which held in June and end of the year holiday, it has talent contest and prize giving for lucky draws winner.)
- Top Fun , 欢乐巅峰 (It has 7 series and created by jteam.)
- Super TV Champion , 超级电视迷 (The gameshow for celebrate 20 years of MediaCorp drama in 2002.)
- Everyone Wins , 今天谁会赢 (The Singapore's very 1st own formatted gameshow after '' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire '', '' The Weakest Link '', '' Wheel Of Fortune '', '' Russian Roulette '' and '' Hollywood Squares '', the creator of this game show is Robert Chua .)
- Russian Roulette , 灵机一洞 (The U.S. gameshow produced by Game Show Network , only Singapore had the Chinese version.)
- Celebrities Squares (The Singapore version of Hollywood Squares .)
- The Weakest Link , 智者生存 (The British gameshow, there are two versions in Singapore; English Language and Chinese Language ).
- .)
- Singapore Idol , 新加坡偶像 - The Singapore version of '' American Idol '' on Channel 5 in the English language.
- Star Search , 才华横溢出新秀 - The talent quest event is held once per the two year; the programme is broadcast in Channel 8 , in the Chinese language.
- Star Awards , 红星大奖 - The annual award cermony, rewarding the achievements of the artistes who contributes to Channel 8 , mostly in the Chinese language.
- Talentime - The first talent quest event in Singapore history, on Channel 5 .
- Miss Singapore Universe , 新加坡环球小姐 - A pageant contest choosing one lady out of the whole to represent Singapore for Miss Universe and offered MediaCorp contracts, on Channel 5 .
- Project SuperStar , 绝对 SuperStar - A Chinese equivalent of ''Singapore Idol'', but with Mediacorp's own contest rules rather than following the lines of Singapore Idol.
- Star Idol , 明星偶像 - An acting talent quest to test their acting skills.
- Crime Watch (The programme is talk about the crime prevention.)
- True Files (The programme shows that the cases of murdering of the yesteryears.)
- True Courage (The programme shows about being courage of some Singaporeans.)
- Oli 96.8 FM (ஒலி, formerly Olikkalanjiam-ஒலிக்களஞ்சியம்)
DJ's were lcoked up in rooms in Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza in February 2006 to celebrate 70 years of Radio in Singapore.
|
