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Singapore Media Merger Of 2004
On 31 December 2004, MediaCorp and SPH MediaWorks agreed to merge effective the following day. The merger is no longer in effect on 29 September 2017, when SPH divested from Mediacorp. Background On 5 June 2000, then Ministry of Information and the Arts announced the start of gradual media competition, with MediaCorp allowed to own a newspaper and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) allowed to own two TV and two radio channels. On 8 June 2000, SPH, the country's main newspaper publishing company, set up a television arm called SPH MediaWorks to provide competition for MediaCorp, which dominated the media industry in Singapore. Instead, the rival channels were locked in a ratings battle, leading some politicians to comment that the local market was not big enough to have two broadcasting companies. By 2004, SPH MediaWorks had raked up some $44.5 million in losses. In addition, MediaCorp was awarded a licence on 9 June 2000 by the Ministry of Information and the Arts to operate a newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediacorp
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media properties in the country. Mediacorp forms one half of the Mass media in Singapore, mass media duopoly in the country, alongside SPH Media Trust. Its logo is the geometric M with rainbow palette. History 1925–1965: Pre-independence era Radio broadcasting The history of radio broadcasting in Singapore began with the formation of the Amateur Wireless Society of Malaya (AWSM) in April 1925, which launched shortwave transmission from a studio in the Union Building at Collyer Quay using a 100-watt transmitter lent by the Marconi Company under callsign 1SE (One Singapore Experimental). The transmissions could be received from as far as Penang, albeit with atmospheric interferences at times. In 1930, Sir Earl from the Singapore Port Authority com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Development Authority
The Media Development Authority (abbreviation: MDA) was a statutory board of the Singapore Government, under the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). History MDA was formed on 1 January 2003 by the merger of Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA), the Films and Publications Department (FPD) and the Singapore Film Commission (SFC), in response to a national call to develop a globally competitive media industry in Singapore. An industry blueprint called Media 21 was also drawn up and eventually endorsed by the 2002 Economic Review Committee (chaired by then Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong) – as part of the Creative Industries Development Strategy to propel the growth of Singapore’s creative economy. On 18 January 2016, Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) announced that the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and MDA will be restructured into two new entities: The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the Government Tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In Singapore
The following lists events that happened during 2017 in the Republic of Singapore. Incumbents *President: Tony Tan Keng Yam , J. Y. Pillay , Halimah Yacob *Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong Events January * 1 January – **The collection of iris images starts as amendments to the National Registration Act come into force. Some SingPost employees are appointed for that role. **The re-registration of NRICs starts for those aged 55 and above. **The sale of 2G phones for use in Singapore are no longer allowed, with sales for export and overseas use still allowed. * 4 January – Raffles Country Club will be acquired for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail and Cross Island MRT line Western Depot, making it the second country club affected. * 5 January – Maxwell Chambers will be expanded to meet demand for dispute resolution services, taking over the Red Dot Design Museum, which moved to Marina Bay in end-2017. The expanded section is now called Maxwell Chambers Suites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Singapore
The following lists events that happened during 2004 in Singapore. Incumbents *President: S.R. Nathan *Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong (until 12 August), Lee Hsien Loong (starting 12 August) Events January *1 January - The Goods and Services Tax is raised from 4% to 5%. *3 January - The Millennia Institute is established from a merger of other Centralised Institutes. *8 January - The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore announced that phone numbers starting with '8' will become available from April after high demand for phone numbers starting with '9'. February *3 February - The Braddell Flyover is opened to traffic. *12 February - The Carlsberg Sky Tower (renamed to Tiger Sky Tower) is opened. *22 February - Plans for a new hospital in Jurong were postponed in favour for one in the north. These plans were elaborated on 22 March, when the Health Ministry announced a Northern General Hospital (now Khoo Teck Puat Hospital) in Yishun. March *9 March - The Singapore Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today (Singapore Newspaper)
''TODAY'' is a Singapore English-language digital news provider under Mediacorp, Singapore's largest media broadcaster and provider and the only terrestrial television broadcaster in the country. It was formerly a national free daily newspaper. At its inception, Mediacorp had a 60% stake in TODAY while, Singapore Press Holdings owned 40% of ''TODAY''. The newspaper was published and distributed from Monday to Saturday. In 2017, the two media companies announced that SPH will divest its stakes in Mediacorp Press, which publishes ''TODAY'', and Mediacorp TV, which owns Channels 5, 8, U, and Mediacorp Studio. ''TODAY'' was distributed to selected homes upon subscription and for free at MRT stations, bus interchanges, selected food and beverage outlets, shopping malls among other public areas during the morning rush hour. It had a circulation of 300,000, with more than half of its readers being professionals, managers, executives and business people. It is the second-most-read En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Corporation Of Singapore
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media properties in the country. Mediacorp forms one half of the mass media duopoly in the country, alongside SPH Media Trust. Its logo is the geometric M with rainbow palette. History 1925–1965: Pre-independence era Radio broadcasting The history of radio broadcasting in Singapore began with the formation of the Amateur Wireless Society of Malaya (AWSM) in April 1925, which launched shortwave transmission from a studio in the Union Building at Collyer Quay using a 100-watt transmitter lent by the Marconi Company under callsign 1SE (One Singapore Experimental). The transmissions could be received from as far as Penang, albeit with atmospheric interferences at times. In 1930, Sir Earl from the Singapore Port Authority commenced its short wave bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 8 (Singaporean TV Channel)
Channel 8 ( zh, 8頻道) is a Singaporean free-to-air television channel, airing in Mandarin Chinese. It was created by Television Singapura on 31 August 1963 with experimental broadcasts, before going official on 23 November that year. The channel's logo is a yellow number 8 on top of a red disc. History Channel 8 began its test transmissions on Saturday, 31 August 1963, Malaysia's national day. Its first day consisted of a Hokkien film, repeats of India's participation in the South East Asian Cultural Festival and Singapore Celebrates. A second test transmission took place between 16 and 20 September of that year and devoted much of its time to the week-long celebrations, to coincide with the historic Proclamation of Malaysia, and the political campaigns leading up to the 1963 General Election. Channel 8 officially began broadcasting on 23 November 1963 at 7:40 p.m. as "Saluran 8 Televisyen Singapura" and aired at first in Chinese (including Mandarin, dialects of Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel U (Singaporean TV Channel)
Channel U (marketed as U頻道, formerly named 优频道) is a Singaporean free-to-air television channel owned by Mediacorp. It was launched on 6 May 2001 by SPH MediaWorks. On 1 January 2005, the channel was transferred to Mediacorp after a merger between SPH MediaWorks and Mediacorp. Its logo is a turquoise sphere with a white letter U on its surface facing left. The channel's programming consists of Chinese-language series and shows produced locally and imported from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand as well as Korean-language series provided by KBS, MBC and SBS. Channel U's programming is available subtitled in local languages on optional subtitle tracks, and dual-language option (Mandarin and Korean/Thai) is available for Korean-language and Thai language programs. Transmission Hours After 18 February 2002: 18:30-23:30 After 22 June 2004: 18:30-23:50 After 1 January 2005: 17:00-00:30 After 16 June 2005: 17:00-01:30 After 18 September 2008: 15:00-02:30 After 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okto
Okto is a daily children's program block on Mediacorp's Channel 5. The block airs daily during 5's morning and midafternoon time slots. It is also a weekend Mandarin children's program block on Mediacorp's Channel 8. It airs every weekend from 9am to 11am. The Okto brand was introduced as a Singaporean standalone free-to-air television channel. A replacement of the Kids and Arts segments of Central, the channel aired mostly children's programmes, as well as some arts and sports programmes. The channel's target audiences were children ages 2–13, and adults ages 18–39. Okto ceased as a separate channel on 1 May 2019, due to lack of viewership. History Predecessors (1995-2008) Premiere 12 was launched on 1 September 1995, following the split of Channel 12 into it and Prime 12. The channel broadcast on a separate UHF frequency (Channel 12's frequency and channel space was occupied by Prime 12, now Suria). Premiere 12 also included children's TV series (mainly for a presc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streats
Streats was an English broadsheet daily newspaper in Singapore, launched on 4 September 2000. It ceased publishing on 1 January 2005 and merged into TODAY. History Streats was launched on 4 September 2000 by Singapore Press Holdings. It was an English broadsheet daily newspaper in Singapore, with the other being Today. On 8 March 2004, Streats launched an afternoon edition. It provided updates on financial and sports news and is given out in selected locations of the business district. On 31 December 2004, Streats was merged into the daily news as a result of SPH and MediaCorp merging free-to-air terrestrial television and newspaper operations. It ceased publishing on 1 January 2005 and was renamed to become ''TODAY'', a subsidiary of MediaCorp Press & member of MediaCorp a print media Mass media refers to a diverse array of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place include a var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SPH MediaWorks
SPH MediaWorks Ltd () was a free-to-air terrestrial television broadcaster in Singapore that operated two television channels: Channel U (Singaporean TV channel), Channel U and Channel i (Singaporean TV channel), Channel i. It merged with the city-state's long-established broadcasting company, Mediacorp, in 2004. History On 31 March 2000, Mr Lee Cheok Yew was appointed as the Chief executive officer, CEO of SPH MediaWorks Ltd. Mr Man Shu Sum and some of the Mediacorp artistes joined from SPH MediaWorks the former as Chief Operating Officer of Mediacorp. The company was founded by Singapore Press Holdings on 8 June 2000, and appointed local television industry veteran Lee Cheok Yew as its CEO. By October of the same year, the company announced that five actors and actresses: Kym Ng, Bryan Wong, Darren Lim, Wang Yuqing and Guo Liang (actor), Guo Liang have joined their ranks. In November that same year, six actors and actresses from the company's Chinese Media and Entertainment d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel I (Singaporean TV Channel)
Channel i was a Singaporean English language free-to-air terrestrial television channel that was launched on 20 May 2001 as TVWorks. The channel was owned by SPH MediaWorks, a subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings. As a result of the media merger with Mediacorp, it shut down due to low ratings and lack of advertiser support. All Channel i shows officially moved to Channel 5. Its frequencies (terrestrial and cable) and channel space were taken over by Okto (using Central's old format) nearly four years later. Okto itself later also closed down on 1 May 2019 due to similar reasons, after which the channel space created by TVWorks in 2001, folded and ceased to exist. History On 26 April 2001, SPH MediaWorks received a nationwide free-to-air television service licence from the Singapore Broadcasting Authority, allowing them to start broadcasting two channels, Channel U, a Chinese language channel, and TVWorks, an English channel. On 20 May 2001, TVWorks was launched. On 9 No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
