HD5 was a
Singapore
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an
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the FTA Receiver, appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring ...
television channel that was launched as the high-definition version of
Channel 5. It was the first HD broadcast on DTT in
Southeast Asia
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. HD5 aired 10 hours of HD-produced series each week, including movies, dramas and original productions made by Mediacorp.
In late 2013, Channel 5 HD was launched on DTT and aired simulcast programming with Channel 5's SD feed. Due to national availability of Channel 5 HD, HD5 was shut down on 1 October 2017
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See also
* List of programmes broadcast by Channel 5 (Singapore)
This is a list of programmes produced and broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 5, a television channel in Singapore. Lists of programmes includes those telecast when the channel was operated by Television Singapore, Radio Television Singapore (RTS), S ...
* High-definition television in Singapore
High-definition television in Singapore is already in "stage conversion".
Although many households in Singapore own HD ready or Full HD television sets some of them are still broadcast in SDTV. However, these were in stage conversion with the digi ...
References
External links
Sample Images Of HD5
Discussion group
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2006 establishments in Singapore
2017 disestablishments in Singapore
Broadcasting in Singapore
Mediacorp
Television stations in Singapore
Television channels and stations established in 2006
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017