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MediaCorp

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MediaCorp Group comprises of the following divisions: *MediaCorp TV *MediaCorp Studios *MediaCorp TV12 *MediaCorp Radio *MediaCorp News *MediaCorp Press *MediaCorp Publishing *MediaCorp Technologies *MediaCorp Raintree Pictures *Media Research Consultants *Caldecott Productions International.

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 Radio and Television of Singapore (RTS) (1965–1980)

the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) (1980–1994)

the Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) and the Radio Corporation of Singapore (RCS) (1994–2001)

During all these periods, it is the only television and radio broadcaster in Singapore. With the liberalization 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 becomes the sole free television broadcaster once again in Singapore.

MediaCorp is located at Andrew Road, Caldecott Broadcasting Centre.

= Milestones =

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 language and Malay language programme while the Channel 8 shows some of the Chinese language and Tamil language 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.

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, 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, TVMobile started operation and it became the world s first outdoor digital TV system, broadcasting on some 1500 SBS Transit buses.

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, MediaCorp_TV_Channel_8, TVMobile and Channel U.

1 January 2005, Channel U (Previously under SPH MediaWorks Ltd, a subsidiary of SPH) joins MediaCorp.

= Management =

==Audit Committee==

Chairman: Ho Kwon Ping

==Group Internal Audit==

CEO: Lucas Chow

CFO: Henry Lim

EVP: Chua Hoe Sing

MD: Shaun Seow

MediaCorp Group s business units are managed quite independently from the parent group.

CEO for MediaCorp TV : Chua Foo Yong

CEO for MediaCorp Studios : Chang Long Jong

CEO for MediaCorp TV12 : Alice Tan

CEO for MediaCorp News : Woon Tai Ho

CEO for MediaCorp Technologies : Mock Pak Lum

CEO for MediaCorp Publishing : Philip Koh

CEO for MediaCorp Radio : James Yip

CEO for MediaCorp Press : Mano Sabnani

= MediaCorp channels =

MediaCorp offers 6 free-to-air terrestrial television channels:

MediaCorp TV Channel 5 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 and The Amazing Race , sitcoms Friends and Frasier , and dramas Desperate Housewives and X-Files .

MediaCorp TV Channel 8 is a 24-hour, Mandarin (linguistics) 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.

MediaCorp TV Channel U is the second Chinese language channel. It aims to reach the younger generation who wishes an alternative to the more traditional commercial television programming.

MediaCorp TV12 Central is a combination of Kids Central , Arts Central and Vasantham Central , which is an English-language channel for children, a English-language channel featuring the arts, and a Tamil language channel for dramas respectively.

MediaCorp TV12 Suria is a Malay language channel for Malay dramas and programmes.

Channel NewsAsia is an English-language regional channel for international news and current affairs.

MediaCorp TV TVMobile, 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.

= Shows for MediaCorp =

==TV drama and sitcom series==

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 (2003) (The second longest Chinese drama in Singapore history with 125 episodes).

The Champion, Series (2004) (The drama series about swimming starred Singaporean and Taiwanese artistes.)

Double Happiness (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).

English language:

Under One Roof (1994) (The first local English sitcom)

Phua Chu Kang (The local English sitcom, starred by Gurmit Singh. It used many Singlish in this series.)

Living with Lydia (The local English sitcom, starred by Lydia Sum.)

Oh Carol (The local English sitcom, starred by Dodo Cheng.)

===TV variety shows===

Comedy Night (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 (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 (It has 7 series and created by jteam.)

Super TV Champion (The gameshow for celebrate 20 years of MediaCorp drama in 2002.)

Everyone Wins (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 (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 (The United Kingdom gameshow, there are two versions in Singapore; English language and Chinese language).

==TV charity shows==

NKF Charity Show (The biggest charity show in Singapore every year organised by National Kidney Foundation, it has two shows in total. The event held in April.)

Affairs of the heart (The charity show organised by Singapore Heart Foundation. It was held once of the two year.)

President Star Charity (The charity show for the President Challenge. The event held in September.)

True Heart (The first outdoor charity show in Singapore, organised by Community Chest. The event held in every year in November.)

==Major shows==

Singapore Idol - The Singapore version of American Idol on Channel 5 in the English language.

Star Search - The talent quest event is held once per the two year; the programme is broadcast in MediaCorp_TV_Channel_8, in the Chinese language.

Star Awards - The annual award cermony, rewarding the achievements of the artistes who contributes to MediaCorp_TV_Channel_8, mostly in the Chinese language.

Talentime - The first talent quest event in Singapore history, on Channel 5.

Miss Singapore Universe - A pageant contest choosing the a people becomes Miss Singapore. The winner will represent Singapore for Miss Universe and offered MediaCorp contracts, on Channel 5.

Project Superstar - A Chinese equivalent of Singapore Idol , but with Mediacorp s own contest rules rather than following the lines of Singapore Idol.

==News and current affairs==

Talking Point

Get Real! (The Current Affairs Show in Singapore, hosted by Diana Ser)

The Frontline (The Chinese Current Affairs Show, investigative programme shown every Friday night.)

==Others shows==

Crime Watch (The programme is talk about the crime prevention.)

True Files (The programme shows that the cases of mudering of the yesteryears.)

True Courage (The programme shows about being courage of some Singaporeans.)

=MediaCorp radio stations=

==English==

*Gold 90.5 FM Classic Hits All Day! (formerly One FM and Radio One) *Symphony 92.4 FM *938LIVE! (formerly NewsRadio 93.8) *Class 95 *987 FM (previously Perfect 10 98.7FM) *Lush 99.5