Mediacorp

Mediacorp Pte Ltd, better known as Mediacorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and filmmaking.

Currently, Mediacorp runs 7 television channels and 13 radio channels, making it the largest media broadcaster and provider in Singapore, and the only terrestrial TV broadcaster in the city-state. It is wholly owned by Temasek Holdings, a government-owned investment arm.

History
Before 12 February 2001, Mediacorp was formerly known as:
 * Television Singapore (TV Singapore, 15 February 1963 – 30 December 1963)
 * Television Malaysia (Singapore) (28 December 1963 – 8 August 1965)
 * Radio and Television Singapore (RTS, 9 August 1965 – 31 January 1980)
 * Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC, 1 February 1980 – 30 September 1994)
 * Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS), Radio Corporation of Singapore (RCS) and Singapore Television Twelve (STV12) (1 October 1994 – 11 February 2001)



Television
Mediacorp offers seven free terrestrial television channels, and six high-definition channels As a result of the MediaCorp-MediaWorks merger in late 2004, Singapore Press Holdings currently holds a 20% interest in MediaCorp's TV operations.

TV drama and sitcom series
2014-2015
 * Chinese language
 * English language
 * ABC DJ (2006) - local English sitcom, starring Korean actor Eugene C. Lee
 * After Hours - local English drama, starring Linda Liao, Utt, Joanne Peh; two seasons
 * Code of Law (2012) - local English drama about the legal profession in Singapore, premiered 13 September 2012
 * Enbloc (2008) - local English drama, starring Patrick Teoh, Darren Lim, Nick Shen, Nathaniel Ho, Rebecca Lim
 * Fighting Spiders (2009) - Channel 5's drama, premiered 14 April 2009
 * First Touch (2000-2002) - local English drama, starring Edmund Chen, Amy Cheng, Vernetta Lopez, Nick Shen
 * Growing Up (1996-2001) - the longest running English drama in Singapore, spanning around 1960s - 1980s
 * Like My Own (2004) - local English drama, starring Flora Chan, Zhu Mi Mi, Ho Wen Long, Amy Cheng
 * Living with Lydia - local English sitcom, starring Lydia Sum
 * Maggi & Me (2006) - local English sitcom, starring Adrian Pang and Fiona Xie, premiered 25 July 2006
 * Making Love (2000) - local English comedy, starring Andrea D'Cruz, Celest Chong, Jimmy T, Kevin Verghese
 * Masters of The Sea (1994) - TV drama
 * Moulmein High - local English drama, starring Cynthia Koh
 * Oh Carol! - local English sitcom, starring Carol Cheng
 * Phua Chu Kang (1997-2007) - local English sitcom, starring Gurmit Singh; criticized for its heavy use of Singlish)
 * Point of Entry (2010) - local English action-drama about an elite team of ICA, premiered 2 December 2010
 * Point of Entry 2 (2012) - local English action-drama about an elite team of ICA, premiered 5 January 2012
 * The Pupil (2010-2011) - local English drama, about the legal profession in Singapore, premiered 7 January 2010
 * Red Thread (2009) - local English drama, premiered 14 April 2009
 * Tiramisu (2005) - local English drama, starring Sharon Au
 * Under One Roof (1994) - the first local English sitcom, criticized for its use of Singlish
 * VR Man - TV drama; an attempt at making a superhero show with local personalities
 * Yang Sisters (2006) - local English sitcom, starring Cheng Pei-pei, premiered 28 September 2006


 * Tamil language
 * Nijangal
 * Pradhana Vizha
 * Pradhana Vizha 2014
 * Vettai - Season 1: Vettai : Pledged to Hunt; Season 3: Vettai 3 : The Final Judgment

News



 *  News 5 - Channel 5's and Channel 5 HD's flagship news programme in English, shown at 9:00pm SST
 * News Tonight - Channel 8's flagship news programme in Mandarin, first shown at 10:00pm SST and repeated on Channel U at 11:00pm SST
 * Primetime World - Channel NewsAsia's flagship news programme, shown at 9:00pm SST
 * Tamil Seithi - Vasantham's flagship news programme in Tamil, shown at 8:30pm SST and repeats at 11:30pm SST on Monday to Wednesday, time varies before closedown on Thursdays to Sundays
 * Berita - Suria's flagship news programme in Malay, first shown at 8pm SST and repeats at 11:30pm SST

Other shows

 * Crime Watch - talk about crime prevention, partially based on the German programme; produced by MediaCorp and Singapore Police Force
 * True Files - cases of past murders
 * True Courage - the extraordinary courage of some Singaporeans

Radio
Mediacorp offers thirteen free-to-air FM radio channels, all of which can be accessed online and via mobile apps. The company's digital audio broadcasting (DAB) service was discontinued on 1 December 2011.

MediaCorp Subaru Impreza Challenge
An annual event that Mediacorp anchors is the MediaCorp Subaru Impreza WRX Challenge. Much public attention and participation is drawn from the public to this event.