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Until 1985, subscribers' telephone numbers in Singapore were five and six digits. Five digits were introduced in 1960s, whereas 5-digit and 6-digit phone numbers were introduced in 1960s as fixed lines grew, but in that year, these changed to seven digits as the introduction of new towns arose (Tampines, Jurong East, Bukit Batok, Yishun and Hougang) and a large number of new numbers were required.
Channel 5 is an English-language free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Singapore, owned by state media conglomerate Mediacorp.The channel primarily airs English language programming made in Singapore, and imported programmes from other nations such as the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Philippines, broadcasting news (as News Tonight) and entertainment from a variety of ...
This is a list of programmes produced and broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 5, a television channel in Singapore.The list includes those telecast when the Channel was operated by TV Singapura, Radio Television Singapore (RTS), Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) and current operator Mediacorp TV, including the HD5 from 2007 to 2015.
The service broadcast from 9pm to 11pm to an audience of 1,000 households with at least one LCD television set capable of receiving HD signals. With a schedule of 14 hours per week, MediaCorp HDTV in this phase carried American TV series already filmed in high definition and a handful of feature films.
The City Shuttle Service (CSS) was an initiative introduced on 16 May 1975 by the Singapore government, as part of a park & ride scheme aimed at reducing traffic congestion in the city. It was originally hoped that car owners would park at designated car parks and transfer to CSS bus services to enter the central business district (CBD). [1] [2]
The channel was set to broadcast TV Land The Musical (named after a roadshow event SPH MediaWorks held on 29 April) on launch night. [11] On 20 May 2001, TVWorks was launched. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The first night on air was seen with dismal ratings, the channel opened with Godzilla peaking in at 4.7%, whereas TV Land (which cost $1 million to produce ...
In November that year, SBC announced a satellite television network named Singapore International Television (SITV), to start on 1 January 1994. The service was to be operated by the Singapore International Foundation (SIF) with the aim of promoting the Singaporean way of life abroad, and was to broadcast over a rented transponder in the Palapa ...
Its programmes have been and continue to be exported to many Chinese-speaking communities around the world; such as Mainland China, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, United States, Canada, Australia, South Korea, India and most of Europe (including England), via satellite, video cassettes, VCDs and DVDs and now Internet.