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MediaCorp's monopoly on free-to-air television was broken in May 2001, when the Singapore government granted new free-to-air licenses to SPH MediaWorks, a subsidiary of publisher Singapore Press Holdings. The company launched two channels in English and Chinese respectively, TVWorks (later Channel i) and Channel U. [177]
More recently, the Singapore Media Fusion Plan (SMFP), a national media development blueprint, was launched in 2009 to s create the best environment in Singapore for media businesses to exploit new opportunities in digital media and move up the value chain, while enhancing the global appeal of Singapore media through international partnerships.
Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) was formed on August 4, 1984, through a merger of three organisations, The Straits Times Press Group, Singapore News and Publications Limited and Times Publishing Berhad. [3] SPH readership has stagnated since the early-2000s, as Singaporeans increasingly turned to online media for their news consumption. [4]
CNA (an initialism of Channel NewsAsia) is a Singapore-based multinational news channel owned by Mediacorp, the country's state-owned media conglomerate.The network is broadcast in Singapore on free-to-air terrestrial television and Mediacorp's streaming service meWatch, and is distributed internationally via television providers in the Asia–Pacific, as well as streaming and free ad ...
News 8 At One [1点新闻] (weekdays at 1pm) Hello Singapore – 狮城有约 (weekdays from 6:30pm to 7:30pm) Hello Singapore Highlights (weekdays 7:30am) News Tonight – 晚间新闻 (all days from 10pm to 10:30pm) (also broadcast on Mediacorp Channel U at 11pm on all days) Singapore Today – 狮城6点半 (weekends only from 6:30pm)
meWatch (formerly Toggle) offers to worldwide audiences video streaming or on-demand content of programs from Mediacorp's archived library as well as original webseries. In addition, mewatch also offers live streaming of Mediacorp's free-to-air channels, which is only available in Singapore. It also offers catch-up TV for viewers to watch shows ...
CNBC Asia is a Singapore-based business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a subsidiary of Comcast.It is a pan-Asian branch of the U.S.-based CNBC.. The channel initially launched on 20 June 1997 out of Hong Kong.
The company was founded by Singapore Press Holdings on 8 June 2000 in an investment worth $50 million, [3] and appointed local television industry veteran Lee Cheok Yew as its CEO. [1] The new company aimed not only at the conventional radio and television businesses, but also eyed a potential interest in the online sector. [4]