| MediaCorp TV Channel 8 | |
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| Launched | November 23, 1963 |
| Network | MediaCorp TV |
| Owned by | MediaCorp |
| Picture format | PAL 576i(SDTV) 4:3 |
| Slogan | 最亲切 (Translation: The Most Caring) |
| Country |  Singapore |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Caldecott Broadcasting Centre |
| Formerly called | 第8波道 (Translation: The Eighth Frequency) (Until January 2005) |
| Sister channel(s) | Digital 8 |
| Website | http://8.mediacorptv.sg/ |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue | Channel 8 (196. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is a colour -encoding system used in Broadcast television systems in large parts of the world 576i is a standard-definition video mode used in (former PAL and SECAM countries English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Singapore English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States 25 MHz) |
| Digital (DVB-T) | Channel 29 (538. 00 MHz) |
| Cable | |
| StarHub CableTV | Channel 3 |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| mio TV | Channel 3 |
MediaCorp TV Channel 8 (Chinese: 八频道, Before 2005: 第八波道) is a Mandarin Chinese general entertainment television channel in Singapore. The term television channel generally refers to either a Television station or its cable / satellite counterpart (both outlined below Singapore It is one of the two Mandarin Chinese over-the-air television channel in Singapore, the other being MediaCorp TV Channel U. MediaCorp TV's Channel U (U频道 Pinyin: U Pín Dào is the second Chinese-language channel in Singapore and was inaugurated on
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History
The station first went on air on 23 November 1963 as Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) Eighth Frequency (Simplified Chinese: 新广第八波道). Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, colloquially referred simply as SBC, ( Chinese: 新加坡广播局 Malay: Perbadanan Penyiaran Singapura Until 1984, programming on the Eighth Frequency consist of a mixture of Tamil and Chinese programming, with a majority of the programmes bought from foreign TV stations. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Tamil (ta தமிழ்; t̪əmɨɻ is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent.
Colour programming began in 1976. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Chinese Language Broadcasting
In the infancy of the station, Chinese programmes were acquired from stations in Hong Kong and Taiwan, which resulted in these programmes being broadcast in a variety of regional Chinese dialects (such as Cantonese and Minnan, with no dubbing in Mandarin. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Standard Cantonese is the standard variant of the Cantonese (Yuet language This anomaly ended in 1979, when the government began to forbid Singapore's electronic media from broadcasting its Chinese programmes in any dialects other than Mandarin without prior consent. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
This put a pressure on the station's budget, as Chinese programmes acquired overseas now have to be dubbed into Mandarin. As a result, the SBC decided to begin producing Chinese drama series domestically, and established a Chinese Drama Department (华文戏剧部) towards that end. The new department had to hire many production staffs overseas, as the station only had experience in producing short TV programmes. Due to the closure of Commercial Television and the sale of Rediffusion Television (now Asia Television) in Hong Kong at the time, many production staff from those two TV stations were hired, thus creating a basis for domestic Chinese drama series production. Commercial Television ( Chinese 佳藝電視 was the third Free-to-air broadcast television station in Hong Kong. Rediffusion Television ( RTV) (zh-t 麗的電視有限公司 was the first Television station in Hong Kong, established in 1957, making Asia Television Limited ( is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders
Although there were earlier productions, the station considers Seletar Robbery to be its first-ever Chinese drama production, and considers the day of its premiere: 24 July 1982, to be the birth of Singaporean Chinese drama production. Seletar Robbery ( Simplified Chinese: 实里达大劫案 literally "The Great Seletar Robbery" is a 90-minute Singaporean action drama produced by Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)
Tamil broadcasting were completely phased out of the station's schedules by 1984, its programmes transferred to other channels. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)
Privatisation
The station, along with its sister stations Fifth Frequency and Twelfth Frequency, were privatized in 1994, and became the Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS (Chinese: 新加坡电视机构). MediaCorp TV's Channel 5 (五频道 before 2005 zh 第五波道 is a 24-hour English-language Television channel based in Singapore. MediaCorp TV12 is a subsidiary of MediaCorp. It operates the Suria and Central channels which cater to specific groups in Singapore. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Television Corporation of Singapore ( Abbreviation: TCS; Chinese: 新加坡电视机构 Malay: Perbadanan Televisyen Singapura Further restructuring were made, and by 2001, TCS became MediaCorp (Chinese: 新传媒). Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
Competition from MediaWorks
In an effort to inject competition into the Singaporean television broadcasting industry, the government allowed Singapore Press Holdings to operate television stations, which resulted in the establishment of SPH MediaWorks and its two television channels: Channel U (Chinese: 优频道) and TV Works (Chinese: 电视通), which was later renamed Channel i (Chinese: i频道). Singapore Press Holdings Limited ( SPH) ( Chinese: 新加坡报业控股 is a media organisation in Singapore with businesses in print, SPH MediaWorks Ltd ( was the ephemeral free-to-air terrestrial television broadcaster in Singapore SPH MediaWorks ' Channel U ( was a Chinese-language Television channel in Singapore which began broadcasts in 6 May[[ SPH MediaWorks ' Channel i was a Singaporean English-language television channel which began broadcasts in 20 May 2001.
Channel 8 and Channel U were both locked in a fierce ratings battle, with each station releasing statistics indicating that they are prevailing over the other station. The ratings battle began to cool in 2004, when Lee Kuan Yew commented that Singapore's size cannot sustain more than 1 TV station for each language. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH ( born September 16 1923 also spelled Lee Kwan-Yew) is a Singaporean of Chinese immigrant background This spurred the two sides into a merger negotiation, which was completed by December of 2004, whereby Channel U will join MediaCorp as its second Chinese TV station.
The merger took effect on New Year's Day of 2005, with Channel i being the only casualty of the competition.
Programmes
See List of programmes broadcast by MediaCorp TV Channel 8
Current Primetime Schedule
| 7:00pm | 7:30pm | 8:00pm | 8:30pm | 9:00pm | 9:30pm | 10:00pm | 10:30pm | 11:00pm | 11:30pm | ||
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| Monday | Love Blossoms I (心花朵朵开) | Chinese Language Challenge (华文智多星) | La Femme (绝对佳人) | News 8 at Ten (十点新闻) | Her Sense (女人香) | Honour And Passion (宝家卫国) | |||||
| Tuesday | The Record Challenge (奔向健力士) | Tuesday Report (星期二特写) | |||||||||
| Wednesday | Makan Kakis Go Malaysia (食足大马) | Celeb's A Cook (名厨大冻作) | Living Well (乐活有方) | ||||||||
| Thursday | King of Thrift 2 (Smart省钱王2) | I Am Perfect (我最完美) | Focus (焦点) | ||||||||
| Friday | Glamour Mum And The Dude (辣妈好时尚) | Follow Me To Glamour (绚丽登场) | Frontline (前线追踪) | ||||||||
| Saturday | Strange Tales Of Liao Zhai II (聊斋奇女子) | The Sheng Siong Show 2008 (缤纷万千在昇菘) | Simply Overseas 2 (异乡人。新鲜事2) | My Smart Healthy Baby (聪明健康乐宝宝) | Saturday Chinese Cinema 1 & 2 (Continued 2:30am) | ||||||
| Sunday | Strange Tales Of Liao Zhai II (聊斋奇女子) | Delicious Food All Over China 4 (美食大三通4) | The Young Warriors (少年杨家将) | ||||||||
comedies are in red; dramas are in blue; reality shows are in yellow; game shows are in beige; news programming/Info-Ed is in brown; Mini-Series/anthology series is in purple. This is a list of programmes produced and broadcast on Channel 8, a Television channel in Singapore. Love Blossoms ( pronounced as Xin Hua Duo Duo Kai) is the fifth long-running drama that is being produced by Singapore 's free-to-air channel MediaCorp Honour and Passion ( Simplified Chinese: 宝家卫国 Traditional Chinese: 寶家衛國 is a Singapore Chinese Drama