MediaCorp TV Channel 5
| Channel 5 (The Fifth Frequency) Saluran 5 5频道 சேனல் 5 |
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Channel 5 logo since 1 January 1994
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| Launched | 15 February 1963 as Television Singapore 2 April 1963 as Television Singapore Channel 5 |
| Network |
Mediacorp TV Television Malaysia (28 December 1963-9 August 1965 |
| Owned by | Mediacorp |
| Picture format |
16:9 & 4:3 576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i50 (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 2.2% (P4+, 2015, ) |
| Slogan |
Where It All Happens (1 January 1994-2 July 1995) Your World At Home on 5 (3 July 1995-28 February 1999) For Pure Entertainment, Give Me 5 (1 March 1999-11 February 2001) Home of Your Favourites (12 February 2001-31 December 2006) Entertaining Your First (1 January 2007-31 December 2007) Come Home to 5 (1 January 2008-31 December 2014) It's Good to be Home on 5 (1 January 2015-present) |
| Country | Singapore |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Singapore, Johor and Batam |
| Headquarters | The Caldecott Broadcasting Centre |
| Formerly called |
Television Singapore (15 February 1963-1 April 1963) The Fifth Frequency (23 November 1963-31 December 2004) Television Singapore Channel 5 (2 April 1963-8 August 1965) Radio Television Singapore Channel 5 (9 August 1965-31 January 1980) Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Channel 5 (1 February 1980-30 September 1994) Television Corporation of Singapore Channel 5 (1 October 1994-11 February 2001) |
| Sister channel(s) |
HD5 Channel 8 Channel U Suria Vasantham Channel NewsAsia Okto |
| Website | Mediacorp Channel 5 |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Mediacorp - Analog (PAL) | Channel 5 VHF (175.25 MHz) |
| Mediacorp - Digital (DVB-T) | Channel 38 UHF (610 MHz) Will cease starting 1 March 2017. (SD)/(HD) |
| Mediacorp - Digital (DVB-T2) | Channel 29 UHF (538 MHz) (LCN 02) (HD) |
| Cable | |
| StarHub TV | Channel 102 (SD) Channel 155 (HD) |
| Mediacorp (via SCV socket) | Channel 5 VHF (175.25 MHz) |
| IPTV | |
| Singtel TV | Channel 2/305 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Live Streaming | |
Mediacorp Channel 5 (Chinese: 5頻道, Before 1 January 2005: 新加坡電視 (English: "Television Singapore") and 第5波道 (English: "Saluran 5" and "5th Frequency") is a 24-hour English general news and entertainment free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Singapore.
Programmes on Channel 5 normally include English dramas either made in-house or obtained from overseas, movies, sports, reality show, variety show, news, current affairs and game show programmes. Local editions of overseas programmes like Singapore Idol, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Deal or No Deal have also been produced.
Channel 5 was launched as its first pilot television service on 15 February 1963 as "Televisyen Singapura (Chinese: 新加坡電視)". The channel operated two hours of monochrome service as test transmissions. It officially inaugurated its regular television broadcast service on 2 April 1963 as "Saluran 5 Televisyen Singapura (Chinese: 新加坡電視第5波道)", although the station also aired Mandarin programmes at the time. Its sister station Saluran 8 Televisyen Singapura (Chinese: 新加坡電視第8波道) was launched on 23 November 1963 with a mix of Chinese and Tamil language programmes.
Following the separation from Malaysia, radio became Radio Singapore and television became Television Singapura. Operations were merged into Radio Television Singapore (RTS, Chinese: 新加坡廣播電視) and it was relocated from Singapore Television Centre to Caldecott Broadcast Centre on 27 August 1966.
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