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MediaCorp TV Channel 8

Mediacorp Channel 8
新传媒8频道
Channel 8 logo
Channel 8 logo since 12 February 2001
Launched 23 November 1963 as Television Singapore Channel 8
Network Mediacorp TV
Owned by Mediacorp
Picture format 576i (16:9 and 4:3) (SDTV), 1080i(HDTV)
Audience share 10.5% (P4+, 2015, )
Slogan 重头娱乐,鲜睹为快
Country Singapore
Language Mandarin
Broadcast area Singapore
Malaysia (Johor)
Headquarters

The Caldecott Broadcasting Centre(23 November 1963-7 December 2015)

Mediapolis@one-north in Buona Vista(8 December 2015-Present)
Formerly called The Eighth Frequency
(23 November 1963 – 31 December 2004)
Television Singapore Channel 8
(23 November 1963 – 8 August 1965)
Radio Television Singapore Channel 8
(9 August 1965 – 31 January 1980)
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Channel 8
(1 February 1980 – 30 September 1994)
Television Corporation of Singapore Channel 8
(1 October 1994 – 11 February 2001)
Sister channel(s) Channel U
Channel 5
Suria
Vasantham
Channel NewsAsia
Okto
HD5
Website http://tv.toggle.sg/zh/channel8
Availability
Terrestrial
Mediacorp - Analogue Channel 8 (VHF 196.25 MHz)
Mediacorp - Digital (DVB-T) Channel 38 (UHF 610 MHz) Will cease starting 1 March 2017.
Mediacorp - Digital (DVB-T2) Channel 31 (UHF 554 MHz) (LCN 03) (HD)
Cable
StarHub TV Channel 103 (SD)
Channel 154 (HD)
Mediacorp (via SCTV socket) Channel 8 (VHF 196.25 MHz)
IPTV
Singtel TV Channel 3 / 508 (HD)
Indovision Channel 151 (as Channel 8i)
Streaming media
Live Streaming

The Caldecott Broadcasting Centre(23 November 1963-7 December 2015)

Mediacorp Channel 8 or Channel 8 (Chinese: 8频道, Before 1 January 2005: 第八波道) is Singapore's second free-to-air Mandarin television channel in Singapore. It is the first of two Singapore Mandarin over-the-air television channels in Singapore, with the other being Mediacorp Channel U.

It was created by Radio and Television Singapore (RTS) on 23 November 1963 as Singapore's only Chinese-medium channel. From 6 May 2001 to 31 December 2004, it serves as an alternative Chinese channel to SPH MediaWorks Channel U. After SPH MediaWorks and Mediacorp merged on 1 January 2005, it now serves as a complementary to Mediacorp Channel U.

Channel 8 officially began their broadcasting on 23 November 1963 as "Saluran 8 Television Singapura" and broadcasts in Chinese although the station also aired Tamil programmes at the time with the daily transmissions were subsequently extended to 5 hours on weekdays and 10 hours on weekends.

Its sister station Saluran 5 Television Singapura was launched on 2 April 1963 with a mix of Singapore English and Malay language programmes.

Following the separation from Malaysia in 1965, Channel 8 became part of Television Singapore, and later it was integrated as part of "Radio and Television Singapore (RTS)". This led to many expansions including a move to the new $3.6 million Television Centre in Caldecott Hill on 27 August 1966.

Channel 8 begin colour television signal on 1 May 1974 and broadcast the first live colour telecast of the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final between West Germany and Netherlands via satellite on 7 July 1974.


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