Mediacorp HD5
| HD5 高清5頻道 |
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HD5 logo
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| Launched | 22 December 2006 as MediaCorp TV HDTV 1 January 2007 as Mediacorp TV HD5 |
| Network | Mediacorp TV |
| Owned by | Mediacorp |
| Picture format | 1080i50 (HDTV) 16:9 H.264 |
| Slogan |
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-now) |
| Country | Singapore |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Singapore, Johor and Riau Islands |
| Headquarters | Caldecott Broadcasting Centre |
| Formerly called | Mediacorp TV HDTV |
| Replaced | Mediacorp TV HDTV |
| Sister channel(s) |
Channel 5 Channel 8 Channel U Suria Vasantham Channel NewsAsia Okto |
| Website | MediaCorp HDTV |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Mediacorp - Digital (DVB-T) | Channel 38 UHF (610 MHz) Will cease starting 1 March 2017. |
| Cable | |
| StarHub TV | Channel 155 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Singtel TV | Channel 2/305 (HD) |
Mediacorp HD5 or HD5 (Chinese: 高清5頻道, formerly known as MediaCorp TV HDTV or HDTV) is Singapore's first 24-hour digital free-to-air high-definition television channel, simulcasting high-definition version of Mediacorp Channel 5 programming when available. It is the first digital terrestrial television broadcast high-definition channel in Southeast Asia and also first in the world to use MPEG4/AVC compression.
There are about 10-hours of True HD programmes shown on HD5 every week. The types of programmes include movies, dramas and local productions.
At other times, HD5 shows simulcast of upconverted Mediacorp Channel 5 broadcast.
On 1 January 2007, MediaCorp officially rolled out its HD5 television signal.
Since late 2013, Channel 5 (via DVB-T2) has been simulcast with this channel due to the start of digital TV in Singapore and the channel has been just simply known as "Channel 5 HD". However, a DVB-T version (alongside Channel 5, Channel 8 and Channel NewsAsia) with hard encoded subtitles will be available until 28 February 2017. It will cease starting 1 March 2017 due to general availablity of these services on DVB-T2 and to free up radio specturm.
The number of True HD programmes shown every week is increased to 7-hours.
Before 1 January 2007, MediaCorp HD5 was known as:
HD5 is a 24-hour channel.
Every day at 06:00 SST, the Majulah Singapura (National Anthem of the Republic of Singapore) is played on HD5 as well as on its other sister stations.
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