Mediacorp TV Channel 8
| Mediacorp Channel 8 新传媒8频道 |
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Channel 8 logo since 12 February 2001
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| 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 |
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Availability
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| 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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