TCS..television for chinese singaporeans?

fenixfire SG

i have to agree, saw a bit of it..and her name is super sexy!

HyuugaNeji SG

Because channel 5 cant compete with other channels eg HBO, Star Movies. It cant even compete with Hallmark, AXN. All the shows they shown us are so outdated that you will surely have watched them in cable tv already.

Plus, even if they produce local english dramas and sitcoms, the show will still get slammed most of the time so basically channel 5 is just there for the sake of it only.

vIn.Warrior SG

true.

boy in blues SG

i'd rather watch aksi mat yoyo

Pitot SG

I always thought TCS was Toilet Cleaning Service. Cool

zheshi SG

Demand and Supply dudex... what the point of me expanding english show..when i could make more profit on chinese show at the mommentx..

fenixfire SG

exactly! supply is there for the chinese tv stuff,corresponds with the demand..but the supply for local english stuff not met..that's why people are subscribing to cable. saying hey!demand and supply does nothing...what needs to be done is that someone must start using his head and start thinking of ways how to get the supply that the demand wants.

Having a good local english channel caters to the whole population less maybe the old dialect people, vs just catering to chinese in particular...its obvious the bigger market is in an english channel.

The focus on chinese channels is purely not logical from a neutral standpoint, and borders on being unfair to other races. 1/2 a channel for the indians, 1 channel for the mats and 2 channels for the chinese. and 1 measly crap excuse for an english local channel..i wonder what that does for visitors to our country, i'm sure after reading our wonderful "freedom of press" newspapers, they would love to sit back and watch a rerun of triple 9!

*shudders*
robin leong's acting *epileptic shock!*

wenyong90 SG

TCS?it a old name for mediacorp,man,u just returned to singapore?By the way,someone is right that indians and malays watched ch 8,in ch 5,there are also other races not only chinese,there are alots of shows mixing races.And that shows that mediacorp is not just for chinese singaporeans.I remenber asking my malays buddys “why u all dont wan watch yr malay ch?” the reply is “very few is nice one”it is just that ch 8 can do better shows,and other ch cant,if they can,i dont mind watching as long as it’s nice.

dragg SG

it is all about money.

they target where the money is.

Li Ka Shing SG

Hi,

It's because most Singaporeans are not natural English speakers.

English is not the first and main language for most Singaporeans.

This is because of the bilingual policy. If you see the data the government release, most people read English papers compared to Chinese (because Chinese is harder to read and write), but most people watch Chinese TV and listen to Chinese radioes compared to English ones.

Because of this bilingual policy and its effects on the linguistic ability of its population, this is a fundamental factor.

An expert once predicted 200 years for English in Singapore to become the first and main language, and completely integrated in the national pscyhe.

Bilingualism means biculturalism. And currently Singapore has not shifted so much to the English. I think as long as bilingualism exist, people will prefer their mother-tounge culture. Major sections of the population like to watch Chinese TV as a result.

I think better funding and better management of English TV is fine. But it's superficial. The fundamental underlying will be harder to change.

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