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| Country | Singapore |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Singapore Peninsular Malaysia (spillover) Indonesia (spillover): Riau Islands Riau |
| Headquarters | Mediacorp Campus, 1 Stars Avenue, Singapore 138507 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mediacorp |
| Sister channels | Channel 8 Channel U Suria Vasantham CNA |
| History | |
| Launched | 15 February 1963 (as TV Singapura) 2 April 1963 (as TV Singapura Channel 5) |
| Links | |
| Website | Mewatch |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | UHF Channel 29 (538MHz) LCN: 2 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| meWATCH | Available on meWATCH website or mobile app (Singapore only) |
Channel 5 is an English-language free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Singapore, owned by state media conglomerate Mediacorp. The channel primarily airs general entertainment and news programming in the English language.
The channel began broadcasting on 15 February 1963 as the pilot service TV Singapura, the region's first television service. It officially launched on 2 April 1963. It initially broadcast programming in the official languages of English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil; Chinese and Tamil programming were later spun off to Channel 8 in 1973, and Malay programming moved to Channel 12 in 1994, leaving Channel 5 as an English-language service.