Okto

Okto
CountrySingapore
Broadcast area
Network
HeadquartersMediacorp Campus, 1 Stars Avenue, Singapore 138507
Programming
Language(s)
  • English
  • Chinese
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
History
Launched19 October 2008; 16 years ago (2008-10-19) (as a standalone channel)
1 May 2019; 5 years ago (2019-05-01) (as a children's block on Channel 5)
6 February 2021; 3 years ago (2021-02-06) (as a children's block on Channel 8)
Closed30 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-30)
(as a standalone channel)
Replaced by

Okto is a Singaporean children's programming block broadcast by Mediacorp's Channel 5 in English and Channel 8 in Mandarin Chinese.

The brand originally operated as a standalone free-to-air channel from 19 October 2008 to 1 May 2019, having been spun off from the Arts Central and Kids Central strands aired by Central (whose Tamil language programming had been concurrently spun off as the new channel Vasantham). The channel also occasionally aired sports programming, which from 2014 to its closure occupied the network's prime time schedule.

On 1 May 2019, the channel was discontinued, and Okto transitioned to becoming a children's block on Channel 5, and a content brand on MeWatch. The brand was later extended to Channel 8 in Chinese.