Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is a state-owned public media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties. As of 2022, Mediacorp employs over 3,000 staff in total with a larger part of them are in both public and private sector broadcasting.
Television in Singapore began on 15 February 1963. The public broadcaster, MediaCorp TV, has a monopoly on terrestrial television channels and is fully owned by government holding company Temasek Holdings. Local pay TV operators are StarHub TV and Singtel TV. The private ownership of satellite dishes was previously forbidden.
Datuk Aznil bin Nawawi, better known as Aznil Nawawi, is a Malaysian TV host, singer and actor.
Central was a Singaporean English and Tamil language free-to-air television channel. Its programming schedule was composed of three timeshared channels on its frequency slot: Kids Central, Vasantham Central and Arts Central.
Daisy Irani is a Singaporean television actress, director, and producer of Indian origin.
Shabir Tabare Alam, known professionally as Shabir Sulthan, is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, record producer, music composer, and performer. Most of his lyrics are in Tamil.
Abbas Akbar is a Singaporean filmmaker, screenwriter, and executive producer. He has written, directed, and overseen over 100 hours of award-winning television and film since 2009.
Vettai : Pledged to Hunt was the first season of Singapore's Tamil, 72-part crime drama, Vettai. The series ran on-air from 23 November 2010 to 30 March 2011, every Monday to Thursday, at 10:30 pm on the MediaCorp Vasantham channel. The season was directed by Anuratha Kanderaju and Abbas Akbar.
Vettai is Singapore Tamil language police procedural drama television series created by Anuratha Kanderaju and Abbas Akbar for MediaCorp Vasantham. The series' first season was on-air from 23 November 2010 to 30 March 2011, every Monday to Thursday, 10.30 pm and the second season was on-air from 4 January 2012 to 11 May 2013. Meanwhile, the third season started to air on Deepavali 2014 and end by Spring 2015 and the fourth season started to air from 11 December 2017 to 29 March 2018, every Monday to Thursday at 10.00 pm
Bala Ganapathi William, known professionally as BGW is a Malaysian actor, film director, television host, singer and producer. Bala Ganapathi William is the founder of BGW Studios companies which specialise in advertising, Malaysian Tamil film production (MKU) and film distribution, music record label and digital content.
Annamalai 3 is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired Monday through Thursday on MediaCorp Vasantham from 28 December 2015 to 31 March 2016 at 10:30PM SST for 52 episodes.
Neeya is a 2015 soap opera that aired Monday through Thursday on MediaCorp Vasantham from 6 April 2015 to 25 June 2015 for 45 episodes. The show final episode aired 26 June 2015.
Vetri S3 is a 2016 Tamil soap opera that aired on MediaCorp Vasantham from 27 June 2016 to 22 September 2016 at 10:00PM SST for 47 episodes. The show starred Jaynesh, Eswari Gunasagar, M. Meshanthe, Suriavelan, Manimala M and among others.
Aaram Arivu is a Tamil-language soap opera that aired on MediaCorp Vasantham from 27 June 2016 to 28 August 2016 at 10:30PM SST for 32 episodes. The show starred Shafinah Banu, Karthik Moorthy, Janani Devi, Dhurrgah Mathivanan and among others.
Janani D/O Madhavan is a Singaporean Tamil-language soap opera that aired on MediaCorp Vasantham from 11 July 2014 to 31 October 2014 for 17 episodes. The show starred Shabir and Sanchala. It was produced by Divya Anjan and was directed and written by Jaya Rathakrishnanby.
Kannaadi Pookkal is a 2016 Singaporean Tamil-language soap opera starring Nithiyia Rao, Varman Chandra Mohan and Shafinah Banu. It aired on MediaCorp Vasantham. from 29 August 2016 to 27 October 2016 on Monday and Thursday at 10:30 SST for 33 episodes.
Janani D/O Madhavan is a 2017 Singaporean Tamil-language drama that aired on MediaCorp Vasantham from 6 January 2017 to 31 March 2017 on every Friday at 8:00PM SST for 13 episodes. The show starred Sanchala, Shabir, Bharathi Rani, Jaynesh, Rishi Kumar and Kokila and Directed and writer by Jaya Rathakrishnanby.
Thalli Pogathey is a 2017-2017 Singaporean-Tamil-language family soap opera starring Jaynesh, Indra, Vignesh, Vimala and Puravalan. It replaced mystery thriller Drama Yaar? and it broadcast on MediaCorp Vasantham on Monday through Thursday from 3 July 2017 to 21 September 2017 at 10:30PM (SST) for 45 Episodes.
Jaya Ganesh Isuran also known as Jaynesh, is a Singaporean Tamil television actor, radio jockey and television host. He was well known for his unique hosting in Hello V Live on Vannathirai, Hello Vasantham and acting as one of the main role as a police officer of Secret Society Branch ASP Raghav in the crime drama Vettai Season 2. He was a former radio jockey in the Singaporean Tamil radio station Oli 96.8FM.
