Media Cock

MediaCorp to telecast Singapore's table tennis win over China
03 June 2010 1609 hrs (SST)

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp will telecast on Sunday the historic win by Singapore women's team over China in the recent World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow.

Singapore's trio of Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Sun Beibei rocked the sports world when they beat reigning champions and world number one China 3-1 to become world champions.

The media group says it has just secured the telecast rights of the event.

It explains that "live" telecast rights were not made available to free-to-air broadcasters.

Channel 5 will air the event in its entirety at 3pm on June 6, with an encore telecast at 9am on June 12.

MediaCorp says its extensive TV coverage of recent SEA Games, FINA Arena Swimming and the recent AFC Asian Cup Qualifier featuring the Young Lions underlines its firm support of the sporting achievements of Team Singapore athletes.

The group says it will continue to bring key competitive events and matches to viewers, subject to broadcast rights considerations. - CNA/ir

This is really pathetic!

I don’t know about you, but I didn’t even know the Singapore Team are in the final of the Table Tennis World Cup until news broke that they has won.

Ok fine so they have won. Congratulation. That’s all.

Now our dear media cock went to secure “the rights” to broadcast the game.

Shouldn’t they do it in the first place to show the “live” programme.

Shouldn’t they promote the event before the final game so Singaporean are aware that our China B team had made it to the final?

Media cock gave me a feeling that they don’t want to bet of Team Singapore and therefore is unwilling for folk out money for the “live” broadcast.

Now everyone know the Singapore Team has won and now they want to telecast its. WTF?!

Its like go buy the TOTO after they had announce the draw result.

And in the end the still has the cheek to say they have “its firm support of the sporting achievements of Team Singapore athletes.”

Wonder will they go ahead and secure the rights of telecast is Team Singapore has lost to China in the final.

Nonsense on TV

ST Forum Jan 29, 2007
Locally produced TV shows appalling

Locally-produced TV programmes are a big disappointment.

Apart from some local soap operas that are still worth watching during those evenings when there is absolutely nothing else to do (even then it is the same old, tired plots most of the time), most locally-produced TV programmes are merely multiple versions of copies of overseas programmes.
Moreover, it is always the same old faces no matter which channel one switches to.

I'm sure many of the programmes produced locally do appeal to the masses and ratings must be good but, to be honest, the antics of the hosts, the lack of originality and the quality of the programmes make me cringe.

Come on, local TV programme producers, surely you can do better.

Dr Michael Loh Toon Seng



ST Forum Jan 29, 2007
Shocked over local TV programme

A few nights ago, while channel surfing, my husband and I chanced upon one of our locally produced programmes, Girls Out Loud.

We were shocked to see that the show featured two 14-year-old girls showing off exotic dance moves. They were skimpily dressed, and dancing in a room with poles.

How could the TV station and producers of this programme - even though it carried a PG rating - allow this to be aired? Are they trying to convey the message that this behaviour is 'cool"?

We should be more mindful of the social and moral issues involved when producing such programmes.

Daphne Lim Jean Ai (Ms)



ST Forum Jan 31, 2007
Host not appropriate for TV programme

I find it shocking that Mediacorp has hired Ms Xiaxue to host the TV programme 'Girls Out Loud'.

A quick visit to her blog will be enough to convince any person that she has denigrated certain ethnic groups. She has particularly written out against Bangladeshis. On her Jan 12 blog posting, she even declared herself to be a racist.

Mediacorp should have known better than to have hired her. As a broadcaster, its management is aware of the impression TV hosts and actors have on young people.

Hence, having someone holding such irresponsible, irrational and immature views on their programme is a serious error of judgment.

Harminder Singh


An outburst of condemnations for Mediacorp.

I have to says that the local produced programme are getting from bad to worst. And mind you, these programme are occupying prime time slots.

I think this due to the fact that there is a lack of competition.

If one monopolised the market, one tends to be complacent.

I remember I still watched locally production long long time ago where they are more meaningful.

Show like “Girls Out Loud” are just crap. If feel like a “trying too hard to be that Paris Hilton show”.

I also think Harminder had a valid point. I am still trying to find the reason why Mediacorp got Xiaxue as the host of the programme.

It will be interesting to read what they will reply this letter if they does anyway.