Pap increases budget for Mediacorpse to define Singapore's national identity

[Rogue Trader]

Budget 2013: $182m more for locally-produced programmes on culture, heritagePublished on Mar 08, 2013
4:19 PM

By Derrick Ho

The government will pump in another $182 million to increase the production public service broadcast (PSB) programmes over the next four years. This was announced in the Singapore Budget 2013 on Friday.

The new fund will be dedicated towards increasing the number of locally-produced current affairs programmes and documentaries on culture and heritage said Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim on Friday.

The additional amount is on top of a $630 million kitty that had been earmarked for public service programmes earlier in July 2012, spread across five years till 2016.

Some 40 per cent of the overall funding will be made available to independent production companies, the Media Development Authority said.

 

[Rogue Trader]

More $$$ to make our actors smile

 

[jw5]

Aha! But will Shaun be leading the way?

 

[sam heng]

local culture like those cheapo food programme with no production value whatsoever? wonder where all the money go? to the exec pocket?

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

More $$$ to make our actors smile

Expect more of these statements in local productions.:oIo:

 

[songsongpunggol]

Oh Lord Jesus!! MOre Mindcontrol Propaganda programmes!!

Govt to pump in S$182m for Public Service Broadcast programmes

SINGAPORE: The government will pump in S$182 million over the next four years for Public Service Broadcast programmes.

 

[Rogue Trader]

local culture like those cheapo food programme with no production value whatsoever? wonder where all the money go? to the exec pocket?

Remember this TV series shown 10 years ago called "Archar"? Was about a sinkie girl married to Indian ah neh.

Maybe we can expect "Mabuhay" - pinoy husband and sinkie wife?

 

[blackmondy]

New dedicated Tagalog channel on the way.

 

[laksaboy]

Expect more 'let's integrate with the foreigners' kind of tv programs.

[video=youtube;tEdxn4zG018]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEdxn4zG018[/video]

 

[peppertail]

Re: Oh Lord Jesus!! MOre Mindcontrol Propaganda programmes!!

Merging this with Rogue Trader's thread of this news.

 

[winnipegjets]

Re: Oh Lord Jesus!! MOre Mindcontrol Propaganda programmes!!

$800 million for propaganda (aka brainwashing) ...it is the fight to the end for the PAP.

 

[andyfisher]

Re: Oh Lord Jesus!! MOre Mindcontrol Propaganda programmes!!

of kos they will give our money to their kakis only what, you expect them to finance the hammer?

vote for pappy somemore, vote la, now happy bo? knn :oIo:

The only decent tv to watch is when I am in europe, and I am not just talking about post watershed stuff

 

[Alamaking]

Re: Oh Lord Jesus!! MOre Mindcontrol Propaganda programmes!!

Actually $182 million is not much in media industry, most will go into someone's pocket.

 

[3_M]

I did read the email MDA send to Mediacorpse specifying what sort of national content they want the programmes to air. Heard MCI had also wrote to Mediacorpse on issue of FT and 6.9m target. They got 3 years to slowly influence the viewers.

 

[kongsimi]

what a waste of money, might as well donate them to the poor and needy and people who have no money to pay for medical expenses, if there are any.

you can't bullshit to kids with National Education, do you think it will work on adults?

 

[Rogue Trader]

lots of Japanese expats in sinkieland. ... I hope they will show Jap AV after midnight on Okto channel...

 

[Rogue Trader]

Re: Oh Lord Jesus!! MOre Mindcontrol Propaganda programmes!!

Merging this with Rogue Trader's thread of this news.

Just do your job quietly. Don't need to announce to the whole world.

 

[Microsoft]

The new fund will be dedicated towards increasing the number of locally-produced current affairs programmes and documentaries on culture and heritage said Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim on Friday.

Nid 2 spend so much on sinkie culture and heritage...got so many foc in Youtube...nah...here got 1 goot 1...:p

[video=youtube;pxKzI_aWlOo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pxKzI_aWlOo[/video]

 

[po2wq]

Nid 2 spend so much on sinkie culture and heritage...got so many foc in Youtube...nah...here got 1 goot 1...:p ...

how u noe? ...

dey can juz go 2 utube n c wat dey can find n den use dem in their sinkielan-produced current affairs program n documentaries wat! ...

 

[Microsoft]

how u noe? ...

dey can juz go 2 utube n c wat dey can find n den use dem in their sinkielan-produced current affairs program n documentaries wat! ...

Precisely...den y not gib us de $182m...at least we do can do sumting more useful...like kio kway...:p:p