$380m allocated annually to support Mediacorp in last five years, up from $310m previously

About $380 million in public funding has been allocated to Mediacorp in each of the past five financial years to help the national broadcaster reach local audiences.

- Chin Soo Fang Senior Correspondent

This is up from about $310 million a year in funding the Government previously provided to Mediacorp between 2015 and 2019, to support the broadcaster in reaching Singaporeans through television shows in the four official languages.

Replying to parliamentary questions filed by Mr Foo Cexiang (Tanjong Pagar GRC), Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo said on Oct 15 that the funding amount is lower than the approximately $750 million allocated to each of the national broadcasters of Finland and Denmark, which have similar population sizes to Singapore.

Mrs Teo said Mediacorp reached more than 90 per cent of the local population through its platforms, and more than 75 per cent of its audiences were satisfied with its services.