By Boon Chan
The range and quality of local media content last year were generally good, say the Programme Advisory Committees (PAC), which have issued their third annual report to the Infocomm Media Development Authority.
But the four committees – one for each of the official languages – also called for improvements in scripting and technical standards in Mediacorp Channel 5 and Suria dramas.
Well-made programmes singled out for mention include Channel 5 game show Don’t Forget To Remember, Channel U child labour documentary Lost Innocence, Suria drama Aduh… Bibikku! (Oh… My Maid!) and Vasantham current affairs series Ethiroli (Echo).
The PAC also paid attention to local broadcaster Mediacorp’s online content platform Toggle.
While there have been “vast improvements” made to the Toggle platform, including push notifications for episode updates, more needed to be done, including better streaming quality.
Source: Straits Times
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RBKD: In IMDA’s report released on Thursday (Aug 24), it said the PACs (Programme Advisory Committees) noted greater diversity in drama themes, with some featuring subject matters that were topical, educational and even taboo. For example, The Strength Within by Vasantham covered mental health issues – a topic rarely explored in Tamil dramas, IMDA said.
It also noted that previous concerns on the “over-reliance on dark themes” such as vengeance and revenge in Tamil storylines have been addressed “with an injection of greater thematic diversity”.
Peace and Prosperity (Channel 8) was also highlighted for its inclusion of multi-racial characters which “resulted in a more balanced portrayal of Singapore society”, IMDA said.
Source: Channelnewsasia
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By Denise Ngo
Rui En: Daenerys Targaryen
Source: Toggle
1. Scene & Heard Page 19
By Cheryl Ong
RBKD: 8Days introduced the brand new Mediacorp experience tour and suggested that readers can imagine themselves as Rui En in Joys of Life on the generic old school street.
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RBKD: Mediacorp has announced the appointment of Ms Tham Loke Kheng as its CEO, starting Sep 1. Ms Tham succeeds Mr Shaun Seow, who remains as Mediacorp’s Executive Director until Sep 30 before he joins Temasek.
Ms Tham has held senior management and leadership roles in leading Asian operators in Singapore, Taiwan and most recently, Hong Kong.
Graduating from the National University of Singapore, Ms Tham spent eight years in then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. She has served as president of Taiwan Broadband Communications and as head of NOW TV, the largest Pay TV operator in Hong Kong.
In 2015, Ms Tham was named Content Asia’s Asia Media Woman of the Year, in recognition of her contribution to the development of the Pay TV industry in Asia over the years.
Source: Channelnewsasia
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BY JONATHAN FAM
(Jeanette Aw: Issue 877, Aug 9 2007; Fiona Xie: Issue 878, Aug 16 2007; Rui En: Issue 879, Aug 23 2007)
RBKD: In 2009, 8 Days released a three issue Little Red Dot Special featuring Jeanette Aw, Fiona Xie and Rui En on separate covers that formed one long photo when placed next to each other. This is in slide 11 of their gallery.
Source: 8 Days
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BY WEETEE NEU
Say hello to Stefanie, JJ, Tanya and… Rui En?
8. Reach Out for the Skies by Rui En and Taufik Batisah (2005)
RBKD: 8 Days claimed that this song made it to the list only because Rui En, who seems like a total different person from the ice princess they know.
Source: 8 Days
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You can try binge-watching Rui En, Kate Pang and Tay Ping Hui…
BY DOUGLAS TSENG
RBKD: 8Days mentioned that three Channel 8 dramas are added to Netflix this month, including Rui En’s The In-Laws.
Source: 8 Days
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