E City

This article is about the television channel. For the technology park, see Electronics City.
E City
都会台
Launched 2009 (Singapore)
Network StarHub TV
Singtel TV
Owned by StarHub
Singtel
Picture format SDTV 576i
HDTV 1080i
Slogan 有你，有我，有都会 (till April 2011)
娱乐。无界限 (from April 2011)
Country Singapore
Broadcast area Nationwide
Sister channel(s) Sensasi
SuperSports Arena
SuperSports
VV Drama
Timeshift service E City +2
都会台 +2
Availability
Cable
StarHub TV Channels 111 (HD), 825 (HD)

E City is a cable television StarHub TV channel 825 which belongs to StarHub. Its programming consists solely of drama series and hot entertainment programmes from Taiwan, Japan and Korea, dubbed into Mandarin for dramas (variety shows remain Korean) and also aires highly rated Taiwanese variety shows presented by popular hosts. There are commercial breaks during programmes on every 30 minutes. Starhub CableTV's channel 826 is E City +2 channel, showing programmes they air 2 hours before at a 2-hour later timeslot, which is still under the Chinese Entertainment Basic Group together with its Start Over and Catch Up TV buttons. Now Starhub also has added Starhub CableTV's channel 111, a simulcast of E City channel 825. Initially both of them are complimentary only on for one and a half years from 25 April 2011 to 31 December 2012, however the complimentary viewing will now be extended till 31 December 2014[1]

This channel is a self-packaged channel by StarHub TV. Its other self-packaged channels include E City, VV Drama, VV Drama On Demand, SuperSports 1-4, SuperSports Arena, Sensasi, Dunia Sinema On Demand and Varnam.

In February 2012, for a period of 7 weeks, E City was the broadcaster of the Mandarin version of Fairprice Family Cook Off (S2). The English version was broadcast by the Asian Food Channel (Ch 435).

In July 2012, for a period of 10 weeks, E City broadcast Sunslik Academy Fantasia, the first reality singing competition in Singaporean after two and a half years. Subscribers could view the contestants' status every night, including the delayed broadcast of the weekly rounds. Subscribers could also watch the contestants' status live on the now defunct Academy Fantasia Channel (Ch 110).

TV shows from April 2011

These are the shows that have been broadcast on E City since April 2011, according to the colours of the logo, blue, orange, green and purple respectively. Variety specials are not included in this list.

Current categories

7pm dramas 戏剧7点档

2nd session: Mondays to Fridays, 5.00pm - 6.00pm: (encored at 10.30am - 11.30am)

1st session: Mondays to Fridays, 7pm - 8.00pm: (encored at 9.00am - 10.00am)

Former teen 10pm drama timeslot: Mondays to Fridays, 10.00pm - 11.00pm (encored at 3.30am - 4.30am, 1.30pm - 2.30pm and Saturdays, 8.00am - 12.30pm)

Teens 四角酷

Mondays to Fridays, 11.00pm - 12.30am:

Manga: second telecast: Tuesdays to Saturdays, 7.30am - 8.00am and Sundays, 8.00am - 10.30am

Entertainment:

Former JK drama timeslot: Saturdays, 11.00pm - 1.15am; second telecasts on Sundays, 4.00am - 6.30am and at 5.00pm - 7.15pm

Kids 小绿豆

Sundays, 10.30am - 12.30pm

Taiwan idol dramas 都会偶像剧

Saturdays, 8.00pm - 9.30pm; second telecasts on Sundays, 6.30am - 8.00am and at Saturdays, 2.30pm - 4.00pm

Weekday entertainment 娱乐8点档

Mondays to Fridays, 8.00pm - 10.00pm

Weekend entertainment 周末好康

Saturdays 7.00pm - 8.00pm

Saturdays 9.30pm - 10.30pm / 11.00pm

Sundays 7.00pm - 8.00pm

Sundays from 11.30pm - 12.30am

Every night at 12.30am

Former categories

Teens 四角酷

10pm dramas:

Taiwan idol dramas 都会偶像剧

Sunday timeslot:

JK dramas JK剧场

Weekend entertainment 周末好康

Former 9.30pm - 11.30pm timeslot

都会LIVE!星期天

Sundays, 8.00pm - 10.00pm (simulcast with Taiwan CTV)

Sundays, 10.00pm - 11.30pm (broadcast with Taiwan FTV)

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "StarHub TV Rate Card Terms & Conditions".
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