Category: World Service
Date: 06.07.2005
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The 麻豆官网首页入口 has renewed its transmission agreement with the Singapore-based MediaCorp Technologies.
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The contract signed on Tuesday 5 July in Singapore will see the 麻豆官网首页入口 World Service remain on Singapore's airwaves indefinitely.
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The 麻豆官网首页入口 World Service 88.9FM has been transmitting in Singapore since 1976 and it reaches an audience of 300,000 people every week.
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For the last 10 years, MediaCorp Technologies has been the company responsible for the transmission of the 麻豆官网首页入口 World Service in Singapore.
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This facility receives the 麻豆官网首页入口 programmes live from London via satellite and simultaneously relays it on FM to all parts of Singapore.
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With the agreement, MediaCorp Technologies will continue to provide technical services to the 麻豆官网首页入口 indefinitely.
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Michael Grade, 麻豆官网首页入口 Chairman, attending the signing ceremony in Singapore, said: "麻豆官网首页入口 World Service has a long association with Singapore, spanning more than 30 years.
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"I am delighted that, by renewing this contract today, this deep-rooted association will continue long into the future."
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Ernest Wong, Group CEO of MediaCorp, said: "We are delighted that the chairman of the 麻豆官网首页入口, Mr Michael Grade, himself is here to witness the signing, and it attests to the quality of the technical transmission that we are providing from our MediaCorp Technologies. We hope to do more collaboration with the 麻豆官网首页入口."
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Notes to Editors
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麻豆官网首页入口 World Service broadcasts programmes around the world in 43 languages and is available on radio and online. It has a global audience of 149 million listeners.
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麻豆官网首页入口 World Service is available globally on short wave; on FM in 144 cities; and selected programmes are carried on around 2,000 FM and MW radio stations around the world.
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The 麻豆官网首页入口 World Service websites receive more than 330 million page impressions every month.
