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Okto, stylised as okto, is a television channel in Singapore, managed by MediaCorp and caters to the youths and young adults of Singapore, similar to Channel U. It was formerly known as MediaCorp TV12 Central and airs on the frequency 495.000 MHz. The word "okto" means "8" in Greek. To reflect this, both StarHub TV and SingTel Singtel TV carry this channel as Channel "8", which should not be confused with MediaCorp Channel 8, MediaCorp's main Standard Chinese-language channel. Despite the meaning of the channel's name, the channel is aired on channel 30 for those receiving the broadcasts over the air, or channel 25 for those using StarHub TV sockets. For StarHub TV subscribers, the channel airs on channel 108. On Singtel TV, the channel airs on channel 209. Due to Singtel TV's channel number switch, the channel started broadcasting on Channel 209 with effect from Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 00:00 SST. Okto has a mascot named ''Ollie'', who was originally named ''OktoBoy''. He was introduced in 2011. ==History== On 1 September 1995, Channel 8 began a 24-hour transmission and also aired Tamil programmes. Premiere 12 was launched to include more children's programmes (mainly for Pre-school children) and sports coverage. Premiere 12 later included Tamil programmes and was renamed as Central, on 30 January 2000. Central had three program belts, Kids Central, which was a children's television channel with enriching educational & animation programming, Vasantham Central, which was a Tamil language channel, and Arts Central which showcases art, cultural and largely foreign award-winning productions and incorporated a significant amount of niche programming, making the channel rather distinctive compared to the others. On 19 October 2008, Central was dissolved. The program belt of Vasantham Central was extended to form the new Vasantham, a full-fledged Indian Channel to provide better television programmes to the Indian community of Singapore, as announced in January 2008 when the Parliament of Singapore decided to expand the Tamil language Vasantham Central into a standalone Tamil language channel. Kids Central and Arts Central, the other two program belts of Central, was merged and renamed Okto since then. Okto took over the frequency of Channel i, a channel which went defunct since 1 January 2005. Besides broadcasting children's programmes and cultural programming, the channel also broadcast live sporting events such as Football, Olympic Games, Asian Games and Southeast Asian Games if there is a need to. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Okto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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