Singapore – MediaCorp launches two news portals for Malay and Tamil news & current affairs consumers. MediaCorp Berita and MediaCorp Seithi go live today. Each online portal will cater to their respective Malay and Tamil-speaking news consumers to follow all major developments within and outside Singapore as well as key events of interest to the communities.
The user experience will be further enhanced with the introduction of an application in March 2015 that will optimise the website content for mobile and tablets. The free app for Android and
IOS devices will make it an even more enriching experience for users with drop-down options that will bring you straight to the desired page at a tap.
At both portals, consumers have a wide range of information to browse, read, watch or listen to.
Breaking news video clips will be uploaded as they happen, including contributions from witnesses. Financial and business news and sports are some of the categories on offer. For the Berita website, updates from the Malay literary and artistic world will be found in the Lifestyle/Literary segments. Movie and entertainment news seekers can catch trailers and reviews on famed Bollywood and Kollywood screenings at Seithi.
Digital journalists working on the two portals are well supported by established editorial teams in the MediaCorp Editorial Division which produces content for all the MediaCorp TV, radio, print and digital platforms. The Malay News and Current Affairs department produces content for TV on Suria, for radio on Warna and Ria, while the Tamil News and Current Affairs department produces programmes for TV on Vasantham and for radio on Oli. With this linkage, both websites also have the unrivalled access to insightful stories filed by the wide network of regional Channel NewsAsia and TODAY correspondents.
Each website will upload current affairs programmes that have been aired on Suria and
Vasantham, and users can tap to link up to any of the MediaCorp Radio stations to catch up with breaking news as it is aired.
Supervising Editor for Malay News and Current Affairs, Ibrahim Hassan, said, “This new platform will definitely be a great addition to viewers and listeners who have been following our news and current affairs programmes. They can now catch these programmes and enhanced content conveniently from one portal.”
Supervising Editor for Tamil News and Current Affairs, R. Nadarasan, added, “With this launch into a new digital stage, we are giving today’s busy consumers more choices and flexibility to be informed and entertained at their preferred times, or when they are on the move.”
