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| Country | Singapore |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Singapore Malaysia (Johor, Sarawak) Indonesia (Riau Islands) |
| Network | Mediacorp TV12 |
| Headquarters | Mediacorp Campus, 1 Stars Avenue, Singapore 138507 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Tamil |
| Picture format | 1080i 16:9 HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mediacorp |
| Sister channels | Channel 5 Channel 8 Channel U Suria CNA |
| History | |
| Launched | 15 February 1963 |
| Links | |
| Website | Vasantham |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | UHF CH 31 554MHz DVB-T2 Channel 5 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| meWATCH | Available on meWATCH website or mobile app (Singapore only) |
Vasantham is a Singaporean free-to-air television channel wholly owned by Mediacorp. The network is focused towards the Singaporean Indian community in the country. The channel first signed on 15 February 1963 as Channel 5, the country's very first television channel and later that year also on Channel 8. In 1973 the language structure of the two channels was changed, with Channel 5 broadcasting in English and Malay and Channel 8 in Chinese and Tamil. The arrangement used for the latter ran until 1 September 1995, when it became a standalone Mandarin-language channel. After this, Tamil programming transferred to the new channel Prime 12. On 30 January 2000, as Prime 12 was rebranded to Suria and became a standalone Malay-language channel, Tamil programming transferred to the new channel Central, with Vasantham Central as its timebelt for Indian programming, and was later rebranded again as an independent Tamil-language channel on 19 October 2008.
As of 1 February 2023, the channel's logo is based on the corporate Mplifier graphics format, with the channel name in blue text (replacing the former flower-inspired logo) placed beside the Mediacorp "M" logo.[1]