What is "okto"

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 495.25 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.