Didn't the same thing happen in early 2000's, before Mediaworks was conceived? Deja vu.
Frankly, I never supported the idea of a merger. Channel i and u were fantastically great, and I heard they are willing to give the budget to produce good local variety shows while also importing quality taiwan shows. Mediacorp all along their production budget like sai, and now that their are the only ones, it's even more shi
tty and everyone's underpaid, give insufficient budget to force producers to get sponsors on their own. Where got time for creativity?