This edition of i.Bits highlights the progress of Time Voyager’s expansion into the Chinese gaming market and also Singapore’s Media Development Authority’s (MDA) i.JAM funding initiative. The achievements of companies and projects that were supported by MDA has helped contributed to building the interactive digital and media industry both locally and regionally. 1. Time Voyager pushes into [...]
1. Interview with Mr. Loo Cheng Chuan, CEO of inSing Mr. Loo, what is your role in IdeaFactory? My role at IdeaFactory as Head of Business is really a Hunter. I hunt for cool and wild technologies anywhere in the world and bring them to our associates in Singapore or anywhere in the world, to [...]
1. Agile Start-ups, Big Connections What do a 3-D modelling company, a knowledge management system (KMS) vendor, and an iPhone app developer have in common? For KPB, BCZ, and buUuk, it is the fact that they are all funded by the IDM Programme Office (IDMPO), and that their work has caught the attention of large [...]
1. Singapore’s Interactive Digital Media Industry gets a boost The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, together with the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), have officially launched the new NUS-Tsinghua Extreme Search Centre. This was announced by DPM Wong Kan Seng at the sidelines of the China-Singapore Joint Council for [...]
Good Showing by IDMPO-funded companies at Emerging Enterprise 2010 Awards Two IDMPO-funded companies were recognized at the recently-concluded Emerging Enterprise 2010 Awards. Multimedia surveillance and intelligence company KAI Square won top honours as one of the three winners, while gaming company Tyler Projects emerged as one of the 15 finalists. The Emerging Enterprise Awards is [...]
Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew Declares Official Opening of the Singapore Centre for Chinese Language The Media Development Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 17 November 2009 at the official opening of the SCCL, officiated by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, to collaborate on [...]
MDA and industry partners seek innovation to shape the future of books and virtual worlds As part of the Future of Media initiative, the Media Development Authority (MDA) has once again marshalled leading industry players to collaborate, aiming to stake a claim in the high growth sectors of online publishing and virtual worlds through the [...]
Keio-NUS CUTE Centre Invents World’s First Social Networking Robot for Children IDMPO funded research centre, Keio-NUS CUTE Centre, has developed the World’s first social networking robot for children. Petimo is selected by an international review panel as one of the best three submissions for the Como for Children (C4C) design competition held at The 8th [...]
IDMPO is committed to match innovative services to key demand drivers, and has brought together a handful of demand drivers who will anchor the growth of IDM services. A good number of our projects have been selected for implementation in national agendas such as the National Day Parade, Youth Olympic Games and the National Heritage [...]
Calls of FutureTV and FutureGame Shaping a New Generation of Visual Media Experiences through FutureTV Initiative Major players of the interactive digital media industry have joined forces to form a FutureTV partner network that will see its members leverage on each other’s capabilities and resources to fuel industry innovation. The goal: To use Singapore as [...]