The Government is pumping in an unprecedented $250 million to help promising Singapore media companies like documentary producers, music companies and video game developers to develop the industry further this year.
Yesterday, the Media Development Authority (MDA) announced that it had committed the amount to help ’sustain the growth of Singapore’s media sector amid the economic [...]
Selected projects expected to create 300 jobs and inject S$70 m to the local media sector
Singapore – 12 January 2009 – To propel local companies with innovative new media services, applications and business models into the global market, the Media Development Authority (MDA) has awarded five New Media projects with a total funding of S$7.6 [...]
MDA offers grants to budding game developers to create games for Xbox LIVE Community Games Channel
Singapore, 16 December 2008 – This holiday season brings good tidings for budding game developers in Singapore. From today, anyone with the passion and the talent will have the opportunity to create and quickly commercialize their games on the world’s [...]
Mr. John White, Chief Executive Officer, ACM
Mr. Scott Owen, President, ACM SIGGRAPH
Distinguished guests
Ladies and gentlemen
Good morning. I am delighted to join you today at the opening of SIGGRAPH Asia 2008.
Today’s event is highly significant as this is the inaugural Asia edition of The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on computer graphics [...]
The Government has poured millions of dollars into research and development for the interactive media industry. The goal is for Singapore to become a thought leader in research in this area.
Serene Luo from The Straits times looks at three funded projects that are yielding interesting results.
Jazzing up the games sector
In this month’s issue,
$12m Awarded to Co-Space™ Projects
A Closer Look at the Co-Space™ Projects
IDMPO Entrepreneurs Nominated for BusinessWeek’s Asia’s Best Young Entrepreneurs
IDMPO Companies’ Found Success through Facebook
15 projects ranging from transport to heritage planning spur innovation and breakthrough in Singapore’s IDM sector
Singapore, 17 October 2008 – Fifteen new projects on the concept of Co-Space™ have been awarded funding by the multi-agency Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Research and Development (R&D) Programme Office (IDMPO) hosted by the Media Development Authority.
Collectively, these projects [...]
sLOCAL Interactive Digital Media (IDM) start-ups and companies will be getting a boost in their pockets from the Singapore government, thanks to the i.MATCH initiative, which is aimed at bridging funding gaps in the local IDM sector.
RAdm (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Senior Minister of State for Education and Information, Communications and the Arts, announced the [...]