In this month’s issue, Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society The Move to Fusionopolis $18m boost for IDM projects International Experts Impressed with IDM Efforts KooBits and PGK Media Wins the InfoComm Singapore Awards 2008 Developments of GAMBIT

Many organisations have benefited from tie-ups with the Media Development Authority’s Interactive Digital Media Programme Office. Five benefactors share their success stories. A special report produced by the Special Projects Unit, Marketing Division, SPH.

i.JAMMING Networking Session IDMPO’s bimonthly networking session is here again. The event provides a conducive environment to meet and explore collaboration opportunities in the IDM sector. We are expecting over 400 participants, ranging from industry practitioners, researchers to startups. In this session, we will be announcing Stream Global as our new incubator, and new partnerships [...]

The i.Match is a match-making initiative led by the multi-agency Interactive Digital Media Research and Development Programme Office (IDMPO) to bridge the funding gap between IDM companies and local investors who are keen to seek new and promising IDM products. It aims to provide a conducive platform for companies and investors to meet and explore [...]

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 [...]

Today, I am happy to announce that the IDMPO will partner SPRING Singapore to launch a new initiative, i.MATCH. This initiative aims to match IDM companies, especially start-ups that have innovative products at development stage, to potential angel investors or major corporate industry players. This will not just enhance the existing funding support available for [...]

A small game developer has scored a double coup by being the first local company to launch a game on the Nintendo Wii platform and to grow a community of 83,000 registered gamers within seven months via video-sharing site YouTube. Nabi Studios, a two-year-old, none-mn-strong game developer, will release its first title, Toribash, on the [...]