MDA and FutureTV partner network jointly call for proposals to boost innovation and development of visual media sector in Singapore Singapore, 16 June 2009 – Imagine this: A day when you could pre-programme a slate of television programmes beyond the traditional television sets and watch them on virtual space together with your friends from different [...]
Initiatives unveiled at BroadcastAsia aimed at making Singapore a trusted global capital for New Asia Media Initiatives unveiled at BroadcastAsia aimed at making Singaporea trusted global capital for New Asia Media Singapore, 16 June 2009 – Singapore’s national media blueprint, the Singapore Media Fusion Plan (SMFP), was officially launched today at BroadcastAsia 2009, along with [...]
SINGAPORE: The television set has definitely come a long way in terms of technology. But now, a revolution is set to take place in Singapore where the way TV is watched will change. The first black and white TV sets in Singapore transformed the way people consumed entertainment. Fast forward half a century and the [...]
Singapore’s ambition to be a leading media centre received a boost recently, when Koei entertainment, a Japanese game developer, announced plans to expand its operations there. Four years since establishing a studio in the city-state, Koei is hoping to add up to 60 staff over the next two years. “The company has achieved its business [...]
Are you an IDM company, or an entrepreneur with an IDM idea? Would you like to raise funds to start or grow your IDM company? From Idea to Investment For the IDM industry, a 5-Day Intensive Workshop presented by Expara Pte. Ltd. & The Media Development Authority of Singapore 3 Day From-Idea-to-Investment Investor Presentation Overview [...]
GAME developers here will now be able to create games using free software and publish them on an established online marketplace. They also get a chance to apply for a $50,000 grant to develop these games. At a media event yesterday, Microsoft Singapore said the Republic’s game developers will be the first in Asia, ahead [...]
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 [...]
BUDDING software developers in Singapore have been offered a Microsoft software carrot worth tens of thousands of dollars – in return for a token US$100 subscription fee which they do not even have to pay upfront. This initiative, dubbed BizSpark, was launched in Singapore last Thursday by the software giant with 11 local partners, and [...]
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
Media 21, a blueprint of the Media Development Authority (MDA), envisions Singapore as a global media city where services and projects are created, developed, traded and distributed. Related link: The vision anchors Singapore as Asia’s leading media marketplace and financing hub as well as a test-bed for innovative concepts and ideas in digital media. MDA [...]