Samsung and MDA has announced a joint call-for-proposal for the development of educational TV apps for the Samsung Smart TV platform and ecosystem.
Develop rich and interactive educational TV apps for the Samsung Smart TV platform.
This comes on the heels of Sony’s renewal of a 5-year MOU with Nanyang Polytechnic to encourage local development of games for the Sony PlayStation.
Developers interested in Samsung’s initiative are invited to attend the Call-for-Proposal briefing at 6pm, 26 September, at Genexis Theatre, Fusionopolis. Starting from 26th September, the call-for-proposal will extend over a period of four weeks and will end on 31st October 2011. Detailed information will be available on the website of the Interactive Digital Media Programme Office (IDMPO) from 26th September.
Shortlisted developers:
- Will gain 24/7 access to Samsung’s Developer’s Forum (SDF)
- Will have access to MDA’s testing centre – iJAM@Blk71, located at Block 71, Ayer Rajah Crescent
- May apply for funding schemes from the IDMPO
Focusing on rich and interactive educational apps for the Singapore audience, this initiative is targeted to promote interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and for self-learning at home at up to tertiary level.
The initiative is also designed to catalyse the development of interactive digital content for TVs in Singapore, and support new interactive digital media (IDM) R&D projects as well as the commercialization efforts of IDM applications and services.
