Develop educational apps for the Samsung Smart TV

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.

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.

Samsung Electronics Co LtdDevelopers 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.

Call-for-Proposal briefing is at 6pm, 26 September, at Genexis Theatre, Fusionopolis.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.

What will shortlisted developers get?

As part of the collaboration, Samsung will provide shortlisted developers with the tools, technical content and support that they require to create rich applications for the Smart TV platform.

Shortlisted developers will gain 24/7 access to Samsung’s Developer’s Forum (SDF), where they can tap into the support resources of Samsung including developer tool kits and other technical content.

Developers will also have access to MDA’s testing centre – iJAM@Blk71, located at Block 71, Ayer Rajah Crescent. It is an incubation wing that will be equipped with the necessary testing infrastructure for developers to conduct trial runs and tests for their apps on Samsung’s Smart TV platform.

Shortlisted developers may apply for funding schemes from the IDMPO, dependent on the nature of the proposed project, to support R&D and commercialisation of the apps.

Apps for Samsung’s Smart TV ecosystem are available through the Samsung Apps store, the world’s first application store for the television. More than 900 apps – designed specifically for the TV – are now available in over 120 countries with a monthly average download of more than 140,000 apps.

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