Media Development Authority of Singapore

September 24, 2009 World Screen
Dr Christopher Chia
CEO
 
 

What are the top properties being offered by Singaporean companies at MIPCOM?

At MIPCOM 2009, the Singapore Pavilion, located at booth 05.20-07.19 at the Palais de Festival, will showcase recent Singapore-made HD productions and co-productions. Headlining the slate are infotainment reality programs like Lonely Planet – Roads Less Traveled and Sun Tzu: War on Business and children’s animated series like Dinosaur Train (sold to the U.S., Canada and Norway) and Silly Bitty Bunny (sold to Canada and France), which will entertain and educate children.
 
 

Can you tell me a little about the composition of the MDA contingent at this market?

The Singapore contingent will have a stronger distributor presence this year with the likes of Bomanbridge Media Limited, an independent distribution company that exclusively represents renowned and prestigious production catalogues from around the world; and Film Content Company Europe (FCCE), a leading independent content and program distributor with over 300 hours of finished programming available, and offering film and Hollywood related content and programm to its clients around the world.
 
 

The delegation will also comprise seasoned TV and animation production companies like Threesixzero Productions, Infinite Frameworks, Scrawl Studios and Sparky Entertainment who are going to the market with strong slates of programs, as well as new participants like The Refinery Media, producer of Supermodelme, which is an original production made for the web and mobile and will be repurposed for cable TV.

 
 

What are your goals and expectations for MIPCOM?

Thus far, our co-production strategy has reaped dividends for Singapore production companies whose collaborations with international partners and distributors have enabled Singapore-made content to land in some 70 countries.
 
For MIPCOM, we will be looking for more collaboration opportunities with international partners. This is also a good time to identify and exploit opportunities that could translate into longer-term advantage for Singapore in expanding our markets for Singapore-made content, aggressively identify projects that span the multiplatform franchise, as well as capacity building and capability development.