MSC Malaysia Mobile Interactive Content Competition 2007

Title : MSC Malaysia Mobile Interactive Content Competition 2007
Deadline : 28 June 2007
Prize : Professional: 3 winners from the this category will be awarded RM 50,000 grant each,
Independent: 3 winners from the this category will be awarded RM 40,000 grant each

Description :
The Creative Multimedia Department of Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) is organizing a mobile interactive content competition. In this competition, teams or individuals will have to pitch their ideas of their mobile interactive content.

OBJECTIVE:

• To use this as a content creation platform and to create more quality content that can be showcased or marketed globally
• The competition will be an avenue to encourage and nurture new talents in turning their Ideas into reality
• To attract mobile content developers/publisher to come out with greater ideas and stories.

Professional: 3 winners from the this category will be awarded RM 50,000 grant each,
Independent: 3 winners from the this category will be awarded RM 40,000 grant each
to fully develop their mobile content based on the given budget.

Submission will be open until 28 June 2007. MDeC will be organizing workshops in the months of April, May and June 2007 for the benefit of interested participants. These workshops will help them to have a better understanding of the requirements needed to develop an interactive mobile content within the allocated budget. These workshops will also help participants to come up with strong proposals for the eventual pitch.





1. HOW DO I REGISTER?
This competition is only open to Malaysian companies, SME’s, individuals and raduated students only. Only one entry per company / team. Grant Winners of MSC Malaysia Mobile Content Competition 2006 are not eligible to participate in this competition.

Entries can be submitted to:

Multimedia Development Corporation
MSC Headquarters
2360 Persiaran APEC
63000 Cyberjaya
Selangor

Office Hours: 9.00am – 6.00pm (Monday to Friday)
Submission will not be returned

Attn: Mr. Vernon Fernandez or Ms. Shahrizan Bt Mohd Sharif
Tel: 03-8312 3014, 03-8312 3016
Email: vernon@mdec.com.my, shahrizan@mdec.com.my


2. CATEGORIES

a. PROFESSIONAL –
i. companies / individuals with 2 years or more experience in the mobile content industry and
ii. have produced mobile interactive content
iii. works have been commercialized

b. INDEPENDENT –
i. companies / individuals with less than 2 years experience in the mobile content industry

3. FORMAT OF THE PROPOSAL:

i. Language: English, or if not in English shall include an English translation as attachment

ii. Table of Contents

III. Company / Personal Profile

Iv. Proposal Details:

• Overview of the product
• Technical document
• Business Module
• Production Timeline
• Budget
• Implementation Team


A declaration letter certifying that the project presented
• Has not been otherwise grant aided
• Has not been pre-purchased by any developers, publishers.
• Is not part of a school project


4. REQUIREMENT:

i. Proposal submission:
a. A soft copy of the proposal in .doc format. PDF format will not be accepted
b. A soft copy of the Application Form
c. A printed copy of the proposal in A4, portrait format with comb bind.
d. A printed copy of the Application Form must be separated from the bind proposal. Attach the form to the proposal with paper clip.


5. IP RIGHTS

• Violation of copyright is prohibited. The company or individuals hereby declare and represent to MDC that the work is original and that no part and portion of the work is an infringement or violation of any IP or any propriety rights of any third party. Failure to do so will result in automatic disqualification.
• The IP Rights in the works shall vest with the company / individuals.
• MDeC reserved the rights to showcase the content and the information for promotion.
6. JUDGING PROCESS

• A panel of 4 judges from the industry, to be selected by MDeC including representative from MDeC, will review all submissions received.
• After the closing date, the judging panel will choose 6 best submitted entries from the professional category, 6 best submitted entries from the independent category for the pitching. Thereafter, 3 winners from each category will be chosen and automatically eligible for the grant.

7. MONITORING AND MENTORING PROCESS

• The winners will sign an agreement with MDeC to ensure that the parties (MDeC and grant receiver) agree with the requirements of this project.
• All grant winners are required to complete their mobile interactive content within 6 months from the signing of agreement
• Grant winners are invited to use the “CADC Lab” facilities for their production.
• Grant winners are required to submit a progress report as per agreement to MDeC.

8. PITCHING DAY
• Each company / individual will have to submit their presentation/pitching material 1 week before the pitching day.
• During the pitching day, each company / individual will have to test their presentation / pitching materials an hour before the presentation starts.
• Laptop and LCD Projector will be provided.
• Each company / individual will be given 5 minutes to pitch the idea of the mobile interactive content, business module, schedule & budget, and commercialization of their content and another 5 minutes for Q&A.
• Presentation aids and styles are open to the creativity of each company / individual.

9. CONTEST ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

i. Business module
ii. Development schedule & budget
iii. Completeness of Technical documentation
iv. Completeness of Design documentation
v. Commercialization
• Mobile content details (Movie, Game or Application)
• Idea
• Originality

* (Failure to comply with any of the above requirements will result in automatic disqualification.)


More Info Here:
http://cmc.msc.com.my/ipcc/IPCCMobile.html

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