World Class Media Cluster
Mediapolis rising

Work at Mediapolis@one-north continued on schedule during the year of review. Envisioned as a Living Laboratory – where one can 'live-work-learn-play' – Mediapolis seeks to be Singapore’s first digital media hub, where emerging media technologies, content, services and applications will be developed, produced, financed and distributed to the world.

To be fully developed by 2020, it has seen two parcels of land committed so far.

The first development was the Infinite Studios, a joint venture by Ascendas and Citramas. The Temporary Occupation Permit for this 1.2 hectare site is expected to be ready by October 2012. It will see homegrown media company, Infinite Studios, managing Singapore’s largest soundstages measuring 18,000 square feet and 10,000 square feet. Globecast, another major tenant in the Infinite Studios, will provide content management and delivery to broadcasters worldwide.

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The other land parcel would be occupied by MediaCorp. The national broadcaster broke ground at the new site in November 2011. Its 1.5-hectare site will house three main blocks and a state-of-the-art theatre seating 1,600. MediaCorp is targeted to move in by 2015.

Before the completion of the Mediapolis@one-north, a clustering of media companies has already begun at Mediapolis Phase 0, an incubation centre, which achieved 100 per cent occupancy by February 2012. It is now home to about 58 media-related companies that included start-ups, venture capitalists and international companies.