Mediapolis @ one-north is a unique collaboration among four government agencies – JTC Corporation as the master planner and master developer, the Media Development Authority, the Infocomm Development Authority and the Economic Development Board. When completed, Mediapolis @ one-north will be a vital piece of Singapore’s media ecosystem that will add significant depth and scale to Singapore’s media infrastructure. It will serve as the crucible for creating and distributing content from Singapore to the world.

Mediapolis is strategically located within one-north, a 200-ha R&D hub that is master-planned and master-developed by JTC. one-north is a vibrant hotspot for test-bedding, innovation and R&D hub. Mediapolis will be the third strategic industry cluster in one-north, after Biopolis (for biomedical sciences) and Fusionopolis (for infocomm technology, media, science and engineering industries).

Mediapolis @ one-north will be a self-contained center of expertise providing strategic media infrastructure for local and international media businesses and activities. It will house a media ecosystem comprising incubators, R&D activities, content development, digital production, broadcasting, industry-responsive education, intellectual property and digital rights management. These will be anchored by shared facilities (such as sound stages, advanced digital screen studios, sound recording studios and motion capture studios) and services (such as equips and grips, costumes and sets as well as film processing lab). Mediapolis @ one-north will also house specialised media schools which provides industry-responsive education and training.

Mediapolis @ one-north will focus on the development of high quality digital media content as well as R&D in interactive digital media. It will be supported by a strong and robust IT infrastructure and a synergistic business environment.

A 19 ha plot within one-north has been earmarked for the development of Mediapolis. The development will be demand driven by the industry and carried out in phases. When fully developed, there will be business park space to house quality digital production and post production facilities. R&D laboratories located within Mediapolis will also play a key role to boost R&D efforts in digital media technologies to capture the increasing demand for innovative applications, services and devices.