Content Industry Development fund is a new incentive which has been introduced in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006 – 2010). The main aims of this incentive are to spur the development of quality local ICT content for domestic and export market and also to develop a more resilient and competitive local content industry in Malaysia. This funding, namely known as eContent Fund, is for the content creation projects based on innovativeness, social and commercial viability.

This Fund is especially for the development of content mainly for entertainment, training and learning, culture and heritage, and information-based. The technology required is either in a form of animation, games, simulation/virtual reality or portal/web-based. This content should be able to run on multiple platforms either on 3G/mobile phone, Internet, or other media such as PDA and TV etc.

Application to this fund is open throughout the year. All enquiries pertaining eContent Fund should be directed to:-

eContent Fund Secretariat,
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Level 5, Block C5, Parcel C
Federal Government Administrative Centre
62662, PUTRAJAYA
Tel: 603 8885 8025
Fax : 603 8888 4328
Email: econtent@mosti.gov.my

More information can be obtained from the MOSTI Website here.

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