The Media Development Authority (Abbreviation: MDA; Chinese: 媒体发展管理局) is a statutory board of the Singapore Government, under the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA).
MDA was formed on 1 January 2003 by the merger of Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA), the Films and Publications Department (FPD) and the Singapore Film Commission (SFC), in response to a national call to develop a globally competitive media industry in S...
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The Media Development Authority (Abbreviation: MDA; Chinese: 媒体发展管理局) is a statutory board of the Singapore Government, under the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA).
MDA was formed on 1 January 2003 by the merger of Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA), the Films and Publications Department (FPD) and the Singapore Film Commission (SFC), in response to a national call to develop a globally competitive media industry in Singapore. An industry blueprint called Media 21 was also drawn up and eventually endorsed by the 2002 Economic Review Committee (chaired by then Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong) – as part of the Creative Industries Development Strategy to propel the growth of Singapore’s creative economy.
Prior to the merger, SBA, which was formed on October 1994 under the purview of the previous Ministry of Information and the Arts (MITA), was set up to regulate the broadcasting industry in Singapore.
FPD was set up as a department under the then MITA...
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