Formation of NIMS Panel for IPTV Standards Recommendation

8 February 2010

On 18 December 2009, as part of Project NIMS Phase 2, IDA and MDA had invited interested organisations to apply to join the NIMS Panel. The NIMS Panel will be responsible for recommending the appropriate IPTV standards that best meet the functional requirements for NIMS Common Featured (CF) Set Top Box (STB). The selected standards would subsequently form the basis of the reference guidelines for the NIMS CF STB that will be published by IDA and MDA.

29 applications from the industry were received and out of which 11 were short-listed as members of the NIMS Panel. The NIMS Panel will be co-chaired by IDA and MDA. The NIMS Panel members are listed in the following:

Joint IDA-MDA Project NIMS Industry Dialogue Phase 2

18 December 2009

Project NIMS (Next Generation Interactive Multimedia, Applications and Services) Industry Dialogue Phase 1 (IDP1) has concluded and is embarking on Phase 2. A key focus for Project NIMS Phase 2 is the development of technical specifications for common featured set-top boxes (STB). The common featured STB would support greater interoperability amongst IPTV operators and enhance consumer experience.

IDA and MDA invite the industry to participate and provide feedback to the NIMS Common Featured Set-Top Box Functional Requirements document. This document has incorporated relevant industry feedback from the Phase 1 participants.

Interested industry players can provide feedback according to the stated process in the document. The detailed process can be found in Part A of the functional requirements document - "Project NIMS Industry Dialogue Phase 2 - Common Featured STB Functional Requirements Part A (Document)", which can be obtained from IDA's and MDA's websites.

Joint IDA-MDA Project NIMS Industry Dialogue Phase 1

11 August 2009

Next Gen NBN will empower retail service providers to offer innovative next generation services to businesses and consumers. Next Gen NBN will also create new ecosystems and market opportunities for the infocomm and media industries.

IDA and MDA have identified Next Generation Interactive Multimedia, Applications and Services (NIMS) as a potential new ecosystem, with a possible focus on interactive IPTV. IDA and MDA are seeking views from the industry to shape a strategy to develop a vibrant NIMS ecosystem through an Industry Dialogue exercise.

This Industry Dialogue seeks views from the industry on how the current interactive multimedia, applications and services ecosystem will evolve over the mid-term to achieve the NIMS vision. This would include how IDA and MDA, in partnership with the industry, can foster the development of new market opportunities and business models for delivery of NIMS to end-users.

The Industry Dialogue will be structured in two phases. Phase 1 will be a broad-based engagement with participants on a set of topics. Relevant inputs from Phase 1 will be incorporated into Phase 2, where IDA and MDA may engage industry players on possible commercial, regulatory and technical implementation models. It is envisaged that IDA and MDA would conduct a pre-qualification exercise prior to Phase 2 to shortlist interested participants for Phase 2.

The Industry Dialogue paper is available on both IDA and MDA websites, and interested industry players can provide feedback according to the stated procedures.

Submission of Responses

All responses should be submitted on or before 12 noon (Singapore time), 9 September 2009, Wednesday to:

The Submission of Responses to Project NIMS Industry Dialogue (Phase 1) is closed.
If you have missed the deadline and wish to enquire and do a submission, please contact broadband@ida.gov.sg.

For those who have submitted, please contact broadband@ida.gov.sg if you did not receive any email by 11 September 2009.

Project NIMS Industry Dialogue Briefing 1

IDA and MDA will conduct a briefing to interested participants on 12 August 2009, Wednesday. More information and details can be found here.