Five Domestic Smart Content Companies Supported by Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning Attain Successful Results at 'SLUSH 2015'

    ANYANG, KOREA, December 13, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- National IT industry Promotion Agency, a Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning-affiliated organization, reported that it participated in "SLUSH 2015", Finland's global startup conference, with five companies from the K-ICT Smart Content Center (www.smartcontent.kr) and conducted consultations and completed contracts.

"SLUSH 2015" is a large exhibition held in Helsinki, Finland, where more than 3,500 startups participated. The K-ICT Smart Content Center supported the participation of five domestic companies: Digital Motion Entertainment, Pison Contents, SounDUX, iCubis, and HisShow.

The five companies confirmed the possibility of advancing into global markets through meetings with investors and related officials from all over the world.

iCubis, a character content developer, had a discussion about the production and supply of teaching materials for childhood education groups and daycare centers in Finland and across Europe. The company also had a meeting about character content development with a children's channel of BBC from Manchester, England.

SounDUX, a leading company in music distribution, held consultations for sound source recommendation technology that is applied to functional games with KONE, Finland's largest company in the elevator industry, sound source suppliers, and game forums.

Pison Contents, a global digital sound source distributor, had a discussion about distribution technology support with Nokia. The company is in conference with DCM from German and Docler Holdings from Luxembourg on attracting investments. Furthermore, the company had a meeting with I-Mobile from Japan about promotion methods in the Japanese market, and it also had many meetings with companies worldwide.

HisShow, a Christian cultural content producer, signed a NDA (non-disclosure agreement) for distribution and joint production and projects with an Indonesian AR developer. The company had a discussion about local distribution with the content distributer Noah Distribution from Singapore, and it also received a video production request from the Finnish app developer BT-way.

Digital Motion Entertainment, a 3D total solution company, is negotiating the development of virtual reality of a hotel related to the Alps with the Finnish company Dekation, and it is in talks with Inu, a professional bike simulation developer, for developing content.

Participating in "SLUSH 2015", Kim Hyo-geun, head of the National IT Industry Promotion Agency, said: "Among companies at the K-ICT Smart Content Center, five companies that showed outstanding performance were recognized with their skills, even in Finland. We will support domestic smart content companies to help them promote outstanding domestic technology to the world."

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