Taiwan’s government-backed creative agency, Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca), and Singapore’s national broadcaster, Mediacorp, have paired up for the first time to co-develop original content for international audiences.

The two-year agreement, unveiled this evening as day one of this year’s ATF drew to a close, comes as demand for global content soars along with hopes, dreams and wishes of Asia’s creators for a bigger slice of international attention.

Among other things, the alliance involves Taiwanese investment in new content via various government schemes, as well as skills development and training.

The official messaging in this evening’s announcement was that the two had signed a MoU, effective immediately, that “paves the way for both parties to collaborate on a range of projects to bring fresh creative concepts from script to screen in both Singapore and Taiwan, and beyond”.

No specific details or deals have been disclosed, and no dollar values have been made public.

The two said they would join forces to surface stories from indie Taiwanese writers as well as facilitate Mediacorp access to Taiwanese talent and to deploy Mediacorp scriptwriting and production resources.

Mediacorp has worked with Taiwanese partners in the past on, among other projects, suspense drama “All is Well” with Eightgeman; and “Twisted Strings” with Screenworks Asia.

This evening’s announcement was made by Taicca CEO, Izero Lee, and Mediacorp chief content officer, Virginia Lim.