Singapore Press Holdings, Plug and Play and Infocomm Investments have formed a media and technology-focused accelerator programme that will begin in mid-2015.

SPH Media Fund, the corporate venturing arm of Singapore-based media conglomerate Singapore Press Holdings, has launched a media and technology-focused accelerator that will accept its first cohort in mid-2015.

SPH has joined forces with accelerator Plug and Play and Infocomm Investments, a subsidiary of the country’s Infocomm Development Authority, to form the accelerator programme, dubbed Dubbed SPH Plug and Play.

The programme will select up to 20 startups addressing challenges of the media sector and will invest S$30,000 ($22,200) in…