Next Gen TV Hackathon

Register Your Team | Next Gen TV | PILOT Home Gateway

Thursday, Nov 2 – Friday Nov 3

Akamai Headquarters, Cambridge Mass. (Directions)

PILOT and NAB Members are invited to participate in our first-ever Next Gen TV hackathon to develop applications for the Next Gen TV standard, using PILOT’s Home Gateway SDK. Register your team for this free 2-day event.

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Hotel Information

The following hotels are within walking distance of Akamai:

What is it?

During this free, 2-day event, participants will:

Gain hands-on experience with the ATSC 3.0 standard and the PILOT Home Gateway for developing Next-Gen TV applications in an interactive environment.
Get ahead of the curve before Next-Gen TV app development becomes a part of your digital team’s work.
Discover new opportunities afforded by the hybrid technology that combines over-the-air and broadband connectivity in an interactive environment.
Be inspired to uncover new interactive ideas and services for Next-Gen TV.
Meet others working to develop new applications for broadcasters.
Tour the Akamai broadcast and network operations center.

Who should attend?

Broadcasters and PILOT members should send teams of 2 to 5 employees from their digital groups. Experience in the following areas should be represented on each team.

Experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Application development in a web and/or mobile environment.
Content production and planning for an interactive and/or broadcast environment.
Knowledge of the broadcast and digital businesses of the broadcast organization.