Write a boxee app, win a Sony HDTV/Drobo

the new boxee API enables developers to build and publish apps for boxee users. while people are working on a variety of boxee apps, we thought it would be a good idea to provide some extra incentive for the developers.

the boxee dev challenge will have 3 categories: Video, Music and Photos. in each category we will have a People's Choice award and a Judge's Choice award:

People's Choice Award: Drobo, bit.ly/boxeedevchallenge-peopleschoice
Judge's Choice Award: Sony Bravia XBR9 46", bit.ly/boxeedevchallenge-judgeschoice

the deadline for submitting your application is June 14th at 11:59pm PT, but we encourage you to submit early and often as we'll be talking up cool applications as they come in.

voting will take place between June 15th - June 22nd.


on June 23rd will have a boxee event in San Francisco (RSVP @ bit.ly/boxeedevchallenge-rsvp) announcing the People's Choice and our esteemed judges will choose a winner from the 10 most popular apps in each category.


the judges at the event will be:
Veronica Belmont - Tekzilla, Qore (twitter.com/veronica)
Ryan Block - GDGT, former EIC Engadget (twitter.com/ryanblock)
Avner Ronen - boxee founder and CEO (twitter.com/boxee)
couple more judges (we are interviewing prospects: Obama, Oprah, AplusK)


planning to participate in the challenge? fill bit.ly/boxeedevchallenge

looking for more info on how to develop boxee apps: check out developer.boxee.tv and take a look at the sample app at developer.boxee.tv/2009/04/14/building-your-first-boxee-app (we will publish additional sample apps). please submit your app to dev_challenge@boxee.tv.


whether you're a developer or just a boxee fan, we look forward to seeing you at the event. RSVP @ bit.ly/boxeedevchallenge-rsvp.