Jumpstart your TV Widget Development at the Yahoo! Developer Conference, Oct 9-10th, NYC

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What: Yahoo! Open Hack Day NYC, The Developer Conference

When: Friday, Oct 9, 8:00 am – Saturday, Oct 10, 5:00 pm

Where : Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York, NY
http://www.millenniumhotels.com/millennium...yppc/index.html

The Yahoo! Connected TV team will be awarding an HDTV for the best new TV Widget developed at the Yahoo Developer Conference Event!
There will be other cool prizes as well

Complete event overview is below.

Registration URL: http://icanhaz.com/yahoohacknyc

Be sure to add "CTV" in the "registration code" field to secure your spot.

Yahoo! Connected TV Hack Blog

http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2...onnectedtv.html

Why Yahoo Connected TV Widgets?

Want to bring your brand, services and content to the TV?

The Yahoo! Connected TV Widget platform is available in a variety of consumer electronic devices, including flat panel TVs from Samsung, Sony, LG Electronics and VIZIO--with more coming soon! With TV Widgets, developers can now deliver new, interactive experiences to millions of TVs

TV Widgets allow Internet services and online media to reach viewers with applications specifically tailored to TV viewers. The integrated Internet experience is powered by the Yahoo! Widget Engine, a fifth generation application platform derived from the legendary Konfabulator desktop widget platform.

With the Yahoo! Widget Development Kit (WDK), you can quickly create and deploy TV Widgets by leveraging a rich set of interfaces using an intuitive Javascript framework developed and optimized for TV.

The Yahoo! WDK (Widget Development Kit) is still in closed beta, but any Open Hack attendee will be able to join the beta and download the WDK.

Know someone who has been hoping to get into the TV Widgets beta? Please pass along this invitation. Of course, if you know developers or companies who would love to build a TV Widget, but don’t know it yet, please share with them too.

Event Overview

Yahoo! Developer Network is bringing Open Hack Day to the heart of New York City and you're invited.
Join us in Times Square for two full days of learning, hacking, networking, and fun. At the Friday conference, we’ll introduce the latest developer tools and services from Yahoo!. A full day of tech talks, hands-on workshops, and thought-provoking topics will cover technologies you can use on Yahoo! and beyond. And it’s all free!

The 24-hour Hack Day kicks off Friday afternoon. The hack space is open all night and experts will be on hand to answer questions. Bring yourself and your ideas or find a team to work with when you get there. On Saturday afternoon, hackers will demo working code in the plush Hudson Theater for a chance at glory and some cool prizes.