It seems like everybody and their dog wants to be a platform these days, and media center software Boxee is no exception. (That’s a good thing by the way.) However, providing the hooks needed to write third-party applications is probably the easy part (relatively speaking), while attracting developers to the platform can be a little harder. Build it and they will come hardly ever applies.
On that note, Boxee have announced the ‘Boxee app challenge‘ in an attempt to provide a little extra incentive for developers. Not only are a bunch of prizes up for grabs for the best apps created up, but the Internet TV startup also promises to shine a little light on entrants along the way.
From the official Boxee blog:
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
Judge’s Choice Award: Sony Bravia XBR9 46″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.
The judging panel includes Veronica Belmont (Tekzilla, Qore), Ryan Block (GDGT, former Editor-In-Chief Engadget) and the company’s own CEO Avner Ronen. The winning apps will be announced on June 23rd at a Boxee event in San Francisco.
See also: Hulu blocks Boxee, could Firefox, IE and Safari be next?
