The winning team gets the chance to pitch their app to operators such as Ooredoo, beIN, Liberty Global, NOS, Tele Columbus and KPN.
The Cabsat Appathon, in partnership with Metrological, kicks off on the January 14 2018 as part of the annual show (January 14-16) at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Centrally located on the CABSAT exhibition floor, ten teams of developers will attempt to create the best TV app. With the Metrological SDK, a Raspberry Pi and only 48 hours available time teams will be challenged to build an innovative TV app that enhances the TV viewing experience.
Participating in the CABSAT Appathon is free of charge. The winning team gets the chance to pitch their app to operators such as Ooredoo, beIN, Liberty Global, NOS, Tele Columbus and KPN, offering a total reach of more than 40 million households worldwide.
The deadline for registrations (teams of 3-5 developers) is Monday December 18.
Netherlands-based Metrological offers a cloud-based application platform that delivers a product suite to launch, manage and monetise branded TV app stores on any device.
