Join this contest and be part of the future of app production. MiniBar is looking for developers who will create innovative apps mashing, mixing, streaming, enriching music, pictures and video content.

There is a total of £7,000 up for grabs, £5,000 for the overall winner and £2,000 for the runner-up and you get to tinker with content from the likes of Universal.

IC tomorrow is a Technology Strategy Board initiative launched by Ed Vaizey (Minister of Culture, Communications and Creative Industries) on October 12th which provides a testbed environment for content owners and application developers to collaborate and trial new content-rich apps and services with real users.

Through this contest ALL entrants will get the exciting opportunity to become part of IC tomorrow and get the chance to showcase their inventiveness to major content providers and build valuable relationships for the future.

What we want you to do for this contest is to create apps using the IC tomorrow platform with either content available throughIC tomorrow itself from content partners such as Universal, or from other sources of your choosing, such as flickr, youtube, other content archives.

The goal is to develop applications that make use of the content in innovative, experimental or, simply put, fun ways, and useIC tomorrow as the testing ground to evaluate their potential.

And the great news is, is that this is only the beginning for IC tomorrow! It will get the dialogue going between media owners, developers and users.

Don’t pass up this opportunity to get your talent recognised!

To REGISTER your Expression of Interest please join our ‘Minibar IC tomorrow App Building Contest’ _connect group by 4th November 2010.

The timeline for the contest is as follows:

+ 12th October – Launch of IC tomorrow contest platform at Innovate10 and opening of online Registration of Interest via the TSB connect group.
+ 4th November – Deadline for Registration of Interest via the TSB connect group. API and contest briefing event that will include a detailed introduction to the IC tomorrow platform.
+ 23rd November - Deadline for all entries will be logged on the IC tomorrow platform in advance of the final judging.
+ 25th November – App show&tell and final judging.** The overall winner will be awarded £5,000 and the runner-up £2,000.

**The panel of judges includes Craig Smith (O’ Reilly) and Chris Jackson (MetaBroadcast) and Martyn Davies (Universal).

If you would like to find out more about IC tomorrow please read this press release. Also read our recent interview with Chris Jackson, CEO of Metabroadcast and once Head of Strategy at the BBC, who has been working with IC tomorrow since its inception. He tells us about his own experiences being the first to develop an app through the platform, the benefits of taking part in the contest and his hopes for the future of the programme
*The panel of judges includes Craig Smith (O’ Reilly) and Chris Jackson (MetaBroadcast) and Martyn Davies (Universal).

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