FremantleMedia Website Hackathon!

THE CHALLENGE

FremantleMedia North America is hosting a hackathon to reimagine the TV show website.

Fremantle is a global content company that creates, produces and distributes some of the best-known and most-loved content in the world across traditional TV and digital platforms. Our shows include  America’s Got Talent, American Idol, The Price is Right, Family Feud, Let's Make a Deal and upcoming scripted series American Gods – among many others.

We also run our own network, called BUZZR and run live, travelling versions of our popular game shows such as The Price Is Right Live and Let's Make a Deal Live. 

We are welcoming developers and designers to build a website experience for TV fans using code from Wordpress.org and our API partners. The new site will be for FremantleMedia North America, a separate site from the current FremantleMedia site. Developers can either build a website or, if they are building a custom Wordpress plug-in they should build enough of a site on which to demonstrate how the plug-in works.

We’ll provide the basics you need: corporate style guide, fonts, logos, videos, stills/images, show descriptions, show event information, show social links, etc. You provide ways to take the Fremantle site beyond the basic information. Some goals we are trying to achieve include:

• Awareness of shows: View air schedules, discover new shows, find episode and contestant news, see upcoming event and tour information, and learn how to be on the shows.
  
  

• Viewer Engagement: Make the shows come alive for site visitors! Create ways for viewers to play along with the show, vote on outcomes, take quizzes, discover related content, find out crazy trivia, see red carpet photos - whatever you can think up!
  
  

• Social Media: Help viewers use social media tools and services to creatively interact with Fremantle's shows and share their excitement with friends and followers.

THE API PARTNERS

We’ve assembled some of the best technology companies in entertainment to help you with your mission.

Getty Images RESTful API suite provides direct access to Getty Images global content, rich metadata, and powerful search technologies for integration directly into publishing tools, products, and services. Documentation, sample code, SDKS and free signup makes it easy for developers to get up and running quickly. Sign up for a test key http://developers.gettyimages.com 

MediaHound’s platform, The Entertainment Graph®, connects all music, books, games, movies, and TV in a first-of-its-kind Neo4j graph database to power universal search, real-time recommendations, and personalized discovery across a range of partner products. The Entertainment Graph®, includes the people, social activity, genres, moods, and other traits that put content in context for consumers. Our API delivers smart search, great data, and easy-to-integrate discovery features to developers who want to build next generation entertainment experiences that truly engage users.

Gracenote's OnConnect APIs provide the entertainment data and images you need to build rich interfaces, with simple connections between TV, movie, and celebrity information. These RESTful Web APIs give you access to TV schedules, movie showtimes, online video links, plot summaries, cast and crew info, keyword search, images, celebrity info, and much more!

Telescope’s CONNECT LIVE helps clients to deploy fan and audience engagement mechanics that power play-along interactivity and live events, while aggregating and filtering rich user generated content to amplify marketing messages. From video engagement products to social fan campaigns, and digital activation to live fan play along experiences – our real time participation platform offers a variety of unique audience engagement solutions to our clients.

THE PRIZES

First prize: 3-month consulting contract to fully build out your idea for the Fremantle site (value up to $10,000)

Second prize: $3000

Third prize: $1500

THE SCHEDULE

April 23

9am Breakfast and sign-in

9:30am Welcome from Fremantle, Tech Partner API presentations

10:30am Hacking begins

10:00pm End Day 1 of hacking

April 24

9am Breakfast and hacking

4-6pm Team Presentations and winner announcements

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Register on Eventbrite by April 22, 9pm.

Developers are welcome to form teams up to 3 people in advance of the hackathon or on the morning of day 1. Each developer must register individually.

See full Rules and Eligibility at http://fremantle.devpost.com.