List of hackathons about media in 2016

Join Comcast NBCUniversal's hackathon in the Silicon Valley to work on new innovative forms of storytelling inspired by emerging technologies. You will be free to use platforms, electronic components, APIs, SDKs and content from leading edge technology firms. The challenges that the event will be focused on will be announced soon so stay updated!

A hackathon where the computer societies of Ireland come together! Join to meet computer scientists, engineers, hobbyists and administrators from all over the nation! It's a great opportunity to network and make new friends in faraway places as we explore the best Galway has to offer and bring to life ideas you might never have thought possible on your own!  Wether you like Arduino Hydroponics, Raspberry Pi mirrors, Home Automation, Emulators, PS1 development and so much more, there's a project to work on for everyone! Come and work on whatever project you feel like, with hardware provided to test on!

A Hackathon for musicians, programmers, scientists, and other artists to hack together on projects exploring music. At the end there will be a concert and presentations of the art, technology, and research developed. The event is open to everyone whether you want to participate or just have a look.

This Qredo Hackathon, wil help ios or Android app developers discover how easy Qredo SDK makes it to get app security right. Bring your own equipment and development tools and be among the first app developers to work with the Qredo open sourced privacy SDK. Win prizes for the best apps developed during the weekend.  The Qredo SDK, documentation, sample code and support of the Qredo dev team will be provided You can compete as an individual or in teams of up to 5 people

HACKED IN GRONINGEN. Hackitarians is hosting this Hacked in Groningen with a mission to drive innovation by running the BEST hackathons in the world! They believe in the power of hackathons being able solve real world problems and therefor do not only host great hackathon but also teach people how to build the best hackathons! It’s their goal to teach more people who can teach more people to run Hackathons with a huge rolodex and network of some of the top hackers and innovators on the planet. Come to this hackathon to drive innovation backed by IBM Watson and Bleumix! This is the Netherland's first hackathon league on Sport!

Join the Global Service Jam to get a taste of Design Thinking and make a new music service in 48-hours. This is a human-centred design-led hackathon that will use the musical metaphor of "jamming" to make great and new music. In a service design jam, the people are the musicians, who will make products and services they could not create alone. Moving your ideas from concepts to prototypes. Other people will be able to play with your prototype, ask questions, add features, remove features, and help you make something that others will be delighted to use!

Hack the massive photographic heritage content on Europeana, ESpace and other public repositories to mix them up with user-generated smartphone photos and stories. Get creative and develop a new environment to re-experience our cultural past, using apps, websites and virtual environments. It’s all about telling stories, tapping into emotions and exploring new business models involving photography!

The NFL is exposing it’s data for developers. The challenge will be to develop the next generation of engaging NFL stories using the provided NFL Next Gen Stats Data. Using the raw location data, you’ll have to find an innovative way to get information or patterns out of the data that can provide new insight into the game, educate the fan, or demonstrate the game in a new way that will blow everyones mind away!

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC), is inviting you to their 2016 Business/Technology Expo and Hackathon. The theme is Innovators Paradise: Everyday Technology. You can expect to see live demonstrations, take advantage of exclusive product promotions and participate in lively interactive sessions. Compete for a Five Thousand Dollar $5,000.00 cash prize and the opportunity to compete in an international Virtual Hackathon to win $100,000.00 cash and full media exposure!

Join the 48-hour CSUS Coding Hackathon 2016 to compete for a prize pool of $2000! Your challenge will be to design, together with a team, an app, website, game, or another type of program based around a given theme which will be given to you on the day of the event. Please note, to only undergraduate students at the University of Calgary can participate in this hackathon.