UKTV x BBC Tech Meetup - Connected TV Development October 2026

Join us at UKTV's offices in London on Thursday 22nd October, from 5:30pm for an evening of talks on developing applications for smart TVs, set-top boxes, streamers, and games consoles.

Doors will open at 5:30pm and the talks will kick off at 6pm.

Big thank you to UKTV for volunteering to host this event. RSVP is open!

Please note this event will not be streamed, only sign up if you will attend in person.

Please bring ID with you for entry into UKTV's offices, and make sure your Meetup profile includes your full name, otherwise you may be refused entry.

You can find out more about our meetups, including our Code of Conduct, on the BBC website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/techmeetup/code-of-conduct. We have a culture of respect and kindness, and a zero-tolerance policy for Code of Conduct breaches. Please raise breaches with the Meetup facilitators, or UKTV staff can raise breaches via the Call It Out process - https://uktv.workvivo.com/hashed/DOQjYBbAXB.

Agenda:

5:30pm - Arrival
6:00pm - Talks Begin

Arun Krishnamoorthy, BBC - The final bastion: Live TV in the attention economy

Jonathan Ingram, UKTV - Adblocker Detection

Kostakis Bouzoukas, Amazon - Vibe Coding the Big Screen: Supercharging TV App Development with Amazon ADBT

Gary Carpeter, UKTV - Dive into U

Ed Morrish, BBC - If you wish to make an Apple TV app from scratch, you must first invent the universe

7:25pm - Post-talk networking
8:00pm - Venue closes