Set-top and broadband tech provider ADB has joined the RDK organisation as a Preferred Member, which it says is a key step towards further strengthening its commitment to RDK open-source software development for broadband gateways. The company said it aims to provide comprehensive solutions to telco operators who want to leverage the benefits of the […]
Ahead of its 2023 RDK Summit in Amsterdam, RDK Management has unveiled RDK6 – the newest version of the open-source software bundle designed to underpin video customer-premise equipment for pay TV operators worldwide. RDK6 is designed to further streamline the development and deployment of video functionality and apps across IP and hybrid QAM/DVB set-top boxes and will be […]
RDK Management (RDK) has unveiled a new Wi-Fi software management component for residential gateways, access points, and mesh extenders to provide advanced Wi-Fi management and telemetry features to the company’s network. The new open-source code software component was contributed via a collaboration of between Comcast and the OpenSync community. RDK for Broadband (RDK-B) consists of […]
RDK deployments have now surpassed 100 million devices, according to RDK Management. The organisation that manages the open source software platform said that the number of RDK devices deployed globally had risen to 100 million, up from 80 million last year. RDK is currently deployed across leading service providers throughout Europe, North America, Latin America, […]
Remote control-maker Universal Electronics Inc (UEI) has announced the release of two new voice remotes for RDK. The remotes made their debut at the 2022 RDK Tech Summit, with RDK boasting the support of hundreds of partner companies and being deployed by more than 30 operators. The new designs have been named ‘UEI Tatlow’ and […]
Poland-based technology outfit Redge Media has teamed up with Korean set-top specialist Beacon to provide integrated product offerings primarily covering the Android and RDK ecosystems for online or hybrid environments. Redge Media provides a technology platform for building online TV encompassing encoders, origin, CDN, Multi-DRM and player for video delivery. For service delivery it also […]
UK-based not-for-profit DVB software organisation DTVKit has teamed up with some of its members including RDK, Mediatek, EKT and OBS to develop an RDK-based white label hybrid set-top box. The group said it was seeking to meet the needs of OEMs and smaller satellite operators to test and evaluate RDK and DTVKit as a full […]
Android TV is set to increase its share of a declining pay TV set-top base fivefold over the next five years, with a proprietary operating system from Huawei also predicted to rise, according to a report by Rethink Research. Rethink estimates that pay TV households will decline from around 921 million globally in 2020 to […]
Technicolor Connected Home has deployed over 20 million RDK broadband gateways for service providers globally. Technicolor made an early commitment to provide RDK-B software to broadband network service providers in 2016 and the company says it has seen rising demand every year since. RDK is an open-source software platform that standardizes core functions used in […]
IT services outfit Tata Consultancy Services has struck a partnership with service provider technical standards body the RDK and has launched the TCS Connected Consumer Home solution based on the RDK platform. TCS Connected Consumer Home is described as a solution that simplifies customization, enables device management, enhances the service provider’s control over software roadmaps, […]
