Video Delivery Drove Comcast Toward Virtualization? SDxCentral – September 26, 2017 Comcast first dipped its corporate toe into the ocean of network virtualization back in 2009 because it wanted to bring a better experience to its video subscribers. That led to the creation of its X1 platform, which delivers cloud-based IP video to subscribers on … Read more
ARRIS Becomes the First to Offer RDK Software on EPON Gateways Suwanee, GA – June 12, 2018 ARRIS International plc (NASDAQ: ARRS) today announced its support for the RDK software stack across its next-generation EPON gateways. RDK support will offer several key benefits to ARRIS’s global customers, including: a unified back-office system for managing both … Read more
RDK Adoption Surges Globally London – March 20, 2018 At the 2018 Connected TV World Summit, RDK Management, LLC provided its annual update about the adoption of the RDK (Reference Design Kit) software used to power customer-premises equipment (CPE) from video and broadband services providers worldwide. “With more than 40 million RDK-based set-top boxes and … Read more
RDK Management LLC and Broadcom Announce Strategic Initiative to Optimize RDK Implementations on Broadcom SoCs Denver – February 7, 2018 At the 2018 RDK Americas Summit, RDK Management, LLC and Broadcom Limited (NASDAQ:AVGO) announced they have entered into a strategic development agreement to closely integrate chipset-level software development kits (SDKs) from Broadcom with RDK’s open source software. This … Read more
RDK Adoption Expands Around the Globe London – May 17, 2017 At the 2017 Connected TV World Summit, RDK Management, LLC today provided an update about the continued global adoption of RDK (Reference Design Kit) software solutions that provide a common platform for powering customer-premises equipment (CPE) for TV and Internet service providers. “Due to the passion … Read more
Ericsson and RDK Management LLC Announce MediaFirst TV Platform Integration onto RDK Philadelphia – September 1, 2016 Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is delivering accelerated next-generation TV and media services capabilities to RDK environments through the integration of its cloud-based MediaFirst TV Platform with the RDK (Reference Design Kit), a pre-integrated software solution to power customer-premises equipment … Read more
RDK Continues Global Adoption Philadelphia – May 16, 2016 At the 2016 INTX: The Internet & Television Expo, RDK Management, LLC today provided an update about the continued global adoption of the RDK software solution, a pre-integrated software bundle that provides a common framework for powering customer-premises equipment for TV and Internet service providers. “2016 is … Read more
RDK Community Expands worldwide Philadelphia – April 24, 2015 In advance of the 2015 INTX: The Internet & Television Expo, RDK Management, LLC today provided an update about the continued global progress and adoption of the Reference Design Kit (RDK), a pre-integrated software bundle that provides a common framework for powering customer-premises equipment from TV service providers. Members of the … Read more
RDKM Announces Availability of Key DVB Components to Support global operators Philadelphia & London – June 11, 2014 Today, at the Connected TV Summit 2014 in London, RDK Management, LLC announced that the Reference Design Kit (RDK) now provides key components for the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard that is widely used throughout Europe and other parts … Read more
RDK and its role in the transformation to a data-driven video product organization In the not so distant past, it took a pay-TV operator up to 36 months to build a new platform and several years to roll it out completely to millions of homes. New entrants to digital video including Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and … Read more