RDK Management sets up app development initiative

RDK Management, the company set up to administer the RDK cable set-top software initiative, has teamed up with technology company Metrological to create an app development environment for developers to remotely create and test applications. 

Metrological combined its application framework with the RDK to create Metrological’s RDK App Emulator. Metrological will administer and distribute the new emulator to developers looking to create apps on top of the RDK, regardless of whether they are RDK licensees.

The new app developer environment uses the RDK and RDK Emulator to enable developers to prototype, develop and test RDK applications remotely on a laptop without using a physical RDK device or set-top box. Developers can access the Metrological’s RDK App Emulator directly by visiting this site.

“Supporting app developers to create apps on top of the RDK is a very important part of the RDK mission,” said Steve Heeb, President and General Manager of RDK Management, LLC. “Thanks to Metrological, the RDK can attract an even larger base of app developers that can provide apps to operators. Our long term goal is for the app developer community to view the RDK as the premier platform that brings new levels of innovation to the video industry.”