Espial says its contributed important Conditional Access System (CAS) integration and certification software to the RDK community.
The Ottawa company has released details of the first certification and deployment of RDK-V version 2 with leading CAS technologies including Nagra, Cisco, Verimatrix, and Widevine.
Supported by over 300 companies, RDK-V is a standardized software stack created to accelerate deployment of next-gen video products and services by cable and telecom video operators. It provides a common interface to SoCs and set-top boxes (STBs), acting as a universal adapter to the underlying hardware.
“Espial’s contributions are important additions to RDK and their real-world learning and experience is an asset to the community” said Bill Warga, VP Technology, Liberty Global. “We’ve been impressed with the breadth of innovation, on technology, organization, and processes that Espial has achieved to deliver the benefits of RDK to operators globally.”
Espial has previously deployed RDK-V version 2.x with cable operators including NOS and TeleColumbus. It has also made contributions to the RDK community to speed STB porting, including HALs (Hardware Abstraction Layer) for STBs and remote control functions, as well as several quality improvements to the STB porting code base.
“Espial is consistently working on the edge of innovation to drive our products, organization, and process to realize every advantage of RDK,” said Jaison Dolvane, president and CEO of Espial.”
The company says it intends to continue playing an active role in the development of RDK.
