PinnedWhat’s new in the first public Beta of Lightning 3At the RDK Global Summit 2023 in Amsterdam last week, the first beta of Lightning version 3 was announced. This initial release makes it available for developers to play with, see what’s what, and most importantly provide feedback that can lead to improvements in the final v3 release. …Lightningjs7 min readLightningjs7 min read
Nov 27What I want SmartTV manufacturers to improveDeveloping for SmartTV is a drag. Imagine you’re in the year 2023, yet you have to deal with televisions running Internet Explorer 8 type of technologies. Sounds like fun, right? With the new year to come, and new TVs making their way into the market soon, what could SmartTV manufacturers…Smart Tv5 min readSmart Tv5 min read
Oct 31Lightning 3: The Basics of BlitsBack in September, the first open beta of Lightning 3 was announced. As part of that announcement, two different options for developing Lightning applications were shown: SolidJS, and Blits. In this blog, we’ll take a look at some of the basics of developing an application with Blits. Getting started First and foremost…Lightning 38 min readLightning 38 min read
Aug 1The subtle art of subtitles and captionsThat’s right! Subtitles are an art form. You can have incredibly good subtitles, and terrible ones. Whether the subtitles are formatted accordingly, if they use the proper wordings, are timed correctly to the video. Oh, and captions are important, too! Wait, you didn’t know they were different things? …Captions7 min readCaptions7 min read
Jul 17Does Github Copilot understand streaming apps?Using Copilot is something I recommend to every developer out there. Does it fully replace the need to understand and write code yourself? Definitely not! Is it a great addition to the developer toolkit you already use? Very much so! The interesting thing with many developer-oriented tools out there, however…Github Copilot7 min readGithub Copilot7 min read
Jun 25Using Streaming Analytics for the best quality of experienceGetting the playback to work is relatively easy. Keeping it working properly through all times of the day, with all the ups and downs in user numbers; might be much harder. That’s where streaming analytics come into play! …Quality6 min readQuality6 min read
May 8Designing SmartTV applications: things to account forWhile the whole world has figured out how to design and develop applications for the web, smartphones and even desktops… SmartTV is a relatively unknown field for many people out there. And as with every platform, there are certain things you have to account for when designing a friendly UI…Smart Tv6 min readSmart Tv6 min read
Apr 13Bradmax — The Commercial Video Player OverviewThe series continues! Around this time last year, I started with a 6-part blog series about commercial video players. It turns out, the series has to continue, as Bradmax has launched their Video Player onto the market! …Video Player5 min readVideo Player5 min read
Mar 16Rapid TV-app development with new Lightning UI ComponentsTime is everything in today’s day and age. Whether it’s time for development, or a quick time to market... being able to deliver fast is key in the world of OTT. Luckily, that’s exactly where Lightning’s new UI Components come into play! Let’s take a look at what they are…Lightningjs5 min readLightningjs5 min read
Feb 14Tips and tricks for creating a successful SmartTV appBuilding applications for the big screen can be very difficult to nail down. There are many factors that make a successful smarttv application; some which are very easily to handle, others that are incredibly difficult to manage. In this blog, we’ll take at some tips and tricks you can apply…Smart Tv5 min readSmart Tv5 min read
