PinnedMatthijs LangendijkWhat’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…7 min read·Sep 25, 2023--1--1
Matthijs LangendijkThe importance of keeping software maintained (migrating from VPS to Cloudflare)Over the weekend I spent some time migrating some of my websites from a VPS to Cloudflare Workers and Pages. While I got the majority of…6 min read·Mar 17, 2024----
Matthijs LangendijkState of Smart and Connected TV 2024: A Comprehensive GuideThe start of the year has seen plenty of announcements, deals, and other moves in the world of Smart and Connected TV. New operating…13 min read·Feb 28, 2024----
Matthijs LangendijkCES 2024: TV-OS wars, Roku Pro, Matter Casting, and moreAs the dust settles on CES 2024, it is once again time to look at all the announcements in the world of television. What do the likes of…7 min read·Jan 14, 2024----
Matthijs LangendijkOTT & Video Predictions for 2024At the start of the year, we always get the joy of seeing new technology reach the market with announcements at CES. But before we do that…8 min read·Jan 5, 2024----
Matthijs LangendijkVideo playback with Blits (Lightning3)One of the most important parts of any TV application is the video player. In this blog we’ll dive into what it takes to implement a video…6 min read·Dec 20, 2023--1--1
Matthijs LangendijkThe human aspect of technologyOver the past few years, we’ve seen many awesome and important advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence. When ChatGPT…7 min read·Dec 11, 2023--1--1
Matthijs LangendijkWhat 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…5 min read·Nov 27, 2023----
Matthijs LangendijkLightning 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…8 min read·Oct 31, 2023----
Matthijs LangendijkThe 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…7 min read·Aug 1, 2023----