RDK Management, the group behind the Reference Development Kit (RDK) middleware, has announced a new update to its pre-integrated open-source video software dubbed RDK6, accompanied by a certification test suite meant to ensure consistency and speed up time-to-market for operator products. RDK6 will hit the market in Q4 2023. This is of course a flailing attempt for the CPE software stack to pull itself out of the jaws of the Android TV Operator Tier ogre that has slowly been swallowing the market. RDK Management—founded by Comcast in collaboration with Liberty Global and Charter—claims that the new software enhancements will improve the efficiency of deploying video services and apps for IP and hybrid QAM/DVB set tops. This latest iteration of the…