RT RK

Digital TV software

The company’s journey in Digital TV began in 2001 with joint venture with Micronas, Germany to develop software for their TVs. With time the Serbian development center transformed from an extended workbench approach towards a system supplier becoming a full Micronas subsidiary to deliver complete software solutions for Digital TV, and take over significant support responsibility towards Micronas' customers. When Micronas closed down their consumer business unit, it left RT-RK fully independent and continuing with TV software development serving a wide international customer base.

RT-RK was the first company to announce successful porting of the big-endian version of the Android™ operating system for the MIPS® architecture facilitating SoC manufacturers with the power of Android, targeting market of Digital TVs (DTV), Set-Top Boxes (STB) and a range of applications in the digital home.

Recognizing the company’s experience and potential for strategic partnership, Zoran Corporation singled out RT-RK for porting Android onto their System on Chip (SOC), joining forces in development of multimedia applications and services for connected TV.

To channel its business in Digital TV software development, in 2011 RT-RK becomes a shareholder of iWedia, a Swiss-based company and operates as system integrator on Set-Top Box and TV software products based on their DVB middleware.

In 2012 RT-RK announces cooperation with General Satellite on their Set-Top Box GS-8305 deployed on the network of Tricolor TV, which from scratch to mass production was developed by RT-RK. Mass production of the box in their factory in Kaliningrad has been tested by the RT-RK’s BBT Set-Top Box testing products.

Strong Android background that gave birth to the company’s native approach for smooth and easy integration of IPTV and broadcast TV (DVB/ATSC) functionalities inside TV and STB devices powered by the Android operating system called ANDROID4TV, made Google conclude an agreement with the company to provide integration services to Google partners wishing to deploy Google TV in their products.

Android Set-Top Box deployments continue with Swisscom IPTV STB, and Bouygues Telecom Bbox Miami hybrid box with Google Mobile Services (Google Play Store, Google Music, Chrome, YouTube, Google Play Movies) certified by Google.

In September 2014 the company makes ANDROID4TV software framework open source facilitating TV operators worldwide with the benefits of leveraging of Android openness, flexibility, and developers' community.

Powered by the engineering strength of RT-RK iWedia concludes many successful projects, including SAT>IP server and Linux-based H.264 Set-Top Box based on STMicroelectronics’ Liege chipset, both boxes being produced by RT-RK.

Having profiled as a leading TV software developer, RT-RK continues operations providing services to other players in the Digital TV world, some of them being: SmarDTV, Vidmind, and Wyplay.

Home automation / Internet of Things

OBLO is an end-to-end home automation solution by RT-RK which enables a full featured home automation scenario for the home, including:

OBLO is scalable and allows the selection and customization of components to make the home automated in just the right way.

Consumers can automate their homes by using the available off-the-shelf OBLO products.

Set-Top Box manufacturers and service operators can add value to their device by enabling it to become a home control hub using OBLO white label solutions.

Retailers can create a new home automation product line and market it under their own brand, using OBLO white label solutions.

BBT (Black Box Testing)

The line of RT-RK products codenamed BBT provides testing equipment and services to all the players in the Set-Top Box and multimedia devices development and production chain. RT-RK offers:

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Since 2009 BBT supports the entire Digital TV product life cycle, from marketing through to development, production and qualification, superseding human testing labor of 600 man/days monthly, for the largest European and the third largest OEM in the world Vestel.

Near Shore Development Centre (NSDC)

RT-RK is a strategic partner and Near Shore Development Centre (NSDC) of Cirrus Logic, Imagination Technologies, Wyplay, Zenterio, and Vestel in the consumer electronics industry, and TTTech in the automotive industry.

Customers

RT-RK has served companies such as Cirrus Logic, Zoran Corporation/CSR, SmarDTV, MIPS/Imagination Technologies, Trident, Marvell, Bosch Sensortec, Atmel, Micronas, Vestel, METZ, Loewe, General Satellite, Kathrein, PS-UFA, Siemens, Microsoft, Plantronics, Logitech, Sharp, NEC, Nuance, Sagem, Purple Labs, Strom Telecom, T-Mobile, Swisscom, ABB, Openwave, Telvent, Srbijagas, TriDiNetworks, Philips, Control4, Coller Capital, Altran, Rafael, Dmist Technologies, AudioCodes, University of Sheffield, Starkey, RED, Typhoon HIL, TTTech, Bouygues Telecom, Wyplay, Novabase.

National R&D institute

Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia accredited RT-RK Computer Based Systems LLC as a National Research and Development Institute. In their explanation, Advisory Committee stated that the scientific programs of RT-RK contribute to development of new products and devices, introduce new and improve existing technological processes, systems and services, and perform transfer of knowledge and technology. The company has adequate deployment of competent scientific researchers, programs for young developers, and adequate facilities, equipment, and other resources for the implementation of programs of general interest.

Beginnings

In 1991, a small group of professors and assistants working at The University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Chair for Computer Engineering, launched first projects for telephony and digital signaling protocols (SSNo7, ISDN on DSS1 D channel). Their interest for business further evolved to automation processes in Serbian oil industry, where they were involved in projects for gas pipeline management. Recognizing the benefits of the University environment, they started a company named FTN-IRAM-RT. Close cooperation of FTN-IRAM-RT with The University of Novi Sad attracted Micronas, German company, to launch MicronasNIT within the same environment and with the same management. Having become a Micronas’ subsidiary MicronasNIT entered the era of expansion in DSP, FPGA and Digital TV technology. In 2005, Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA) awarded MicronasNIT as the biggest exporter of the year in SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) category. Experience and knowledge in new technologies, customer service, and world-wide market access opened the door for new customers, emerging the need for a new business model to render the services. The new circumstances gave rise to foundation of a new company, RT-RK. In April 2009, RT-RK bought MicronasNIT, becoming the largest Serbian company for embedded system design.