In 2017, the RVU Alliance (www.rvualliance.org) formally dissolved itself, as it had largely fulfilled its mission. With more than 100M certified devices fielded, the Alliance saw a need to curate the stable standard and documentation and to provide ongoing certification support. The Steering Committee selected the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) as the host for the necssary functions to support manufacturers still designing with RVU technology.
Under CTA, the effort is the RVU Project. WHat follows here is the history of RVU from incorporations as the Alliance through its current status as a CTA Project today.
2009
RVU Alliance incorporated by founder members Broadcom, DIRECTV, CISCO, Samsung and Verizon
2010
August – RVU guidelines project in DLNA initiated
2011
January – First RVU prototype clients from Samsung demonstrated at CES
May – RVU 1.0 specification ratified
June – RVU certification program is initiated
September – Samsung launch first RVU compliant televisions
2012
January – RVU adopted into DLNA guidelines
April – Samsungs 2012 Smart TV range launch, all supporting RVU
July – the RVU Alliance RVU Wireless specification ratified
October - DIRECTV launch first RVU servers/clients in consumer homes, HR34 Genie and their first RVU client, the Pace C31
December – the RVU 2.0 specification is ratified, defining the use of vector graphics
Over 7 million RVU capable clients deployed by year end
2013
February – Sony introduce their first RVU compliant televisions, the KDL-R520 and KDL-R550A series
February – Sony complete porting of RVU to the Playstation 3
March – the RVU specification is updated to reflect 4K Ultra High Definition support
April – Samsung 2013 Smart TV range launch, all supporting RVU
October – DIRECTV launch the second generation RVU server, the HR44 Genie
November – The DIRECTV C41 RVU client range is launched, manufactured by Pace, Humax and Techicolor
Over 20 million RVU capable clients deployed by year end
February - RVU Alliance formally dissolved. Over 100M certified devices have been fielded during the life of the Alliance. CTA selected as thte host of the new RVU Project.
