Comcast and its Dutch subsidiary Metrological, together with the broader RDK community, were raving about the Lightning SDK less than two years ago, claiming that operators were rushing to embrace the JavaScript TV app development framework. An anemic list of public Lightning advocates suggests otherwise – as does the formation of the uninspiring new Lightning Partner Program. Aside from Comcast and Sky, which are as certain as night following day, we have observed the Lightning SDK being used by NOS in Portugal, at South Africa’s Multichoice, and – the very first client – Australian IPTV service provider Fetch TV. We can also count European giants Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom, although both of these use Android TV Operator Tier as well…