CableLabs names R&D chief
The US CableLabs has named Tom Lookabaugh as executive vice-president of R&D. Lookabaugh previously worked for a number of firms including ViaSat Communications, Entropic and downloadable...
View ArticleMultiscreen routes: problems and solutions to IP-based content delivery
Harmonic’s ProMedia Carbon: efficient transcoding is a key technology requirement. From the straightforward business of delivering TV services to set-top boxes, pay TV operators now find themselves in...
View ArticleCableLabs launches DOCSIS 3.1 specifications
CableLabs has launched the specifications for DOCSIS 3.1, technology that it says will “enable a new generation of cable services.” The nonprofit research and development consortium for the cable...
View ArticleDOCSIS 3.1 ‘ahead of schedule’
Phil McKinney Development of the new DOCSIS 3.1 standard is tracking “slightly ahead of schedule,” with the first commercial deployments now expected in the latter half of 2015, according to CableLabs...
View ArticleCableLabs joins MoCA
Non-profit research and development body CableLabs has joined MoCA, the standard for home entertainment networking, as its latest contributor member. CableLabs said it has been working with MoCA for...
View ArticleSCTE Benelux Group lecture to address range of issues
The Benelux Group of the UK-based Society for Broadband Professionals (SCTE) is to hold its next Benelux lecture during the IBC. The lecture will be held at 14:00 on Monday September 15 in Room E102 of...
View ArticleStandard practice – what can RDK do for cable?
The RDK is based on open-source principles With traditional pay TV operators now struggling to match the speed of innovation seen from web-based services, operators are looking for ways to replicate an...
View Article8K to go commercial in 2020, says CableLabs CEO
Phil McKinney 8K is “on track to go commercial in 2020,” according to CableLabs president and CEO, Phil McKinney. Speaking at Cable Congress in Brussels this week, McKinney said that J:COM (Jupiter...
View ArticleLiberty Global and CableLabs join wireless technology alliance
International cable operator Liberty Global and US-based cable technology body CableLabs have joned the MulteFire Alliance, a consortium set up to develop next-generation wireless technology. The pair...
View ArticleCable industry set to benefit from new fibre tech, says CableLabs chief
‘Coherent optics’ – the new technology that enables the transmission of more data through a fibre – will enable the cable industry to delivery massively greater amounts of data at high-speed over its...
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