Early History
1984: Dick Leghorn ("The Father of CableLabs") gains industry attention by writing memorandum entitled An R&D Entity for the Cable Industry?
1987: Leghorn funds 6-month research project at Rand Corporation focusing on how to create an R&D entity to respond to the economic and technological trends in the development of cable television.
February 1988: Chicago-based Heidrick & Struggles is retained to recruit a CEO.
April 5, 1988: CableLabs gets its name, proposed by "a group of cable operators in Pennsylvania."
May 1988: Cable Television Laboratories is incorporated. Operators invited to join for a minimum of three years, and with at least three years notice of intent to withdraw. MSO members agree to pay CableLabs two cents per subscriber, per month.
August 1988: Dr. Richard R. Green named president and CEO of CableLabs. A Ph.D. in physics, followed by research positions at Boeing and Hughes Aircraft, began Dick Green's engineering and science work. Ran the post-production department at American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), directed the Advanced Television Technology Laboratory at Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and participated in the creation of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC).
September 1988: "Founding Member" campaign reaches goal of enlisting MSOs serving 75% of U.S. households. Footprint subsequently widened to North America, then South America, then global.
1984: Dick Leghorn ("The Father of CableLabs") gains industry attention by writing memorandum entitled An R&D Entity for the Cable Industry?
1987: Leghorn funds 6-month research project at Rand Corporation focusing on how to create an R&D entity to respond to the economic and technological trends in the development of cable television.
February 1988: Chicago-based Heidrick & Struggles is retained to recruit a CEO.
April 5, 1988: CableLabs gets its name, proposed by "a group of cable operators in Pennsylvania."
May 1988: Cable Television Laboratories is incorporated. Operators invited to join for a minimum of three years, and with at least three years notice of intent to withdraw. MSO members agree to pay CableLabs two cents per subscriber, per month.
August 1988: Dr. Richard R. Green named president and CEO of CableLabs. A Ph.D. in physics, followed by research positions at Boeing and Hughes Aircraft, began Dick Green's engineering and science work. Ran the post-production department at American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), directed the Advanced Television Technology Laboratory at Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and participated in the creation of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC).
September 1988: "Founding Member" campaign reaches goal of enlisting MSOs serving 75% of U.S. households. Footprint subsequently widened to North America, then South America, then global.