-
CableLabs Digital Conference panel for financial analysts -
CableLabs Chair Malone at Digital Transmission Conference. -
VIPs at CableLabs wireless phone conference, Jan. 1991.
Video
1991: CableLabs, the Advanced Television Test Committee (ATTC), and the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) co-locate their HDTV testing gear in Alexandria, Va. The arrangement allowed for complete testing of then proposal-stage HDTV transmission standard, in one location. Mostly, the tests subjected the HDTV signal to an assortment of impairments, to see how competing systems would fare when subject to real-world transmission environments.
March 1991: On the heels of a Q3 1990 request for information (RFI), CableLabs announces it will assist InSight Telecast begin to jointly develop a cable-focused, electronic, onscreen program guide (EPG).
March 1991: CableLabs, General Instrument (now Motorola) and Scientific-Atlanta form Cable Digital Transmission Consortium to gather information and proactively develop digital video compression systems. In addition, a Video Compression Subcommittee (of the larger Technical Advisory Committee) forms and issues an RFI on consumer focused digital video compression.
August 1991: CableLabs participates in the laboratory phase of advanced television testing.
August 1991: Tele-Communications Inc., Viacom Cable, and CableLabs jointly issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a studio-to-headend video compression delivery system. Plans call for launches in late '92. Public Broadcasting Service subsequently joins the two MSOs in its intention to buy gear. From this, the era of Quadrature Amplitude Modulation began.
August 1991: CableLabs teams with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the Electronics Industries Association (EIA) and the Association of Maximum Service Telecasters to test five different "ghost cancelling" systems in Washington, D.C. CableLabs participated as a way to better understand what multi-path interference (ghosting) does on a wire, in the form of micro-reflections.
December 1991: CableLabs Advertising Technology task Force, chaired by Chris Bowick, then with Jones Intercable, issues RFI on compressed digital commercial insertion systems.
Network
1991: A study conducted by Westinghouse Media for CableLabs' "optimized system operation" project finds that of 10,000 people interviewed, 65% had experienced an average of 5.6 outages during a three-month period. Outage Reduction Task Force formed.
1991-1995: Outreach, with the SCTE and the NCTA, to home builders and in-home wiring manufacturers for the use of high-quality components1994: A mobile laboratory goes coast-to-coast, gathering data from 300 sites within 20 cable systems. The data was used to anticipate how well actual cable systems would transport digital signals. Called the "Digital Transmission Characterization Project" and chaired by then-VP Richard Prodan, the project established that overall noise present in most systems wouldn't hinder the transmission of digital video signals.
1991-1995: Work commences to find ways to reduce impulse noise (in conjunction with the NCTA Engineering Committee).
1991-1995: Establishment of best practices for headends.
1991: CableLabs, the Advanced Television Test Committee (ATTC), and the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) co-locate their HDTV testing gear in Alexandria, Va. The arrangement allowed for complete testing of then proposal-stage HDTV transmission standard, in one location. Mostly, the tests subjected the HDTV signal to an assortment of impairments, to see how competing systems would fare when subject to real-world transmission environments.
March 1991: On the heels of a Q3 1990 request for information (RFI), CableLabs announces it will assist InSight Telecast begin to jointly develop a cable-focused, electronic, onscreen program guide (EPG).
March 1991: CableLabs, General Instrument (now Motorola) and Scientific-Atlanta form Cable Digital Transmission Consortium to gather information and proactively develop digital video compression systems. In addition, a Video Compression Subcommittee (of the larger Technical Advisory Committee) forms and issues an RFI on consumer focused digital video compression.
August 1991: CableLabs participates in the laboratory phase of advanced television testing.
August 1991: Tele-Communications Inc., Viacom Cable, and CableLabs jointly issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a studio-to-headend video compression delivery system. Plans call for launches in late '92. Public Broadcasting Service subsequently joins the two MSOs in its intention to buy gear. From this, the era of Quadrature Amplitude Modulation began.
August 1991: CableLabs teams with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the Electronics Industries Association (EIA) and the Association of Maximum Service Telecasters to test five different "ghost cancelling" systems in Washington, D.C. CableLabs participated as a way to better understand what multi-path interference (ghosting) does on a wire, in the form of micro-reflections.
December 1991: CableLabs Advertising Technology task Force, chaired by Chris Bowick, then with Jones Intercable, issues RFI on compressed digital commercial insertion systems.
Network
1991: A study conducted by Westinghouse Media for CableLabs' "optimized system operation" project finds that of 10,000 people interviewed, 65% had experienced an average of 5.6 outages during a three-month period. Outage Reduction Task Force formed.
1991-1995: Outreach, with the SCTE and the NCTA, to home builders and in-home wiring manufacturers for the use of high-quality components1994: A mobile laboratory goes coast-to-coast, gathering data from 300 sites within 20 cable systems. The data was used to anticipate how well actual cable systems would transport digital signals. Called the "Digital Transmission Characterization Project" and chaired by then-VP Richard Prodan, the project established that overall noise present in most systems wouldn't hinder the transmission of digital video signals.
1991-1995: Work commences to find ways to reduce impulse noise (in conjunction with the NCTA Engineering Committee).
1991-1995: Establishment of best practices for headends.