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February 28, 2022

CableLabs Brings Home 2022 Emmy Award

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) recently announced the recipients of the 73rd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards. We are pleased to announce CableLabs was awarded the Development of the Event Scheduling and Notification Interface (ESNI) award, along with our subsidiary, SCTE. "The Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards are awarded to a living individual, a company, or a scientific or technical organization for developments and/or standardization involved in engineering technologies that either represent so extensive an improvement on existing methods or are so innovative in nature that they materially have affected television." Congratulations to the other recipients, we

January 10, 2022

Charter and Vecima Demonstrate Long-Term HFC Network Future with Multi-Gigabit DOCSIS 4.0

This press release embodies CableLabs' end-to-end impact, showcasing both FMA—led by Jon Schnoor—and DOCSIS 4.0—led by Doug Jones. Of course, they don't do it alone—so many others are involved across CableLabs, SCTE, and Kyrio, and so many more. "Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX: VCM) and Charter Communications, Inc., in partnership, today announced that they have demonstrated greater than 8.5 Gbps downstream and 6 Gbps upstream on hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) cable plant. The demonstration was built using next-generation DOCSIS 4.0 System-on-a-Chip (SoC) for Remote MACPHY Device (RMD) and cable modem solutions, which conforms to CableLabs DOCSIS 4.0 FDD specifications." Congratulations to

January 6, 2022

Gridmetrics Named Finalist in BizWest IQ Awards

We’re proud to announce that CableLabs’ subsidiary, Gridmetrics, was named a finalist in the Energy & Utility category of BizWest’s Annual Innovation Quotient (IQ) Awards. The Gridmetrics nomination centered around its recently-launched Power Event Notification System (PENS), which supplies power event alerts to organizations responsible for emergency response, corporate security, situational awareness, public safety and business resilience. For more information, please visit https://gridmetrics.io/.

December 7, 2021

CableLabs’ Debbie Fitzgerald and SCTE’s Zenita Henderson Named CableFax “Most Powerful Women” 2021 Honorees

Every year, Cablefax recognizes the most powerful women based on their influence and power within the industry—as well as their commitment to ensuring that others receive the same opportunities to grow and flourish. CableLabs is proud to announce that our principal architect and director of technology policy, Debbie Fitzgerald, was included among the 2021 honorees. Zenita Henderson, VP of marketing and business development SCTE—a subsidiary of CableLabs, was always honoree in CableFax “Most Powerful Woman". For more information, view today’s press release.

November 29, 2021

CableLabs’ Debbie Fitzgerald Named on the Environment+Energy Leader 100 List

CableLabs' Debbie Fitzgerald, Director of Technology Policy, has been named on the 2021 Environment+Energy Leader 100 list. "The annual Environment+Energy Leader 100 recognizes those environment and energy “doers” who break trail in creating new solutions, programs, platforms, best practices and products to help their companies – or other companies – achieve greater success in commercial and industrial environment and energy management." Congratulations, Debbie! Read more about the Environment+Energy honoree list.

November 29, 2021

Zhensheng Jia Elected as Fellow Member of Optica

Zhensheng Jia was elected as a Fellow Member of Optica (formerly OSA) at the Society’s November 2021 Board of Directors meeting. "Zhensheng is being honored specifically for outstanding contributions to the development of interoperable coherent optical systems and fiber-wireless converged technologies for broadband access networks." Optica (formerly OSA) is dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge in optics and photonics worldwide. Founded in 1916, it is the leading organization for scientists, engineers, business professionals, students and others interested in the science of light. Optica’s renowned publications, meetings, online resources and in-person activities fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications

November 9, 2021

CableLabs’ Lori Lantz Added to BizWest List of ”Notable Women in Human Resources”

CableLabs is proud to announce that our SVP and chief people officer, Lori Lantz, is included in the 2021 BizWest roundup of leaders making a difference throughout the region. The “Notables” list recognizes outstanding women who recruit, attract, retain, and engage employees, and help manage the rapid change every business must navigate today. Lori is passionate about human development and creating connections between individuals and concepts. As a member of the executive team, her focus is on the organizational and cultural development of CableLabs and its affiliates. Congratulations, Lori! Read more here!

November 4, 2021

IEEE Awards CableLabs’ Jason Rupe with Annual Engineer of the Year

The IEEE Reliability Society has honored Jason Rupe, principal architect for wired technologies at CableLabs, with its annual Engineer of the Year Award. This award recognizes his outstanding contributions to the Reliability discipline. Read more.

October 13, 2021

Connexus: The Nexus for Mobile + Fixed Convergence

Connexus is a collaborative initiative that brings together the industry to deliver impactful converged network solutions. CableLabs aims to push to the forefront of innovation, transforming concepts and impossibilities into practical and adoptable everyday uses. To realize the vision of a truly connected future, Connexus is crucial to facilitate industry alignment. Read more.