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September 23, 2021

SCTE® Cable-Tec Expo® 2021 Shifts to Virtual Due to COVID-19

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE), a subsidiary of CableLabs, recently announced SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2021 will take place as a virtual experience this October due to the health risks to attendees posed by the public health epidemic of COVID-19 and the surge in the Delta variant. There is still time to register for the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo virtual experience. Please visit expo.scte.org and select the online option. Read the full press release.

August 9, 2021

DOCSIS® Is Here To Stay

Curtis Knittle, VP of wired technologies at CableLabs, sat down with Fierce Telecom to talk about all things DOCSIS. "He told Fierce all the talk about DOCSIS not being able to keep up with fiber is nonsense. He pointed to the performance offered by DOCSIS 4.0, the most recently released specification, as proof." Read more about how DOCSIS is keeping up with fiber.

August 2, 2021

CableLabs and SCTE Leadership Named To “CableFax 100” 2021

CableLabs is proud to announce that Chris Lammers and Mark Dzuban were both included in the 2021 “CableFax 100” list. The annual list highlights the industry’s most influential executives with exceptional leadership acumen. Congratulations to Chris, Mark, and all of the power players on this year's list! To read their Q&A’s and view the full list, view the August Issue of CableFax.

June 14, 2021

Chris Lammers Selected for Cable TV Pioneers Class of 2021

Big congratulations to our very own Chris Lammers, Sr. VP and Chief Operating Officer at CableLabs, for his induction into the Cable TV Pioneers Class of 2021! Thanks for making an enormous and positive impact on the entire cable industry. And please join us in congratulating our members who were selected for the Cable TV Pioneers Class of 2021 as well: Mark Adams, Cox Communications Patricia Baughman, Cable One (Sparklight) Tracy Baumgartner, Comcast/NBC Universal Sherita Ceasar, Comcast Dale Elifrits, Comcast Filemon Lopez, Comcast Read more about Cable TV Pioneers Class of 2021.

May 6, 2021

CableLabs Wins Top Workplace Award From The Denver Post

CableLabs has been named a Top Workplace in The Denver Post Top Workplaces contest! CableLabs was among 54 other winning companies in the midsized (150-499 employees) category. “Our ranking among the top workplaces in Colorado is an incredible distinction. At CableLabs, we recognize that it is our team — not our technologies — that truly drives innovation, and this recognition illustrates our commitment to the satisfaction, growth and achievement of our employees,” said Phil McKinney, president and CEO at CableLabs. “I am tremendously proud to lead a creative, passionate and hard-working team that adheres to our core values of integrity,

April 23, 2021

CableLabs Announces New Mobile Convergence Committee and Convergence Council

Last week CableLabs announced Mobile Convergence Committee and the Convergence Council, led by Chief Research Development Officer (CRDO) Mariam Sorond. The Convergence Council will also be working very closely with the newly announced Mobile Convergence Committee to ensure a comprehensive industry engagement on our future work. Read more about what the industry influencers and thought leaders involved in the committee and council have to say about the future of convergence.

February 23, 2021

Experts Discuss How Minimize the Risk of Cyberattacks

Experts say that "hardware components should be built separately from software to minimize the risk of cyberattacks." Even though hardware from cyberattacks can be complicated because of how they're built, "separating and sealing off parts of hardware from software can prevent against system failures or even accidents." CableLabs' Brian Scriber, joined the conversation and explained "Just because a device may have delivered trust in the past three years, doesn’t mean you can trust it in the next minute." Read more about insulating hardware from software crucial for security of devices.

February 2, 2021

CableLabs Teams up to Collaborate on Global Open Ran Issues

Big news this week as CableLabs teamed up with BSA | The Software Alliance, GSMA, Open RAN Policy Coalition and Telecom Infra Project to collaborate on global Open RAN issues.

January 26, 2021

New Year, New Emmy Award

CableLabs is honored to receive a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for the development of the event signaling and management API standard! We'd like to congratulate other honorees including SCTE•ISBE, Comcast, CommScope and Charter Communications - just to name a few. “The Technology & Engineering Emmy Award was the first Emmy Award issued in 1949 and it laid the groundwork for all the other Emmys to come,” said Adam Sharp, CEO & President, NATAS. “We are extremely happy about honoring these prestigious companies, again in partnership with NAB, where the intersection of innovation, technology and excitement in the future of