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May 8, 2015

What’s Next for TV? INTX Looks to the Future…

CableLabs CEO Phil McKinney was interviewed by The Chicago Tribune about how television technology is evolving.

May 7, 2015

CableLabs’ Sundaresan and Kim explain SDN

Speaking at INTX this week in Chicago, CableLabs staff members Karthik Sundaresan and James Kim explained the benefits of virtualization and Software Defined Networks. Read more with Light Reading.

April 27, 2015

DLNA Recognizes Outstanding Member Accomplishments

The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA®) announced the 12 individuals for the organization's Outstanding Contributions Awards including Amol Bhagwat and Darshak Thakore from CableLabs. Read DLNA's full release here.

April 23, 2015

CableLabs’ Don Clarke Updates Cable Virtualization

Leading CableLabs' NFV and SDN efforts, Don Clarke explains key role of open source and updates efforts to virtualize the home network in this video interview with Light Reading.

April 15, 2015

Photo Tour of CableLabs Provides a Look into Cable’s Future

Step right up … and take a look at what CableLabs is doing at its digs in Louisville, Colo. This is where the organization conducts tests to help its customers better understand the Wi-Fi services they hope to provide to their customers. Such testing is becoming even more critical as cable providers move beyond offering residential Wi-Fi and into the public Wi-Fi space, which could put them more directly in competition with cellular providers. More coverage provided by FierceWireless.

April 14, 2015

Inside CableLabs’ New Testing Facility

The inside of CableLabs’ new anechoic chamber mimics the views outside, with the spiky blue pyramids calling to mind the Rocky Mountains that provide stellar views from the newly revamped facility. View video and read additional details provided by RCR Wireless.

April 9, 2015

AdGorilla Provides Ad Platform to CableLabs’ New IP Lab

Installation provides CableLabs with a completely integrated advanced advertising platform that works across Linear, Dynamic and VOD Ad Placements April 09, 2015 - Littleton, Colorado – AdGorilla, a leading provider of technology solutions in the cable, broadcast and IP video space, today announced an installation at CableLabs, which provides AdGorilla’s most advanced advertising and content platform, Black Widow Spyder™, for use in the new IP Lab in CableLabs’ Louisville, CO facility. AdGorilla’s technology provides an integrated solution for a variety of ad delivery schemes across multiple ad opportunity environments, including IP, QAM, and other delivery frameworks. The installation of the

April 3, 2015

Cable Sweats SDN/NFV Challenges

While the telcos have made a lot more noise about SDN and NFV, the cable industry is quietly making strides on virtualization as well, focusing mainly on incorporating open standards and developing virtualized customer premise equipment (CPE). Like their telco counterparts, however, cable technologists face complications turning their SDN and NFV dreams into reality. That much became apparent during a panel discussion at Light Reading's Cable Next-Gen technologies & Strategies conference in Denver last week, as cable engineers delved into the challenges they face in implementing the two next-gen technologies in their existing networks. Read more on Light Reading.

March 23, 2015

CableLabs Joins NYU WIRELESS as Race to 5G Mobile Heats Up

Cable Industry Research Consortium Becomes 12th Affiliate of University Research Center Exploring Super-Fast Data Transfer via Millimeter Wave Spectrum NEW YORK, March 23, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NYU WIRELESS announced today that CableLabs, the nonprofit research consortium for the cable industry, has joined the university research center as it drives development of the next super-fast generation of mobile technology, 5G. CableLabs becomes the 12th industry affiliate sponsor of the research center, joining Intel, Samsung, Qualcomm, and others, as the industry starts to look beyond 4G and LTE-A, in pursuit of faster connections and greater access. The rapid consumption of wireless data