February 9, 2015

4K content guide: What to watch in 4K today

CableLabs’ 4K demos were mentioned in a CNET article discussing what 4K content options are available in the marketplace today. Looking forward to watching your favorite team in 4K? Can't wait to TiVo HBO's 4K broadcasts of "Game of Thrones?" Excited to rebuy the "Lord of the Rings" (Extended Edition) box set on 4K Blu-ray? Don't hold your breath. 4K TVs might be hurtling toward mainstream prices with the speed of a runaway train, but 4K content, the stuff you can actually watch in 4K today, can seem stalled in the station. If you want your 4K fix right now,

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January 30, 2015

CEO McKinney on DOCSIS 3.1 rollout, carrier-grade Wi-Fi and 4K

Former Hewlett-Packard CTO Phil McKinney was hired as president and CEO of the research consortium CableLabs 28 months ago to pick up the pace of innovation in the cable industry. A self-described "innovation guy," McKinney came in with a mandate from cable CEOs to accelerate product cycles across DOCSIS, Wi-Fi, set-tops, 4K and other industry initiatives. And McKinney seems to be accomplishing the mission of turning the cable industry into something at least vaguely familiar with the torrid evolutionary pace of Silicon Valley On the occasion of his third CES as CableLabs chief, FierceCable caught up with McKinney in Las

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December 16, 2014

Multi-Gigabit Cable Broadband Speeds Get Closer for Consumers

New cable DOCSIS 3.1 equipment passes first interoperability test to keep industry on schedule to deliver multi-Gbps connections to the home LOUISVILLE, Colo. (Dec. 16, 2014) – Six technology companies completed the first successful interoperability test of DOCSIS 3.1 products for a new generation of high-speed hardware that can deliver up to 10 Gbps broadband speeds on Hybrid Fiber-Coax (HFC) networks, CableLabs announced. “The remarkable speed at which DOCSIS 3.1 has gone from concept, to specification, to interoperability testing demonstrates the great value of collaboration by industry stakeholders,” said Phil McKinney, president and chief executive officer of CableLabs - the

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October 15, 2014

First DOCSIS 3.1 Interop Opens for Vendor Registration

Following a commitment made at the recent SCTE Cable Tec Expo 14, CableLabs has opened vendor registration for the first DOCSIS 3.1 Interop to be held during the week of December 1 in Louisville, CO. Interoperability Events, when offered by CableLabs, provide vendors with the opportunity to test their products in a multi-vendor environment and/or with CableLabs-provided testing platforms. Interested vendors may obtain more information and complete registration here. For additional information, email interop-coordinator@cablelabs.com  

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September 22, 2014

DOCSIS 3.1 ‘Slightly Ahead’ of Schedule

When it comes to preparing tests and setting specs for cable’s emerging DOCSIS 3.1 platform, it’s been full speed ahead at CableLabs. Development of DOCSIS 3.1 technologies are “slightly ahead of the original schedule that we laid out two years ago when we kicked off 3.1 activities,” Phil McKinney, the president and CEO of Louisville, Colo.-based CableLabs, said in a recent interview with MultiChannel News.    

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September 18, 2014

CableLabs comments on IPv6 Reliability

John Berg of CableLabs participated in a panel discussion covering the reliability of IPv6.  More information here.      

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August 26, 2014

Canadian Operators Launch Subscription VOD Service

In a bold joint venture, Canada's two largest pay-TV providers -- Rogers and Shaw -- are teaming up to launch a subscription video-on-demand service that will compete with Netflix in the Canadian market. "Shomi" is the branded service.  Read more.  

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August 12, 2014

What’s On Your Radar?

Summer Conference 2014 was a great event for our members and vendor partners. A participant's re-cap of the event:

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July 30, 2014

Study: Broadband Subs Will Outnumber Video Subs

According to a new study from Moody's, cable operators will start serving more broadband customers than video customers as early as 2015. Moody's estimates that subscribers to cable broadband and video services pulled even at about 50 million apiece at the beginning of 2014. For more on the study and an analysis, check out this FierceCable story.

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