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March 17, 2015

Top Focus at CableLabs

CableLabs’ to-do list is a clear indication of not only upcoming innovations in the industry but also operations investment areas. Among the top priorities is wireless, Dan Rice, Senior Vice President of Network Technology, said in an interview. “We have been growing our research on wireless over the last couple years, and it’s moving to our primary area of focus,” Rice said, citing DOCSIS 3.1 and data security as two other main focus areas. Read more at CableFAX.

March 13, 2015

8K To Go Commercial in 2020, Says CableLabs CEO

Speaking at Cable Congress in Brussels this week, McKinney said that J:COM (Jupiter Telecommunications), CableLabs’ biggest member in Japan, is on course to support 8K as part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Read more details in this post by DigitalTVEurope.

February 22, 2015

How You Can Speed Up Your Cable Broadband 5x for Free

CableLabs' DOCSIS 3.0 technology increases cable modem broadband speeds by 5x. Inc. Magazine covers the details.

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,

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

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

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

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.

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.