cable-tec expo
Cable Service Providers: You Have a New Game to Play. And You Have the Edge.
Time to take gaming seriously Video gaming is huge, by any measure you choose. By revenue, it’s expected to be more than $150 billion in 2019, making it bigger than movies, TV and digital music, with a strong 9% CAGR. And it’s not just teenagers. Two-thirds of adult Americans — your paying customer…
16 Cable Industry Terms You Need to Know to Get Ready for Cable-Tec 2019
SCTE’s Cable-Tec Expo 2019 is just around the corner (September 30th-October 3rd in New Orleans). Plan on a busy week given the wide range of technology on display in the exhibit hall, the 115 papers being presented in the Fall Technical Forum, numerous panel discussions on the Innovation Stage, key…
Handy Tips on Accelerating Your DAA Deployment
This blog was co-authored by Jerome Katz, Cisco VP/GM, SP Customer Experience. Cable’s digital transformation has been focused on the access network transformation. The Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) is poised to lead that transformation. While technology has been standardized and well-…
Five Trivia Questions to Celebrate SCTE’s 50th Anniversary
SCTE·ISBE is hosting its annual Cable-Tec Expo at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans September 30th to October 3rd. In honor of the Society’s 50th anniversary, I thought I’d take a look back at some of the organization’s achievements and share a little trivia. Trivia #1: Do you…
Another Impactful SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in the Books
What an event! My bags may be unpacked, but I’m still feeling invigorated by last week’s Cable-Tec Expo and all the transformations and innovations surrounding virtualization, software-defined networking, faster DOCSIS speeds and more. The cable industry is ever-evolving, and Cisco continues to deli…
Celebrating Success of the OpenRPD Initiative
Widespread adoption of distributed access architecture (DAA) in cable networks depends upon a robust ecosystem. Simply put, there needs to be interoperability between node/shelf-based Remote PHY Devices (RPD) supplied by a multiple vendors and CCAP cores from multiple vendors, such that there can be…
Congrats Shawn Tylka on Becoming a Cable TV Pioneer!
It gives me great pleasure today to officially welcome Shawn Tylka into the Cable TV Pioneers Class of 2018. I’ve known Shawn for over 20 years – since before either of us had a real job, as we like to joke! – and for that reason, I can say that this recognition couldn’t be more deserved. Shawn star…
Preparing for FDX in Your Access Network Now
Bandwidth consumption remains on a steady, never-ending rise. Subscribers now value their high-speed data service more than any other, including video. Based on subscriber bandwidth demand, many cable access networks built years ago are reaching their capacity limits – and many have already reached…
Cisco@SCTE 2018: Cisco Cloud Native Broadband Router Live With Midco.
(mic drop)
The astute among you may recall that just a few months ago – specifically, at the ANGA conference in June – we announced a new Cloud Native Broadband Router, the cnBR, aimed at making the industry’s CCAP deployments radically more feasible and economical. This week, going into the Cable-Tec Expo, I’…