April 3, 2017

CableLabs Joins VR Industry Forum

Toward the goal of advancing widespread adoption of virtual reality, CableLabs has joined the Virtual Reality Industry Forum.  An article in CED Magazine elaborates on the motivations of the forum.

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March 17, 2017

Faster Cellular Signals Could Mean Slower Wi-Fi

Wireless companies will soon be transmitting data in the same part of the public airwaves that’s used by Wi-Fi. Dubbed as LTE-U, the carriers will have more spectrum to play with, which should lead to faster speeds for their customers.  Those cellphone signals may interfere with Wi-Fi transmissions. Vice President of Technology Policy at CableLabs, Rob Alderfer, commented on the move in a San Jose Mercury News article.

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February 17, 2017

The Hospital of the Future is a Network

Jeroen Tas, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Philips, writes about "The Hospital of the Future is the Network." CableLabs is hosting Inform[ED] Connected Healthcare Conference on April 13 in New York City.  Continue the conversation with us on the transformation of healthcare technology.    

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February 15, 2017

The UpRamp Fiterator®: Validation is Sweet

UpRamp set out on a mission to find four tech companies that could have a significant impact on the cable and broadband industry.  Read more about the results on the UpRamp Blog. Additionally, the application process is open for the Fall 2017 cohort.

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February 8, 2017

Coherent Optics Promises Big Bandwidth Boost

CableLabs has a new plan to increase capacity in broadband access networks. Borrowing from technology used in long-haul optical transport, CableLabs is bringing techniques for improving optical efficiency to the part of the network that connects cable headends to fiber endpoints.  More elaboration is covered by Light Reading. Additional information is covered by Dr. Alberto Campos in his blog.  

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January 17, 2017

Pay TV Service Providers and Manufacturers Announce Set-Top Box Energy Efficiency Agreement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Voluntary Agreement Will Reduce Total Annual Energy Consumption and Avoid over 100,000 Tonnes of CO2 Annually Ottawa, Jan. 17, 2017 — Canadian Pay TV service providers (specifically, cable, direct-to-home satellite and IPTV providers) along with set-top box manufacturers have finalized a voluntary agreement, committing themselves to improving the energy efficiency of set-top boxes from coast-to-coast-to-coast. With this voluntary agreement, reached in consultation with federal and provincial governments, utilities and supporting organizations, it is expected that total annual energy consumption in Canada will be reduced and annual carbon dioxide emissions will be cut by over 100,000 tonnes.1 This

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January 7, 2017

Phil McKinney Interviewed at CES 2017

VentureBeat reporter Dean Takahashi caught up with Phil McKinney at CES 2017.

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December 6, 2016

Getting Bolder About Open Networking

Brian Scriber, Principal Security Architect at CableLabs, was interviewed about how the cable industry is working with IoT device manufacturers on security initiatives.  More details are available in a Web-Scale Networking article.

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November 24, 2016

CableLabs Contributes to BITAG IoT Report

The Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group has expressed its concern that IoT devices have created a new type of customer.  As such, an increased level of responsibility from device suppliers is essential.  The Register elaborates more on the activities of this advisory group. The BITAG report is available here.    

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