SCTE, CABLELABS ANNOUNCE ENHANCED RELATIONSHIP TO ACCELERATE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

SCTE, CABLELABS ANNOUNCE ENHANCED RELATIONSHIP TO ACCELERATE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES October 21, 2013 10:08 AM

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Contact: Joe Madagan, SCTE Editor, Marketing & Communications, jmadagan@scte.org, 800-542-5040

Paul Schneider, PSPR, Inc. for SCTE, pspr@att.net, 215-702-9784

Wayne Surdam, VP, Communications, CableLabs, w.surdam@cablelabs.com, 303-661-3766

SCTE, CABLELABS ANNOUNCE ENHANCED RELATIONSHIP TO ACCELERATE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

OCT. 21, 2013 (Atlanta, GA) The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and Cable Television Laboratories (CableLabs ) today announced an enhanced relationship that is designed to use the combined strengths of both organizations to accelerate the worldwide development and deployment of new cable network technologies.

The relationship is designed to enable the innovation of CableLabs and the applied science, engineering and training capabilities of SCTE to be brought together in a clearly defined, collaborative way. In addition, it creates a framework that will enable parallel development of new technologies and supporting training resources by SCTE and CableLabs, including DOCSIS training and certification that begins this month, as well as educational activities at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo .

"As greater demands are placed on cable networks, it's important that the industry's two leading technical organizations work together in the most efficient manner possible," said Phil McKinney, president and CEO of CableLabs. "By working more closely with SCTE, we believe we can help the industry to accelerate deployment of solutions that universally will benefit operators, programmers, advertisers and, most importantly, consumers."

"CableLabs and SCTE each play important and complementary roles," said Tony Werner, executive vice president and CTO of Comcast. "By increasing integration of their core competencies, both organizations can enable the industry to capitalize on innovation faster and more efficiently."

"The good working relationship between SCTE and CableLabs has helped to foster the development of a wide variety of technologies," said Mark Dzuban, president and CEO of SCTE. "With the natural synergies between our areas of focus, the leadership of both organizations felt that an approach that maximizes communication and sharing of information would expedite the ubiquitous availability of new technologies, products and solutions for the industry."

Among the pivotal components of the enhanced relationship will be alignment on standards and training programs that are designed to drive workforce readiness as new innovations come to market. Examples of the collaboration between the two organizations include partnerships on such projects as:

A DOCSIS Engineering Professional Certification (DEP) that certifies the knowledge of the interface requirements and operation for the deployment of DOCSIS devices over cable networks;

A training course that is designed to address such areas as Architecture, DOCSIS Layering, DOCSIS Network Operations and DOCSIS Technology Enablement in preparation for the DEP certification examination; and

Today's joint symposium on DOCSIS 3.1 Engineering at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2013 here.

SCTE and CableLabs have worked together with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) to develop the educational program for the Spring Technical Forum at The Cable Show. They also are scheduling quarterly strategic meetings and other activities that can increase communications.

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About CableLabs

Cable Television Laboratories (www.cablelabs.com) was founded in 1988 by members of the cable television industry. A non-profit research and development consortium, CableLabs delivers innovations that enable cable operators to be the providers of choice in their markets. Cable operators from around the world are members. CableLabs maintains web sites at www.cablelabs.com; www.packetcable.com; www.cablemodem.com; www.cablenet.org, and www.opencable.com.

CableLabs is a registered trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. Other CableLabs marks are listed at http://www.cablelabs.com/certqual/trademarks. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

About SCTE

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is a non-profit professional association that provides technical leadership for the telecommunications industry and serves its members through professional development, standards, certification and information. SCTE currently has nearly 14,000 members from the U.S. and 70 countries worldwide and offers a variety of programs and services for the industry's educational benefit. A prime example is SCTE's Smart Energy Management Initiative (SEMI), an unprecedented effort to help cable operators leverage financial and environmental advantages of implementing Green strategies. SCTE has 68 chapters and meeting groups and more than 3,000 employees of the cable telecommunications industry hold SCTE technical certifications. SCTE is an ANSI-accredited standards development organization. Visit SCTE online at www.scte.org. Connect with SCTE at www.scte.org/socialmedia.

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