SCTE Daily - Wrap-Up - 10.01.14

Top Stories - October 01, 2014 Cable-Tec Expo 2014: Five Takeaways Another SCTE Cable-Tec Expo is in the books, and there was plenty to see and do in Denver, and there's more to think about as the dust continues to settle, but here are five quick takeaways. More» Education, New Exhibitors Drive Cable-Tec Expo Success Some 9,100 attended SCTE's annual technology fest in Denver. More» Layer3 TV Opens Its Denver Headquarters Layer3 TV, a startup that is billing itself as a "next-generation cable operator," opened up its Denver-based corporate headquarters on September 15, and now employs a total of about 50 people across its Colorado and Boston locations. More» Midcontinent, aioTV Prepare TV/OTT Blend Midcontinent Communications and aioTV are collaborating on a "strategic project" that will enable the MSO to pair traditional live TV services with a fancy, new user interface and a mix of over-the-top video applications and services. More» Comcast's CTO: 'Shifts Happen' The cable industry must be ready to change and evolve its development models and accelerate its pace of innovation if it is to be prepared to fend off heated competition that's coming from multiple fronts, including from Web- and cloud-focused online video rivals. More» Liberty Global CEO: RDK 'A DOCSIS Moment' For Cable Liberty Global faces different competitive pressures in Europe and other parts of the world than some of its U.S. MSO peers, but the need to achieve scale across the board is critical for the entire cable industry, Mike Fries, Liberty Global's president and CEO, said at the 2014 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo. More» Energy2020: A Great Big Call to Arms The cable industry is aligning to massively improve its energy footprint by the year 2020, industry stalwarts said at a standing room-only afternoon session at the 2014 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo. More» Balan Nair To Chair 2015 SCTE Cable Tec-Expo Balan Nair, the executive vice president and chief technology officer of Liberty Global, was tapped to serve as the program committee chairman for the 2015 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, set to run from October 13-16 in New Orleans. More» Terry Cordova Re-Elected SCTE Board Chairman The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers announced that Terry Cordova, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Suddenlink Communications, was re-elected as chairman of the board for the upcoming 2014-2015 term. More» Bob Acheson Named SCTE 'Member Of The Year' Bob Acheson, a sales and marketing exec with San Bruno Cable TV of Sunnyvale, Calif., was named the SCTE "Member of the Year" Tuesday during Cable-Tec Expo's annual awards luncheon. More» Greg Babinski Wins 2014 Cable-Tec Games Bright House Networks tech takes it down In Denver. More» Mike Hayashi Sets Exit From TWC Mike Hayashi, a long-time engineering executive with Time Warner Cable who has played an important role in the development of key cable technologies and services, announced that he will retire from the operator by the end of the year. More» The Softer Side of Mike LaJoie Retiring Time Warner Cable CTO reminisced with former colleague Yvette Kanouff. More» More 2014 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo News»

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