Largest Exhibit to Date; CableNET '98 Focuses on Service Delivery Via
Interoperable Modems, Digital Set Tops and Internet Phones
09/21/98
Business Wire
(Copyright (c) 1998, Business Wire)
LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1998--Nearly 60 companies have signed up to participate in CableNET(R) '98 -- making this year's technology showcase the largest ever. Co-sponsored by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs(R)), and the California Cable Television Association (CCTA), CableNET(R) '98 will be part of the CCTA's Western Show in Anaheim, California, December 1-4, 1998.
In its sixth year, CableNET(R) is continuing to grow as the educational section of The Western Show exhibit floor, demonstrating the power of the cable industry's hybrid fiber coaxial systems, as well as expanding telecommunications and entertainment applications. This year's theme, Plug and Play, will be demonstrated through interoperable modems, digital set tops, and Internet phones.
"Never before has there been a demonstration of such powerful companies in the telecommunications marketplace working together in an integrated exhibit like this year's CableNET(R)," said Dr. Richard R. Green, president and CEO of CableLabs. "Not only are these companies working with us on the overall CableNET(R), but many are interoperating amongst themselves within the demonstration."
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Philips will demonstrate its Streamcutter product, which is being developed to conform to the expected SMPTE specification for splicing MPEG-2 bit streams in digital ad and local program insertion applications.
Pioneer Electronic Corporation expects to display its Voyager digital set-top box and an interactive program guide. It also plans to demonstrate an IEEE 1394 interface between its digital set top and a plasma display television.
Samsung will demonstrate high-speed Internet access and real-time audio video content delivery using its DOCSIS cable modem, InfoRanger(tm).
Scientific-Atlanta plans to demonstrate multiple applications running over its Explorer 2000 digital set-top box, including a high-definition television demonstration running over an IEEE 1394 interface.
MoreCom, 3Com, C - Cube / DiviCom , Pioneer and Zenith will demonstrate the seamless delivery of digital TV and Internet access, Internet video-on-demand, and Enhanced TV over an end-to-end platform. The demonstration will integrate client server software (MoreCom), digital video equipment, and integrated circuits ( C - Cube / DiviCom ), digital set-top boxes (Pioneer, Zenith), and DOCSIS cable modems (3Com).
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