15. DiviCom Inc. will exhibit a digital video headend interacting with different conditional access systems as an OpenCable interoperability demonstration. It also will show high definition encoding, then HDTV content running through a cable set-top box.
Largest CableNET Yet - Forum to Display Cable's New Consumer Offerings; ''Outside the Box'' Theme at Western Show to Focus on Innovative Products - Ready for Retail
LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1999--This year CableNET(R) '99 will go Outside the Box to showcase the growing number of communications products and services that cable systems soon will make available to consumers.
As a part of the Western Show convention, CableNET '99 will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from December 15-17, where more than 60 companies will demonstrate the high-speed cable modems, digital set-top boxes and IP telephony services that will meet consumers' information and entertainment needs.
Co-sponsored by the California Cable Television Association (CCTA) and Cable Television Laboratories (CableLabs), CableNET is an educational forum demonstrating the potential of the cable industry's hybrid fiber coaxial systems -- and the expanding number of video, telecommunications and entertainment applications it will deliver to cable customers.
"This year's exhibit theme, Outside the Box, really hits the mark," said CableLabs President and CEO Dr. Richard R. Green, "because it exemplifies the innovative thinking that has lead to a host of advanced services that will change consumers' lives. And CableNET once again contains a wide array of products and services that are available already, or are soon to be deployed on cable systems."
CableLabs manages key cable industry research and development projects - such as OpenCable(TM), PacketCable(TM), and CableLabs(R) Certified(TM) cable modems - that seek to assure interoperability with future telecommunications technologies and services.
OpenCable is seeking to advance interoperable digital services; the CableLabs Certified cable modems initiative is aimed at attaining retail sales of interoperable high-speed cable modems; and PacketCable is focusing on interoperable Internet Protocol-based services that will be distributed over cable's hybrid fiber/coaxial systems. One of the initial services for PacketCable(TM) is Internet Protocol (IP)-based telephony, which uses the Internet or other packet networks, for delivery of telephone calls.
CableLabs manages these interoperability projects on behalf of its members, who are cable television system operators based on the continents of North and South America. CableLabs has undertaken these interoperability projects as a collective effort with its members and participating vendors, many of whom will be featured at CableNET(R) '99. Because of its key position in these projects, CableLabs serves as a focal point for the convergence of the cable, computer, consumer electronics, and broadcast industries.
The CCTA, which produces the Western Show each year, is the nation's largest state cable association with over 370 member companies providing services to more than 6.8 million cable television households in California. Information on the Show can be accessed through www.calcable.org.
The CableNET(R) '99 exhibit will cover about 10,000 square feet, where approximately 110 pedestals will be showcasing and demonstrating the service delivery options of the companies participating in this year's event. Information on the exhibit can be found at www.cablenet.org. Following is a brief description of what each company will be exhibiting:
1. 3Com will demonstrate a number of applications that show the
advancement of connected cable applications and services and
their integration into everyday life.
2. ADC Telecommunications will display primary line telephone
services using Internet Protocol and a broadband in-home
networking system that uses telephone wiring already in the home
via an environmentally hardened outside mounted subscriber unit.
3. ATI Technologies will demonstrate a multimedia set top box that
will show high definition television (HDTV), advanced 3D gaming
and electronic mail/web browsing.
4. Broadband Access Systems, Inc. will demonstrate Cuda(TM), a 12000
IP Access Switch that is carrier class for cable access and that
includes a DOCSIS cable modem termination system (CMTS), routing, service provisioning, and network management system.
5. Broadcom Corp. plans a number of demonstrations showing cable
modems with Quality of Service, a set top-box with a built-in
CableLabs(R) Certified(TM) cable modem, in-home networking using
cable devices and telephone lines, and multichannel toll quality
voice over cable using Internet Protocol.
6. Cabletron will be displaying the SSR 8000 with a DOCSIS CMTS
module, combining routing and control of application flows. It
also will show a cable network management system supporting
devices from multiple vendors, CableLabs Certified cable modems, and CMTSs.
7. CANAL+ U.S. TECHNOLOGIES will present its interoperable, open-architecture, interactive television middleware
MEDIAHIGHWAY, and MEDIAGUARD, a conditional access system.
8. Canon Information Systems, Inc. will show a home printer attached
to a digital set top box that is tasked through a menu accessible
on a television set.
9. Cisco Systems will demonstrate digital video, voice, and data
using a digital set-top box that contains a CableLabs Certified
cable modem.
10. Clarent Corporation will exhibit is voice over IP solution
including its MGCP call agent which enables IP phone-to-phone
calls over cable networks.
11. Com21, Inc. will show broadband telecommuting using a cable modem
with firewall appliance and four-port Ethernet hub.
12. Conexant Systems Inc. will demonstrate a DOCSIS cable modem based
on its integrated and programmable CN9414 single-chip platform.
13. Criterion Software Ltd. plans to demonstrate its Renderware
toolkit for producing advanced interactive content incorporating
integrated video and 3D graphics on advanced digital cable
set-top boxes.
14. Daewoo is set to exhibit high-speed Internet access via a
cable modem.
15. DiviCom Inc. will exhibit a digital video headend interacting
with different conditional access systems as an OpenCable
interoperability demonstration. It also will show high definition
encoding, then HDTV content running through a cable set-top box.
16. Elmsdale Media Ltd. will demonstrate video on demand.
17. Equator Technologies, Inc. plans to display streaming video, dual
MPEG decoded programs for digital picture in picture, video
conferencing, analog time-shifting and digital post-filtering, all enabled by its low-cost media processor.
18. Ericsson, Inc. will show high-speed Internet access and voice
over IP using cable modems.
19. Fore Systems will exhibit network management and multiple
services running over an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network.
20. GAD Line Ltd. plans to demonstrate voice over IP.
21. General Instrument is planning to show services enabled by
its CableLabs(R) Certified(TM) cable modem.
22. IBM will display electronic commerce and transactional
demonstrations that enable Intranet shopping through a
Scientific-Atlanta set-top box.
23. ICTV Inc. will show its open platform that delivers interactive
broadband content and high-speed Internet access through a set
top to a television.
24. Intelogis, Inc. will demonstrate a powerline home network
distributing high-speed cable modem content to multiple PCs over
standard electrical wiring.
25. Interactive Channel will exhibit an electronic program guide, Internet content and e-mail on a television set.
26. IPCell Technologies, Inc. will demonstrate its call agent, which
enables residential telephony over a cable network using IP
technology.
27. Lucent Technologies will demonstrate carrier-class packet
telephony over cable with real-time billing, an IP-based
distributed PBX with a built-in cable modem interface, and the
capability to provide seamless delivery of data and voice
services between corporate and home offices.
28. Media Station, Inc. will exhibit CD based content on demand
over cable modem networks.
29. Microtune's demonstration will show how its solid-state dual
conversion broadband tuner may handle analog and digital modes in
a multimedia setting enabled by a cable modem.
30. Mindport, Inc. will showcase its conditional access on a point of
deployment (POD) module as part of an OpenCable interoperability
demonstration as well as a billing system.
31. Motorola Multimedia Networks Division will use its universal
serial bus cable modem for streaming video and high-speed
Internet access. It also will show a wireless in-home networking
system, IP-based interactive and multimedia services, and voice
over IP applications.
32. MuNet.com plans to display its WebGate(tm) Internet residential
and commercial information systems which enable utilities and
other service businesses to acquire, control, and manage data
collected remotely, and then to publish this information to
authorized users via the Internet.
33. NagraVision will demonstrate conditional access interoperability
using an OpenCable based point of deployment module across
multiple digital set-top boxes.
34. nCUBE will demonstrate in excess of 1,000 three megabit per
second simultaneous video streams in one 19-inch headend rack.
35. NDS will demonstrate its OpenVideoGuard OpenCable conditional
access system integrated in a POD module, highlighting NDS
interoperability at the headend and the set-top box.
36. Netcom Systems plans to exhibits a network test and
management system for high-speed cable modems.
37. NetSpeak will demonstrate it's call agent, CLASS and custom
calling features, announcement server, routing, and record
keeping servers for delivering IP Telephony service over DOCSIS
cable networks."
38. Nortel Networks will offer a number of demonstrations using its
CableLabs Certified cable modems and qualified headend equipment: e-commerce and cable commuting; voice over IP; media streaming; network management services; in-home networking of appliances and
devices; and, Quality of Service capabilities.
39. Oren Semiconductor will show single chip demodulation of both
OpenCable and off-air HDTV signals for cable-ready digital
television applications.
40. Pace Micro Technology Plc. plans to demonstrate a digital cable
set top box with an internal DOCSIS cable modem and display
high-speed data content as well as video.
41. Panasonic AVC American Laboratories will show an integrated
digital cable television with an active point of deployment
module slot. The exhibit will utilize video content that consists
of clear and scrambled (utilizing keys) digital streams to
demonstrate conditional access operation with multiple POD module
suppliers.
42. Philips will demonstrate an OpenCable set-top box with POD
module in the OpenCable interoperability area.
43. Pioneer New Media Technologies, Inc. plans to show two set-top
approaches to pass high definition video to a plasma display: one
set top has a built in HD decoder while the other passes
compressed video over an IEEE 1394 interface.
44. Portal Software, Inc. intends to exhibit an integrated subscriber
management and real time billing system to support a new
generation of cable services including DOCSIS cable modems.
45. Probita Inc. will demonstrate its network resource manager, which allows cable operators to deploy services across a wide
variety of plant designs and consumer premises devices, which
supports dynamic session resource management functions.
46. RealNetworks will present its latest technologies for
delivering live and on-demand broadband streaming media.
47. Redback Networks will demonstrate automated provisioning of IP
services such as basic Internet access, video and audio. Another
demonstration will show how a telecommuter virtual private
network (VPN) service may be implemented.
48. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. plans to show high-speed data, voice, and video convergence using its DOCSIS-based integrated
telephony cable modem (ITCM) over a cable data system. Samsung
also will demonstrate a set-top box with POD as part of an
OpenCable interoperability section.
49. Scientific-Atlanta will exhibit an OpenCable set-top box with POD
module and multiple applications that are enabled by a set-top
box and that appear on a television set. It also plans to provide
baseband digital reverse technology.
50. SCM Microsystems is part of a group that will demonstrate a new
POD module platform that provides secure access to digital cable
services running over an OpenCable system.
51. SeaChange International will demonstrate interactive
advertising, video on demand and on-demand education.
52. ShareWave, Inc. will show high-speed wireless networking inside a
home, delivering data and multimedia with throughput of 11 Mbps.
Applications include broadband modem extensions, residential
gateways, and network interface cards (NICs).
53. Telcordia Technologies plans to demonstrate voice over IP calls
placed using their TelCordia Call Agent within a cable network.
54. TeraLogic, Inc. will present its development platform for
cable-ready TV and set-top box with a POD module which includes
the capability to deliver all-format digital television.
55. Terayon Communication Sytems plans to demonstrate high-speed
residential Internet access using a current generation DOCSIS
cable modem.
56. Texas Instrument's Cable Broadband Communications (formerly Libit
Signal Processing) will showcase a DOCSIS cable modem reference
design with Quality of Service, voice over IP, and CMTS burst
receiver with INCA technology for improved robustness and
increased capacity on cable upstream channels.
57. Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. will exhibit multimedia
services, including voice over IP, running over a cable system.
58. V-Bits, Inc. will be demonstrating digital ad insertion into a
progressive refresh MPEG transport stream, showing comparisons of
digital program insertion with and without V-Bits I-Frame
inserter.
59. Visionetics will demonstrate an advanced integrated digital
set-top-box and multimedia gateway with a built-in DOCSIS cable
modem and Web browser.
60. WorldGate Communications Inc. will demonstrate high-speed
Internet access through a digital set-top box, and the ability to
do channel hyper-linking (SM) from TV programming to related Web
content with the press of a button on a remote control.
61. Zenith Electronics Corp. will exhibit its ability as an interim
solution to allow cable operators to deliver off-air
transmissions of digital television.
62. Zoom Telephonics, Inc. will show a home gateway DOCSIS cable
modem with universal serial bus, Ethernet, home phone line, and
wireless networking interfaces to demonstrate streaming video and
high-speed Internet access.
Among the companies supporting CableNET' 99 with services and in-kind assistance are Cisco Systems, CommScope, Gilbert Engineering, MediOne Group, Mountain Cable Industries, PPC, TeleCrafter, and Thomson Consumer Electronics.
CONTACT:
CableLabs
Mike Schwartz, 303/661-9100
m.schwartz@cablelabs.com
or
CCTA
Paul Fadelli, 510/428-2225
paul@calcable.orgmppr@ix.netcom.com
or
P&P MediaWorks
Paul Rodriguez, 301/206-5393
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