A tech covers Cable-Tec: To IPTV and beyond

By Dan Chelchowski

DENVER - On its 40th anniversary, SCTE announced that the networks they have built across North America are becoming obsolete…Well, they didn't put it that way.Those in charge did, however, admit that the future of television, data, and voice transmission will occur via IP technology, not RF. For cable MSOs, there are many steps to complete before this transition can take place. So, while this year's SCTE Cable-Tec Expo delivered the latest and greatest technologies to the cable industry but it started with the acknowledgment that the RF world we live in, is in transition.DOCSIS 3.0 has been at the...