Cable-Tec 2009: Cablecos are curbing, cutting, greening

DENVER--Striving to chop energy costs, protect the environment, and placate increasingly demanding regulators, major North American cable operators are starting to take steps to cut power consumption and carbon emissions.In a “green” general session staged here at last week’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009, executives from four large MSOs and two prominent cable trade groups spelled out ways that cable providers are beginning to reduce their carbon footprints. They also discussed promising measures that cable operators can adopt to cut pollution further in the future. D’Arcy Brown, director of optical transport and facilities, network planning group, for Rogers Cable Communications, said...