Exton, PA – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) will develop standards for the carriage of next generation 3D content on cable networks.
The SCTE engineering committee, which oversees the Society’s development of technical standards covering cable networks, has dubbed the project ‘3D over Cable’. It’s focus will be to identify "all necessary or desirable changes to existing SCTE standards, including transport protocols", to facilitate the provision of 3D content by cable operators, the company announced.
“Although 3D content is available today over cable, the long-term delivery of next generation 3D content will be strengthened by the adoption of uniform engineering and technical criteria”, said SCTE engineering committee chair, Charlie Kennamer, in the press release. “To that end, SCTE intends to examine new 3D television technology to develop standards that can be used by the cable industry to deliver a more immersive television experience.”
Almost 160 cable operators, vendors, and allied organizations are SCTE standards program members, which entitles them to participate in the standards development process. For more information, or to work on the 3D project, contact the SCTE at standards@scte.org
