More than 10,000 cable guys and calls came to Atlanta to attend SCTE's big annual technology to-do. Here's some visual proof

Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor

November 18, 2011

ATLANTA -- SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2011 -- More than 10,000 cable guys and gals gathered here this week to check out cable's latest gizmos, gadgets and other engineering wonders, and to get caught up on the industry's technology trends.

Be sure to visit our Cable-Tec Expo micro-site to catch up on the coverage, but click on the image below to rev up a slide show with things we happened across in our travels this week.



— Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Light Reading Cable



opening slide.jpg Calm Before the SwarmThe floor is ready for the inevitable onslaught of vendors and cable engineers. Pre-PartySchmooze and booze are usually on tap at any event's welcoming reception, and this year's Cable-Tec Expo was no exception. Drink and Drive?Only when you're at the wheel of a remote-control racer. Racing RespiteIs there an engineer in the house? Back in ActionAfter a short delay, the race was back on. Big CrowdAttendance jumped 24 percent at this year's show, which drew more than 10,000. Mark DzubanSCTE's President and CEO Mark Dzuban welcomes the cable crowd. SCTE-ManSuddenlink CTO Terry Cordova served as the Expo's Program Subcommittee Chairman and lent his likeness for this. The Real CordovaCordova, along with Harold Null Sr., were inducted into the SCTE Hall of Fame this year. Executive Pow-WowCox President Patrick Esser and Motorola Mobility Chairman Sanjay Jha said cable must accelerate its innovation cycles to stay competitive. Watch This!Jha was sporting Moto's recently announced MotoACTV device. Talkin' TechPaul Kagan (far left) grilled some top cable tech execs in the opening session. To his left: Tony Werner of Comcast; Mike LaJoie of Time Warner Cable; Nomi Bergman of Bright House Networks; and Kevin Hart of Cox. Fork ItShowgoers learned that cable QAM video won't go away anytime soon as MSOs start on the migration toward IP video. LR CableCrystal helped attendees become Light Reading Cable registered readers while doling out our ever-popular 'CBL GUY' and 'CBL GRL' stickers. BuzzingThe floor was hopping all week. Field-Tech EssentialsQAM spectrum analyzer? Check. Portable loo? Check. (Photo courtesy of Stacy Mitchell.) Pretty PensUsing them to write is just so overrated. Zinc.TVThis startup has a fix on how to help cable blend legacy QAM video services with increasingly popular over-the-top video. CCAPThere were no official CCAP products on the floor, but CCAP slideware was bountfiful. AlcaLuCable's voracious interest in content delivery networks could spell MSO success for these guys. Booth HearthStacy Mitchell keeps warm at the NDS booth. Booth-O-GramNothing says excitement more than an eye-bleeding, larger-than-life network diagram. Tools of the TradeHere's something that was a little more creative. And the Skipper, TooJones NCTI combined a 'Tec-Tac-Toe' game with a Gilligan's Island theme. Yes, we were confused too. AriaEchoStar had live demos of its cloud-based guide for cable ops. DreamGalleryMoto has its own cloud-based UI and announced that Shaw Communications of Canada will be deploying it. Still BuzzingDid we mention it was busy on the floor? Bucket TruckAnd it's green, too. VanAnd so is this one. Nice RacksHuawei and Corning crammed in all this gear at the Huawei booth to demonstrate live 3,000-kilometer transmissions of 100G coherent WDM. SpoolsYou need a lot of spools to demo a 3,000-kilometer link.

About the Author(s)

Jeff Baumgartner

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Jeff Baumgartner is a Senior Editor for Light Reading and is responsible for the day-to-day news coverage and analysis of the cable and video sectors. Follow him on X and LinkedIn.

Baumgartner also served as Site Editor for Light Reading Cable from 2007-2013. In between his two stints at Light Reading, he led tech coverage for Multichannel News and was a regular contributor to Broadcasting + Cable. Baumgartner was named to the 2018 class of the Cable TV Pioneers.

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