CableLabs in middle on set-tops; open standards initiative has put R&D consortium where action is. (Cable Television Laboratories)

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 1997 by Colman, Price

Open standards initiative has put R&D consortium where action is Cable Television Laboratories, the cable industry's research and development consortium, finds itself in the eye of the set-top-box storm with its OpenCable initiative. Announced just a few weeks ago, OpenCable is the industry's effort to establish open standards for advanced analog and digital set-top boxes.

Part of the thrust is to ensure a ready retail supply from multiple vendors of set-tops that will work on any MSO's system. That would drive down the price of the boxes and drive up deployment of the digital network and accompanying products and services. Being in an interindustry spotlight is hardly a typical situation for CableLabs, although it has become increasingly...

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