The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers or SCTE is a

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for the advancement of technology, standards and workforce education related to cable

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. Founded in 1969 as The Society of Cable Television Engineers, SCTE and its global arm, the International Society of Broadband Experts (ISBE), have a current membership of more than 19,000 individuals.

Publications

SCTE/ISBE offers several publications to its membership. These include ''Interval'', a monthly newsletter covering association events, training, activities, and member accomplishments, ''SCTE Credentials'', a quarterly electronic newsletter highlighting SCTE•ISBE's certification program, and ''SCTE Standards Bulletin'', a quarterly printed newsletter covering the SCTE standards program.

Events

SCTE•ISBE’s Cable-Tec Expo is a four-day conference focused on engineering that includes educational workshops, exhibits, and professional networking opportunities. Annual attendance is approximately 10,000 individuals.

Past and upcoming events

* SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2012 October 17–19, 2012; Orlando, Florida * SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2013 October 21–24, 2013; Atlanta, Georgia * SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2014 September 22–25, 2014; Denver, Colorado * SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2015 October 13–16, 2015; New Orleans, Louisiana * SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2016 September 26–29, 2016; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2017 October 17–20, 2017; Denver, Colorado * SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2018 October 22–25, 2018; Atlanta, Georgia * SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2019 September 30 - October 3, 2019; New Orleans, Louisiana * SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2020 October 12–15, 2020; Virtual

Standards program

SCTE•ISBE includes a

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program for the development of technical specifications supporting the cable telecommunications industry. The work program includes: data and telephony over cable; application platform development; digital video; emergency alert systems; energy management;

network monitoring Network monitoring is the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing components and that notifies the network administrator (via email, SMS or other alarms) in case of outages or other trouble. Network monitorin ...

systems; cables, connectors and amplifiers; and construction and maintenance practices. In 2016 SCTE•ISBE created an

Internet of Things The Internet of things (IoT) describes physical objects (or groups of such objects) with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other comm ...

working group within the standards program. A Generic Access Platform working group was created in 2018. SCTE•ISBE is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (

ANSI The American National Standards Institute (ANSI ) is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organi ...

), recognized by the International Telecommunication Union (

ITU The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...

), and works in cooperation with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (

ETSI The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization in the field of information and communications. ETSI supports the development and testing of global technical standard ...

). More than 130 MSOs, vendors and allied organizations are SCTE Standards members.

Awards

SCTE•ISBE was announced in 2011 as a recipient of a

Technology & Engineering Emmy Award The Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards, or Technology and Engineering Emmys, are one of two sets of Emmy Awards that are presented for outstanding achievement in engineering development in the television industry. The Technology and Engineer ...

from the

National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) is an American professional service organization founded in 1955 for "the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, edu ...

for “Local Cable Ad Insertion Technology – Cable Digital Standards for Local Cable Advertising.”

References

External links

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers
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