About 10,000 cable and telecommunications professionals from across the country are expected to descend on the Colorado Convention Center this week to discuss the latest innovations in cable TV technology.
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers is holding its annual Cable-Tec Expo in Denver, beginning today. Speakers include industry heavy hitters such as Michael T. Fries, president and chief executive of Douglas County-based Liberty Global; Richard Green, president and chief executive of Louisville-based CableLabs; and Geraldine B. Laybourne, chairwoman and chief executive of Oxygen Media Inc.
The four-day event is filled with seminars and panel discussions on industry trends such as Voice Over Internet Protocol phone service and video-on-demand technology.
More than 400 exhibitors will be on hand. They range from large network providers such as Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications to Englewood-based MediaCell Inc., a medium-sized business that makes wireless network infrastructure products.
“Our goal is product sales,” said MediaCell chief executive Donald Bishop. “The SCTE expo is designed to promote infrastructure products to media companies.”
For Dale Kirk, vice president of engineering for Comcast Colorado, the event offers an opportunity to explore upcoming products and services. He said he plans to focus his attention on three areas:
New ways to store video-on-demand content on Comcast’s servers.
Improved ways to route technicians to customer homes.
Creating a central home server, in which a primary box feeds content to other boxes within the home.
Staff writer Kimberly S. Johnson can be reached at 303-820-1088 or kjohnson@denverpost.com.
