AfterDawn: Glossary

CableLabs

Cablelabs refers to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., a non-profit organization for research and development dedicated to pursuing cable telecommunications technologies. It serves the industry by researching and identifying innovative broadband technologies, authoring specifications, conducting certification and qualification testing of products and disseminating information. It is Governed by a board of directors appointed or elected by member companies and also has a Executive Committee and a Technical Advisory Committee.

CableLabs keeps the interests of consumers in mind when dealing with the television industry. It strives to enable interoperability among different cable systems, facilitate retail availability of cable modems and advanced services and providing a uniquely broad view of the industry.

Member companies must be exclusively cable system operators. Here is a list of them.

  • Access Communications (Canada)
  • Advance/Newhouse Communications (“Bright House Networks”)
  • Armstrong Utilities, Inc.
  • Atlantic Broadband
  • Aurora Cable TV, Ltd. (Canada)
  • BendBroadband
  • Bresnan Communications
  • Buckeye Cablevision, Inc.
  • Buford Media Group, LLC
  • Cable America Corporation
  • Cable de Tula, S.A. de C.V. (“Cablemas”) (Mexico)
  • Cable One, Inc.
  • Cablevision Systems Corporation
  • Campbell River TV Association(“CRTV”) (Canada)
  • CCS, LLC d/b/a Community Cable Service
  • Chambers Communications Corporation
  • Charter Communications, Inc.
  • Cogeco Cable, Inc. (Canada)
  • Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
  • Cox Communications, Inc.
  • CRRS-TV (Canada)
  • EastLink (Canada)
  • FamilyView Cablevision
  • General Communications, Inc. (“GCI”)
  • Insight Communications Company
  • Lake Hughes Cable
  • Liberty Global Inc.
  • Massillon Cable TV, Inc.
  • MCT Communications, Inc.
  • Mediacom Communications Corporation
  • Midcontinent Communications
  • Mountain Cablevision Ltd. (Canada)
  • Princetown Cable Company
  • Rogers Cable, Inc. (Canada)
  • Seaside Communications (Canada)
  • Shaw Communications Inc. (Canada)
  • StarHub (Singapore)
  • Suddenlink (“Cequel III”)
  • Sunflower Broadband
  • Tele-Media Corporation
  • Time Warner Cable
  • Tri-County Communications Corporation
  • Valley Cable TV, Inc.
  • Vidéotron Ltée (Canada)
  • Westman Communications Group (Canada)
  • WinDBreak Cable
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