NCTA, CableLabs® and SCTE to Co-Host Industry`s Premier Spring Technical Event

Cable Connection-Spring Technical Forum to Highlight Broadband Innovation During
The Cable Show 2010
WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)--
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), Cable Television
Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs®) and the Society of Cable Telecommunications
Engineers (SCTE) today announced that a new industry-wide technical summit would
merge annual events previously hosted individually by the organizations during
Cable Connection-Spring. The new technology conference, Cable Connection-Spring
Technical Forum, will be fully integrated into The Cable Show 2010, NCTA`s 59th
Annual Convention and International Exposition taking place at the Los Angeles
Convention Center, May 11-13, 2010.

Combining the best elements of NCTA`s Technical Papers and SCTE`s Conference on
Emerging Technologies, the 2010 Spring Technical Forum will focus on innovation
and the business of technology in the emerging digital marketplace. The Forum
will include peer review papers, invited plenary panels, and special networking
opportunities - all in one place, at one time. Deadline for technical paper
proposals is December 9, 2009.

"We predict the sum of one combined event, designed to meet the needs of the
broadband industry`s top innovators, will be greater than the separate parts,"
said Mark Dzuban, SCTE President and CEO. "The cable industry is in the
forefront of broadband innovation, and attending the Spring Technical Forum will
become a must for industry technologists."

Forum participants will include a broad cross section of senior-level
technologists and those with engineering management and financial
responsibilities. Admission to the Spring Technical Forum is included with a
Cable Show 2010 registration, although a separate enrollment will be required.
Registration is open now at www.thecableshow.com.

"This kind of integration and collaboration is in line with the direction our
industry`s leaders have established," said Dr. Paul Liao, CableLabs President
and CEO. "I think this collaborative approach is a very positive step."

The three organizations have issued a joint call for technical paper proposals.
Selected authors will be invited to present the highlights of their paper during
one of several technical sessions at the Forum. Multiple submissions are
allowed, and any topic of interest to the cable broadband engineering community
is eligible. However, product pitches and previously published works will not be
considered. Potential technical paper topics could include:

* Next generation network architectures
* Delivering commercial/enterprise-class services
* Delivering wireless services
* Residential voice, video and data gateways
* Advanced advertising and interactive applications using EBIF
* Evolution of all-IP delivery platforms
* Stereoscopic 3D television
* Moving from fixed address to personalized services
* Impact of nano technology on the telecom future

A blue ribbon panel of industry technologists, led by Dan Pike, Chief Technical
Officer, GCI Cable, Inc., will jury the papers and shape the overall content of
the Forum. Judging will be based on the premise, reference value, content and
intended audience of each paper.

"There is no doubt that perpetuating the industry`s scientific body of technical
literature while reporting on new breakthrough concepts and ideas that advance
the technology foundation of the industry is of great value to us all," said
Pike.

Prospective authors interested in preparing and presenting a paper at the Spring
Technical Forum should submit a proposal using the online submission tool
available at www.springtechforum.com no later than December 9, 2009. The
technical papers proceedings will be available for purchase during The Cable
Show 2010, and thereafter online.

"We are so pleased to host this premier technology event as part of the Cable
Show program," said Dr. William Check, Senior Vice President, Science &
Technology, NCTA. "We look forward once again to facilitating a future-focused
dialogue among the industry`s technical leadership."

For further information on The Cable Show 2010, and to register for periodic
Cable Show updates, visit www.thecableshow.com.

NCTA is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry,
representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable
television households and more than 200 cable program networks. The cable
industry is the nation`s largest broadband provider of high-speed Internet
access, serving more than 40 million customers, after investing more than $145
billion to build two-way digital networks with fiber optic technology. Cable
companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to more than
20 million American consumers.

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is a non-profit
professional association that provides technical leadership for the
telecommunications industry and serves its members through professional
development, standards, certification and information. SCTE currently has
approximately 13,000 members from the U.S. and 70 countries worldwide and offers
a variety of programs and services for the industry's educational benefit. SCTE
has 68 chapters and meeting groups and more than 3,000 employees of the cable
telecommunications industry hold SCTE technical certifications. SCTE is an
ANSI-accredited standards development organization. Visit SCTE online at
www.scte.org. Follow SCTE on Facebook and Twitter.

Founded in 1988 by members of the cable television industry, Cable Television
Laboratories is a non-profit research and development consortium that is
dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping
its cable operator members integrate those advancements into their business
objectives. Cable operators from around the world are members. CableLabs
maintains web sites at www.cablelabs.com; www.opencable.com, www.tru2way.com,
www.advancedadvertising.tv, www.packetcable.com; www.cablemodem.com; and
www.cablenet.org.CableCARD, CableHome, CableLabs, CableNET, CablePC, DCAS,
DOCSIS, Go2BroadbandSM, M-Card, OpenCable, OCAP, PacketCable, and tru2way are
marks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. All other marks are the property of
their respective owners.

2010 Spring Technical Forum
CableLabs • NCTA • SCTE
Brian Dietz/Joy Sims, 202-222-2350

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