CableNet

I’m posting this interview for you to see 14 years after it happened, while watching the video of it stream through a cable modem to a PC screen … so, watching myself rapturously wonder whether such a feat is even possible. Trippy, maaaan…

Please enjoy this CableLabs CableNet interview with Jeff Huppertz, then (2000) with Clearband — about this wacky new idea: stream TV through the cable modem to the PC screen. Crazy!

Video courtesy The Cable Channel. Originally posted May 9, 2000.

At the 2008 Cable Show in hot, humid New Orleans, I interview five participants in the CableLabs “CableNet” exhibit area. In order of appearance: Samsung’s Steve Goldstein, who demonstrates the latest in 3DTV; Synacor’s Jim Turner, discussing remote DVR scheduling; Michael Hawkey, demonstrating Sling technology; and David Nicholas, discussing how technology from Symmetricom can replace traditional “golden eye” video testers. Produced by the fabulous David Knappe with equally fabulous Joe Bondulich on camera and lighting.

Video courtesy Multichannel News.

At the 2008 Cable Show, I interview five participants in the CableLabs “CableNet” exhibit area. Up first: Samsung’s Steve Goldstein, who demonstrates the latest in 3DTV.

Video courtesy Multichannel News.

At the 2008 Cable Show, I interview five participants in the CableLabs CableNET exhibit area. This segment features Jim Turner (2:40), VP of Synacor, on the use of DVR-like controls on Charter.net’s web site.

Video courtesy Multichannel News.

At the 2008 Cable Show, I interview five participants in the CableLabs CableNET exhibit area. This segment features Hans Pang, of Ruckus Wireless, explaining the company’s smart antenna array that allows multiple streams to run wirelessly.

Video courtesy Multichannel News.

At the 2008 Cable Show, I interview five participants in the CableLabs CableNET exhibit area. This segment features EchoStar Technologies’ Michael Hockey, discussing a Slingbox with built-in DOCSIS 2.0 cable modem. Intent: To allow subscribers to access subscription video channels on laptops, cell phones, or other mobile devices.

Video courtesy Multichannel News.

At the 2008 Cable Show, I interview five participants in the CableLabs CableNET exhibit area. This segment features David Nicholas, with Symmetricom (later Cheetah Technologies), who explains software that automatically measures the quality of an HD video signal — without the use of human “golden eyes.”

Video courtesy Multichannel News.

At the 2006 National Show, I interviewed CableLabs executives Mike Schwartz and Don Dulchinos about that year’s CableNet exhibit highlights. Hot tickets: OCAP-enabled boxes, OCAP apps (not just the guide, new stuff too!); Downloadable conditional access (remember DCAS?); ETV & ITV.

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.

At the 2006 National Show, I interviewed CableLabs’ Ed Miller, to discuss what’s happening in CableNET exhibit area relative to the IP (Internet Protocol) side of the house. Hot tickets: PacketCable 2.0, and new ways to do more stuff with your phone. Big then: Caller ID on TV, to see an incoming call, then transfer it from the cell to the land line (or vice versa).

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.

In the fourth and final segment of this Western Show 2000 panel, we delve into that big gap between press releases and actual consumer deployments. What needs to happen in 2001 to change that? Stump: Broadband marketing and moving services faster. Baumie: VOD as an application cable’s competitors can’t easily emulate; HDTVs are a CableNET feature but they’re not in consumer homes.

Filmed by Steve Nelson for The Cable Channel.