Meeting America's Needs Through a Balanced Spectrum Policy
As today's digital society demands next-generation technologies, seamless connectivity and immersive applications, the demand for new wireless spectrum – the resource that makes these experiences possible – remains critically important. Setting the Stage: At a U.S. House hearing on Friday that will explore how America can maintain its spectrum leadership, NCTA will urge policymakers to strive for a smart spectrum sharing approach – including opening up more unlicensed spectrum – to foster tremendous technological growth, innovation, and healthy competition. How Spectrum Impacts America's
Celebrating Female Empowerment on TV
International Women's Day is a time to honor and recognize the achievements of women as America continues to strive for gender parity and equality. Fortunately, cable TV networks continue their efforts to increase representation of women, on screen and in the writers' room, and to cast women and girls in strong, meaningful, and leading roles that send a powerful message to audiences watching. As cable programming aims to move the needle on this important issue, here are a handful of examples of how networks are shining a spotlight on women in unique ways, reversing harmful gender stereotypes
What is Latency and Why Is It Important?
In today’s “always online” world, seamless network operation and a smooth connectivity experience is essential. Engineers have worked hard to reduce the latency (often referred to as lag or lag time) users encounter while relying on the broadband networks that power smart technologies. In fact, super low-latency is one of 10G’s primary benefits. What Is Latency? In general terms, latency is the time that elapses between a request for information and its arrival. Sometimes lag can happen on a network, on a device, or both at the same time. Anytime a signal is sent and processed, some degree of
Lifetime's 'Black Girl Missing' Hopes to Raise Awareness and Mobilize Change
Lifetime's latest movie, "Black Girl Missing," aims to not only shed light on the lack of media coverage and law enforcement resources for when Black women and girls go missing, but to also mobilize communities to action. The story in "Black Girl Missing," which stars Garcelle Beauvais as the mother in the film, was inspired by real life stories of missing people of color, and the struggles these families endure due to racial discrimination inherent in many parts of society. In a Lifetime press panel, Beauvais spelled out what she hopes the potential impact of the movie turns out to be: "For
Broadband Stats: Cable’s Network Investment
Cable’s decades-long infrastructure investment has resulted in fast and resilient networks that are far ahead of demand and built to power the next transformational technology. And soon enough, cable’s 10G speeds will enable a whole new set of immersive experiences.
Three Ways Rural Broadband Is Creating Positive Change
The regions where miles of farmland separate neighbors, harsh terrain makes travel challenging, and important services are many hours away, a high-speed broadband network is a critical conduit to society. The bottom line: Cable broadband providers invest billions of dollars annually to build robust networks throughout the country including some of the most remote regions in the world. And with an upcoming injection of federal infrastructure funding coming soon, public-private partnerships will further expand these important networks to unserved rural communities to connect those Americans who
10G Is Taking Off
10G is on the way. Since the cable industry's first unveiling of the 10G initiative in 2019, cable providers have been engineering and testing the technology that will make next-generation networks a reality, bringing 10 gigabit per second (Gbps) speeds to households across America and forever change how people connect, live, work, and play. Fast forward to 2023, and the first deployment of 10G networks are being announced. Below are highlights of recent developments as the road to 10G progresses. Comcast: Greenlight for 10G Comcast announced that its latest Xfinity 10G network upgrade will be
C-SPAN's Shining Moment Renews Interest in More Coverage
For over 40 years, C-SPAN has brought government into American living rooms. From broadcasting committee hearings to interviewing elected officials, C-SPAN offers a wide range of resources for voters to become more engaged with government, free of bias or commentary. No government or taxpayer dollars support C-SPAN, as it is fully funded by cable and satellite providers. Currently, C-SPAN’s live feeds of the House and Senate floors have strict rules limiting how the network, or any media, is allowed to broadcast from the chambers. Except for certain specific activities, footage of the House
Video: Midco’s Commitment To South Dakota
While providing broadband to hundreds of communities in Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin is a big job on its own, Midco also wants to be a good neighbor in the communities they serve. Midco’s broadband service is vital to groups like Feeding South Dakota, a Sioux Falls-based organization whose mission is to end the hunger crisis in their state. By utilizing Midco’s broadband service, Feeding South Dakota connects those in need to mobile food centers, with families receiving produce, dairy, meat, breads and other nonperishable food items. “For our mission to
Broadband Stats: Global Internet Trends
Sandvine, a global leader in internet trends research, has published its latest annual “Global Internet Phenomena Report,” giving a snapshot of how people use the internet.