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Closing the Digital Divide Means More Than Just Getting Connected

A new report shows that convincing unconnected low-income families to become broadband subscribers requires much more than just offering discounted internet service. It also requires digital literacy training that encourages Americans to become life-long digital citizens. In fact, the Technology Policy Institute's report, "Reaching the Unconnected," cites Comcast's broadband adoption program, Internet Essentials, as a great example of a program
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Consumers Saving Billions of Dollars from Voluntary Energy Efficiency Agreements

Consumers have now saved more than $5 billion in electricity costs since 2013, thanks to two energy-efficiency "voluntary agreements" that are improving energy efficiency without compromising upgrades or enhancements to set-top boxes and home internet equipment. Under each of these agreements, service providers representing approximately 90% of the residential pay-TV and broadband internet markets in the U.S. committed that at
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Four Ways Americans Benefit from Cable’s Economic Investments

The cable industry works to make significant positive contributions to the local communities in which it operates and the people it serves. In a highly competitive marketplace, the cable industry continues to grow and innovate, stimulating both national and local economies and providing American jobs. In July, a new economic impact report from Bortz Media & Sports Group, Inc. showed
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Engineering the Future: SCTE•ISBE CEO Talks About Changing Technologies

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and its global arm International Society of Broadband Experts (ISBE), the industry's go-to organizations for technical leadership and professional development, just celebrated 50 years this summer. At the helm is Mark Dzuban, who is also celebrating over 50 years in the industry. Dzuban, who became President & CEO in 2009, grew up in
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What's In Store for the Future of Work?

Over the last couple of decades, researchers have been developing technologies like artificial intelligence and light field displays and exploring ways they can be incorporated into our daily lives. That’s also true of the team at CableLabs, the cable industry’s R&D arm. This week, CableLabs released the latest video of the Near Future series, which gives viewers a peek at
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Comcast's Internet Essentials Connects 8 Million People

Comcast announced this week that its broadband adoption program, Internet Essentials, has connected more than eight million people who qualify for low-cost internet service since the program's inception in 2011. Three million more households, including people with disabilities, are eligible to apply for the $9.95 a month service in the latest expansion. This marks the program’s largest expansion in history
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Why Internet is Essential to America’s Agriculture

While many might associate business and technology with large urban hubs like Silicon Valley, small towns across the U.S. are showing that there are plenty of opportunities to be found in rural America. The availability of gigabit internet speeds is one method that is proving to transform rural areas. As America's cable operators continue to build out robust networks that
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Getting Broadband Mapping Right

With the FCC this week expected to reform its broadband data collection regime, it seems like a good opportunity to assess the potential impact of these changes. From NCTA's perspective, there are four key points. First, the data collection changes proposed by the FCC represent a significant victory for consumers, meaningfully improving the accuracy of broadband maps and enabling a
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Discovery's Shark Week Evolves with New Technology and Jaw-some Views

It's Shark Week, a TV fan favorite and that time of year when viewers and shark seekers galore get to "dive in" with the great creatures that have fascinated people all over the world for centuries. Discovery's 31st edition of the production kicked off yesterday, and viewers are in for a wild ride as the evolving technology behind the annual
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How Super-Fast Internet Revitalized Small Businesses in a Small Town

Over time, many Americans have moved to large urban centers to follow jobs, often in the technology sector, leaving smaller towns behind. For a place like St. Francis in northwestern Kansas, that meant the population was actually shrinking. On top of that, internet service was slow and unreliable. “We had a lot of problems just maintaining a stream of music
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