Let’s Celebrate 50 Years of Cable Technology and Innovation.
Bravo! Your Society’s 50th anniversary is especially celebrative. Hip, hip, hooray! This milestone signifies a splendid, half-century heritage and, moreover, ushers in what promises to be an even more remarkable 50 years for the industry and its technical professionals. Applause!
SCTE•ISBE Mission and History
Knowledge sharing. Thought leadership. Workforce expertise. Each is a hallmark of SCTE•ISBE’s history, and each forms the framework for SCTE•ISBE’s future. Through training, certification, standards, and innovation, the Society accelerates deployment of technology to drive business results for the betterment of the industry. A Society cornerstone is 36-year-old Cable-Tec Expo®, the largest cable telecommunications technology event in the Americas.
50 Years of Accelerating the Deployment of Technology
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1969
1969 - Society of Cable Television Engineers created
First meeting held in the San Francisco Hilton Hotel on June 22, 1969 during NCTA convention.
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1970
1970 - First attempt at establishing local SCTE Chapter program
Chairmen of regional chapters had been selected at Society’s first meeting in 1969. Chapters were established in California, New York-New Jersey (Central Atlantic), North Central in Chicago, and the first Chapter outside of the U.S., in British Columbia, Canada.
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1976
1976 - First Annual Conference on CATV Reliability in Philadelphia, PA
The event was co-sponsored by SCTE and the Broadcast, Cable, and Consumer Electronics Society of IEEE.
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1977
1977 - Opening of first full-time headquarters office and hiring of paid staff
Judith Baer becomes Society’s first full-time chief executive staff officer: Executive Director (later becomes Executive Vice President).
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1978
1978 - November 1978 Interval is SCTE’s first Annual Membership Issue
Later becomes standalone Membership Directory and Yearbook.
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1979
1979 - Interface 1979 “Decisions for the 80’s,” held November 7 & 8 in Monterey, California
Society’s first conference devoted to fiber optic technology.
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1979
1979 - SCTE starts accepting Visa and MasterCharge cards
For payment of membership dues, publications and conference registration.
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1980's
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1981
1981 - Initial requirements for SCTE Voluntary Professional Cable Television Engineer Designation Program defined
Use of “Professional Cable Television Engineer” terminology runs into problems with state licensing boards for professional engineers, so program must be refined and renamed. This effort establishes framework for Broadband Communications Technician/Engineer (BCT/E) program.
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1982
1982 - After struggling for several years, Chapter and Meeting Group program is revamped and officially gets underway
First Chapter under the new structure is Appalachian Mid-Atlantic Chapter.
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1983
1983 - Sally Kinsman becomes first female elected to Board of Directors
(Region 2 Director)
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1984
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1985
1985 - Technical Tuition Assistance Program authorized by Board of Directors
Initially funded by matching donations from Rex Porter and National Cable Television Institute.
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1985
1985 - BCT/E program officially introduced at Cable-Tec Expo ’85
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1987
1987 - First person certified in BCT/E program: Ron Hranac
Certified at BCT level.
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1988
1988 - President’s Award program resurrected, becomes an annual award; first recipient: Andy Devereaux
This award is now called Chairman’s Award
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1990
1990 - First Vendors’ Day-type event held in Atlanta, Georgia
December 4th, featuring technical seminars in the morning and vendors’ tabletop exhibits in the afternoon. Sponsored by SCTE’s Chattahoochee Chapter. Steve Allen organizes “Vendors’ Appreciation Day” the following year in California, the predecessor to Vendors’ Day events that are now held in several locations around the country each year.
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1992
1992 - Board of Directors changes Executive Vice President title to President; former position of President changed to Chairman of the Board.
First Chairman of the Board: Ron Hranac
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1993
1993 - First Polaris Award recipient: Tom Staniec
Award sponsored by CED magazine and Corning
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1995
1995 - First Women in Technology award recipient: Pam Arment
Award sponsored by Communications Technology magazine
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1996
1996 - First Milton Jerrold Shapp Scholarship recipient: Joshua Butters
Scholarship funded by then-General Instrument (later Motorola), and administered by SCTE
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1996
1996 - F Port (Female Outdoor) Physical Dimensions becomes SCTE’s first ANSI standard
DVS 031, Digital Video Transmissions Standard for Cable Television becomes SCTE’s first ITU international standard
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2000's
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2001
2001 - First Innovation in Deployment of Emerging Applications (IDEA) award recipient: Randy Goehler of Cox Communications
Award sponsored by CED magazine, Lucent Technologies, and Multichannel News’ Inside Broadband
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2001
2001 - First Star of Integrity award recipient: David Pangrac
Award sponsored by C-COR.net
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2001
2001 - First Broadband Knowledge Summit held in Denver, Colorado
Co-presented by SCTE and National Cable Television Institute
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2003
2003 - SCTE approved its 100th cable telecommunications standard in early 2003
An effort conducted in conjunction with CableLabs®, the standard’s name was SCTE Applications Platform Part 1: OCAP 1.0 Profile
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2010's
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2011
2011 - In September the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that SCTE was recipient of a EMMY® Award for “Local Cable Ad Insertion Technology – Cable Digital Standards for Local Cable Advertising.”
The award was presented on Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
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2013
2013 - Corporate Alliance Program created
First CAP member was Comcast
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2013
2013 - Catherine Oakes Memorial Leadership Scholarship for Women created in honor of the senior vice president, operations for SCTE·ISBE who passed away unexpectedly in 2013
First scholarship recipient, in 2014, was Jeanie Warfield, product manager, video solutions for Time Warner Cable Business Class
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Accelerate the Deployment of Technology to the Advantage of Our Industry.
Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers® (SCTE)
International Society of Broadband Experts® (ISBE)
140 Philips Road, Exton, PA 19341
800.542.5040
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