Louisville, Colorado – CableLabs, the non-profit research and development consortium for the cable industry, has expanded its global member base with 14 new members from Europe, Asia and Latin America. CableLabs members now serve over one hundred million cable subscribers around the world. 

The global expansion brings many benefits to cable companies, technology suppliers, and other stakeholders in the cable and technology markets. CableLabs’ global alignment of technologies and strategies will allow technology suppliers to develop solutions that scale across cable operators worldwide.

“This expansion further demonstrates CableLabs’ dedication to innovation in the cable industry,” said Phil McKinney, president and chief executive officer of CableLabs. “Collaborating globally on technology standards and strategies will allow CableLabs to accelerate development of truly innovative technologies, bringing them to market faster, more cost effectively and at scale.”

Reflecting the rapid growth in Asia and Latin America CableLabs has also welcomed new members in these regions including J:COM (Japan), PT Link Net (Indonesia), Topway (Shenzhen, China), WASU (Hangzhou, China) and Cablevisión (Argentina).