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VOLUME 47 NO. 3 - SEPTEMBER 2025
editorial Editor’s Letter Welcome to the September 2025 issue of Broadband Journal.
ISSN 1751-0791
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Thanks to our supporters The SCTE ® is grateful to the following supporters for their continued support of Broadband Journal: Amphenol, ANGA, Connected Britain, Technetix, Webro and Wisi.
from the scte SCTE News All the latest news and events from the SCTE.
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scte benelux news Benelux News All the latest news and events from the SCTE’s Benelux Group. scte balkans news SCTE Balkans Update from Besim Latifi, our Ambassador-At-Large
SCTE ® - The Society for Broadband Professionals
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Officers and Members of the Executive Committee President and Chair Dr Anthony Basham FSCTE Vice President Dave Hodges FSCTE Director Dr Roger Blakeway FSCTE Secretary Beverley Walker FIAM Members Laura Baskeyfield, Keith Bail, Melissa Cogavin, George Dyckes, Costas Kyriacou, Peter Sealey, Chris Swires and Peter Veerman
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scte long read Television is 100! What next for TV?
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scte member focus Alistair Crook, Vice President, Management Consultancy, Media, Cartesian
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scte presents Julian Clover, editor of Broadband TV News, recently reported on our very successful SCTE ® Presents: Across The Pond evnt in June. 26 history Television Demonstrations at Selfridges 24
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from the industry Industry News The latest global news from the industry. Do We Need To Restrict AI’s Hunger For Data?
Managing Editor Melissa Cogavin Tel: +44 (0)7501 780342 melissa@theSCTE.eu
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42 Francesco Nonno, Newly elected FTTH Council Europe President speaks to Broadband Journal 46 Rewiring the Future of Telecoms: IQGeo Unplugged 50 A New Era for Satcom: The Rise Of Multi-Orbit Networks and Software-defined Ground Systems 54 TalkTalk’s Next Chapter: Strategic Break-Up or Strategic Retreat? 56 A New Approach to Fibre: An Interview with 4Fibre Operations Director at SCCI Alphatrack, Steve Chesterman 58 A Conversation with Stephen Nuttall, Chair, IBC 62 Simplified and Scalable Cable Management: The Future of Fibre Routing 70 Strategic Priorities in the AI Era: A Conversation with Buddy Bayer 74 My Passion for Telecommunications 76 How Google Tried to Solve Programmatic Advertising’s Dirty Secrets 80 Wired for the Future: CommScope’s Craig Coogan on Driving Cable and Fibre Innovation 84 Inside Teleste: Talking Tech, Trends & the Future with Hanno Narjus and Arttu Purmonen 88 From Veenendaal to Mexico City: A Conversation with Paul Broadhurst, Founder and CEO of Technetix Group 92 Harmonic Drives Broadband Transformation 98
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technical Using AI to Assure the Viewer Experience for Streaming Video
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SEPTEMBER 2025 Volume 47 No.3
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