EDITORial
Editor’s Letter
partnerships in some cases that go back decades. We learned so much, a huge thanks to our speakers and sponsors for making it a very productive, valuable day – we have covered this in detail on page 26. Next event is on October 8: SCTE ® Presents: TV to IP – The Capacity Challenge. After that we enjoyed a fantastic few days at ANGA COM and had our 80th celebrations 2.0, 80s style – we had such a giggle dressing up and rocking out with David Hasselhoff, Michael Jackson and Madonna, it was hilarious. See page 7. We’re celebrating 100 years of television in this issue as the centenary of John Logie Baird’s first transmission approaches; you’ll find two pieces in here this time, one from grandson Iain Logie Baird whose detailed history of the early demonstrations at Selfridges you’ll find on page 24, and a Long Read from me on page 16 – it should be called a Longer Read as it was very difficult to know when to stop, it was fascinating. Thanks to everyone I spoke to in researching this piece. We’ve got technical papers from Spirent and Interra, comment from author Jamie Dobson, Technetix, ST Engineering IDirect, Amphenol, Harmonic and Xpresso Communications, interviews with Technetix, CommScope, IBC, Teleste, SCCI Alphtrack, Colt, FTTH Council Europe and IQGEO, some heartfelt, personal from Dave Keane-Mirajkar and an excerpt from a new book about Google ads.
September has rolled around extremely quickly at the SCTE, it’s been quite a year for us so far. It was a job to pack it all into this issue of Broadband Journal, so much has happened. Our 80th birthday celebrations were a long time coming and like all good milestones we have pretty much made them last the whole year; it’s been fantastic to share them with so many of you and they aren’t over yet. At IBC we are having drinks on the Friday afternoon, September 13 at the Owners Pavilion from 4pm, come and join us! We are excited to be Official Magazine Partners again for IBC and Connected Britain and you’ll find us at the show, come and say hello. We really did it in style in June at our Gala Dinner and Awards, organised beautifully by Bev Walker and what an event it was. The Tower of London may have seen its fair share of horror and gore over the last 1000 years, but in 2025 it was all about champagne and sequins as we took over the White Tower for a (very warm) evening of great food, lovely company, fantastic entertainment and a lot of laughs, as well as giving recognition to the people in our industry. You can read more about this on page 4. Immediately after that came our very well attended SCTE® Presents: Across The Pond event, capitalising on the large number of overseas guests who’d come to London for our Gala Dinner, and the day focused on the similarities, differences and opportunities that come with working with our good friends in North America;
Melissa Cogavin Broadband Journal SCTE ® , Society for Broadband Professionals melissa@theSCTE.eu www.theSCTE.eu
Put the kettle on and enjoy!
Melissa Cogavin
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SEPTEMBER 2025 Volume 47 No.3
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