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editorial Editor’s Letter Welcome to the September 2026 issue of Broadband Journal.
VOLUME 48 NO. 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026
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from the scte SCTE News All the latest news and events from the SCTE.
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ISSN 1751-0791
scte presents Julian Clover, editor of Broadband TV News, reports on our very successful SCTE ® Presents: Changing Face of Streaming event in June.
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, Costas Kyriacou, Ian Nock, Peter Sealey, Chris Swires and Peter Veerman
scte balkans news How Is AI Similar to the Industrial Revolution? scte member focus Trevor Paintain, Managing Director, Antiference
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scte benelux news Benelux News All the latest news and events from the SCTE’s Benelux Group.
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network perspective Network Perspective Phil Scott, Chief Sales Officer at Technetix, shares his take on the fast- changing world of telecoms and how it intersects with technology.
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from the industry Industry News The latest global news from the industry. scte long read Subsea cables: litigation, mitigation, exaggeration
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Managing Editor Melissa Cogavin Tel: +44 (0)7501 780342 melissa@theSCTE.eu
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Now is the time for Fibre Operators to address the MDU challenge
Extended Spectrum DOCSIS Expanding the Capacity and Value of the HFC Network 46 Beyond the Pipe: Why Compressed Video Monitoring Is the New Imperative for Broadband Operators 50 Fibre Operators in Transition: The Habits to Break and the Disciplines to Build 54 Impressions from ANGA 2026: A Smaller Show, A Familiar Industry 56 AI Makes Market Perception Observable 58 50G-PON Diminishing Returns on Speed, and What Will Really Define Broadband’s Next Decade 62 The Future of Television 64 Interview with David Whitehead, Senior Director at Harmonic 68 Building resilient fibre networks in a capacity-constrained market 72 HbbTV Symposium heads to Barcelona for its 14th edition 76 Outsmarting Outages: An interview with Jeff Collins, CEO, WanAware 78 Why Production AI in Video Testing Runs at 10 Percent, Not 100 82 Western Europe: differentiation key as streaming giants dominate pay TV bundles 86
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Broadband Journal is published on behalf of the SCTE ® (Society for Broadband Professionals) by Evolution Print and Design Ltd. Neither the editor nor the Society, as a body, is responsible for expression of opinion appearing in the journal unless otherwise stated. Papers and contributions for consideration for publication in Broadband or for reading at meetings are welcome and should be sent to Melissa Cogavin. Letters Broadband Journal is your forum for debate on issues affecting the industry. Let us have your news and views. Write to The Editor, c/o the SCTE, marking your letter ‘for publication’ or email melissa@theSCTE.eu. For reasons of space, we reserve the right to edit letters published in Broadband .
technical Foundations for the future: How data centres can boost UK economic growth
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The More I Know the Less I Understand
Broadcast-Equivalent Quality of Experience for Live IP Streaming
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Enhancing Video Quality in Transcoding Pipelines: A Comparative VMAF Analysis
startup zone CovertSwarm Putting connectivity providers under Constant Cyber Attack
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industry events ANGA COM 2027 Exhibitor Registration open
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IBC 2026 Inspire the Debate
Broadband Journal Media Partnerships
spotlight Ground truth is the precondition for autonomous networks — and almost nobody has it letter from the americas Industry journalist Alan Breznick reports on the evolving broadband, telecoms and technology landscape in the Americas
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