SCTE® Presents: Across The Pond conference took place at the Institute of Civil Engineers at One Great George Street, London on Wednesday June 25. 

Focusing its attention solely on a geographical region for the first time, the day offered several insightful panels with speakers from the American and Canadian cable and fibre industries as well as ancillary service providers from testing and measurement to marketing, providing an exclusive overview to its members in UK and Europe. 

Kindly sponsored by Technetix, OpenVault and HellermannTyton, the two morning sessions looked at achievements, opportunities, challenges and idiosyncrasies unique to the United States and Canada. Moderated by Dr Anthony Basham, President SCTE, and James Saunby, Consulting Director, GreySky our speakers included -

• Paul Broadhurst, Founder & CEO, Technetix
• David Whitehead, Senior Director, Broadband Solutions EMEA, Harmonic
• Mark Trudeau, CEO, OpenVault
• Mike Gannon, Vice President, Access Architecture and Sales Engineering at Vecima Networks Inc.
• Cesar Ruiz, President & CEO, The Learning Alliance
• Hamid El Gharbaoui, Solutions Architect & Operations
• Xavier Leclercq, VP Business Development, OTT, Broadpeak
• Ade Brittain, VP of Customer Insight & Innovation ended the morning section with a presentation from our Platinum sponsors Technetix.

The networking lunch was followed by the return of the popular Women’s Panel, aptly named ‘Four global women. One powerful conversation’.  Moderated by Camilla Formica, Chief Programme Officer of The Syndeo Institute and Cable Television Pioneer who was joined by -

• Maria Brennan, President & CEO at Women in Cable Telecommunications
• Lauren Trudeau, Vice President of Operations, OpenVault
• Melissa Cogavin, Editor of Broadband Journal and valued member of the SCTE team.

The day ended with the Open Session Q&A followed with a lively networking and drinks reception with demonstrations by Technetix and HellermannTyton.

Thank you to all of the speakers and sponsors and to everyone who attended making this a most informative day.

A full write up will be published in the next Broadband Journal magazine (Sept issue) and the filming of the conference will be available on the SCTE YouTube channel.

Now in its 80^th year, the SCTE takes its obligations to raise and maintain technical standards seriously, as well as providing an important industry forum for engineers and c-suite executives alike. The SCTE® Presents series, hosted every quarter is just one element of the learning and training programmes that membership provides. The SCTE also offers substantial training opportunities, as well as webinars, publications, podcasts, awards, dinners and networking events, and a recently launched members app.

The next SCTE Presents will be held on the Wednesday 8^th October 2025 – details to be announced shortly.

With many thanks to our Platinum Sponsor:

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Held at The Institute to Civil Engineers at One Great George Street, London SW1 on the 8th October 2025

Forthcoming changes to broadcast TV distribution in the UK will have a significant impact on all ISPs - altnets and incumbents alike. Peaks in traffic associated with mass-appeal live events are already with us, and when DTT and DSAT are switched off, all that traffic is headed to broadband. How the industry intends to manage this shift and much more was discussed in detail.

Sponsored by Nokia and Broadpeak, this full day conference featured industry speakers, presentations, Q&A sessions with open discussion segments and networking.  Our presenters included esteemed colleagues from Ampere Analysis, BBC Research & Development, Broadpeak, BT Group, Digital TV Group, Fairmile West, Google, GreySky Consulting, Kagan Research/S&P Global, Nokia and Sky. A presentation was also given by the Platinum sponsors Nokia.  Attended by approximately 100 delegates representing over 70 different companies this was the biggest SCTE presents conference of the year.

A detailed editorial feature along side industry interviews will be included in the next edition of Broadband Journal. If you would like to add to the discussion or advertise in this issue this please contact us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

A playlist of the event is available on the SCTE youtube channel.

SAVE THE DATE - 22ND JANUARY 2026 - SCTE PRESENTS: TESTING & MEASUREMENT

This was the first of a series of events covering important and crucial topics such as Data, Power and Processor capacity, that will shape the industry going forward. The next SCTE Presents: Testing and Measurement will be held on the 22nd January 2026. 

If you are interested in speaking at any of our events please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The full list of SCTE Presents events for 2026 can be found here - add them to your diary now and watch out for announcements as early registration is recommended.

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Examining the ongoing evolution of the fibre business
including investment, consolidation and regulation featuring a range of speakers from across the industry.

Full agenda to follow.

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