SCTE Standards Program

The SCTE standards program is the industry's only ANSI-accredited forum for the development of technical specifications supporting cable telecommunications. Standards work includes: data and telephony over cable; application platform development; digital video; emergency alert systems; network monitoring systems; cables, connectors and amplifiers; construction and maintenance practices; energy management, and more.

Corporate membership in the program is open to any organization in the cable telecommunications industry. Member organizations develop standards and recommended practices through their technical representatives who serve on committees an subcommittees under the SCTE Standards Categories below. The program currently has a long-term outlook of advancing new standards programs such as energy management over the next several years. Strengthen your company's grasp on future standards that will affect your business by getting involved early in the process.

SCTE Standards Categories

Learn about SCTE•ISBE Standards membership benefits and how your organization can join. Download the Standards Brochure.		To learn more about SCTE•ISBE Energy Standards and recommended practices, download the EMS Brochure.
See the full picture and learn how digital video solutions are driving business results; download the DVS Brochure.		Learn what’s happening in network operations, who’s involved, and how you can join them; download the NOS Brochure

Programming and Advertising Members Wanted
SCTE is currently seeking new members in all membership categories to participate in work in fiber-optics networks, advanced advertising, 3D television, and other important topics. Of particular interest is membership from the content (program and advertising) provider and user communities. Standards membership is open to all directly and materially affected parties as defined in SCTE's membership rules and operating procedures. Join today to participate in the development process or learn more by e-mailing standards@scte.org.

Keep Up with Cable Technology Through SCTE Standards
SCTE offers many convenient ways for companies and individuals to learn and stay connected with the SCTE Standards Program.

Join SCTE Standards - Participate in the development process or learn more by e-mailing standards@scte.org
SCTE Standards News Alerts SCTE Standards News Alerts – Sign up to be notified of recent approvals of new projects and standards
SCTE Standards Bulletin - Review news featured in archived issues of this quarterly publication
Standards Member List - Check out the organizations that are participate in the SCTE Standards Program
Standards Categories and Subcommittees – Learn more about these groups and the technology topics they work on
Download Standards – See the standards that have been approved by SCTE (free of charge)
Standards FAQ’s - Got questions? Search for answers or contact SCTE Standards at standards@scte.org

Standards Project Register
The Standards Project Register contains a complete list of all SCTE Standards projects, including standards, recommended practices and projects withdrawn from consideration. All projects are organized according to project type and highlight important dates along the approval process, starting from the Project Authorization Request (PAR) through to SCTE approval and ANSI final action where applicable. Download the latest Project Register

ANSI Public Review of SCTE Standards
SCTE 214-4 2018 MPEG DASH for IP-Based Cable Services Part 4: SCTE Common Intermediate Format (CIF/TS) Manifest for ATS Streams SCTE-CIF-TS-I01.0 (Public Review Closes 3/18/2019)
SCTE 215-1-1 2018 HEVC Video Constraints for Cable Television Part 1-1 HDR10 Coding (Public Review Closes 3/18/2019)
SCTE 215-1 2018 HEVC Video Constraints for Cable Television Part 1- Coding (Public Review Closes 3/18/2019)
SCTE 215-2 2018 HEVC Video Constraints for Cable Television Part 2- Transport (Public Review Closes 3/18/2019)
SCTE 223 2018 Adaptive Transport Stream (Public Review Closes 3/18/2019)
SCTE 156 2019 Specification for Mainline Plug (Male) to Cable Interface (Public Review Closes 3/25/2019)
SCTE 118-1 2019 Program-Specific Ad Insertion - Data Field Definitions, Functional Overview and Application Guidelines (public review closes April 1, 2019)
SCTE 118-2 2019 Program-Specific Ad Insertion - Content Provider to Traffic Communication Applications Data Model (public review closes April 1, 2019)
SCTE 118-3 2019 Program-Specific Ad Insertion - Traffic System to Ad Insertion System File Format Specification (public review closes April 1, 2019)
SCTE 250 2019 Real-time Event Signaling and Management API (public review closes April 1, 2019)
SCTE 254 2019 Content Encoding Profiles 3.0 Specification (Closed Specification) (public review closes April 1, 2019)
SCTE 178 2019 Test Method for Cable Weld Integrity (public review closes 4/15/19)
SCTE 135-03 2019 DOCSIS 3.0 Part 3: Security Services (public review closes April 22, 2019)
SCTE 135-04 2019 DOCSIS 3.0 Part 4: Operations Support Systems Interface (public review closes April 22, 2019)
SCTE 35 2019 Digital Program Insertion Cueing Message for Cable (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 135-02 2019 DOCSIS 3.0 Part 2: MAC and Upper Layer Protocols (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 162 2019 Emergency Alert Signaling for the Home Network (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-01 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 1: Architecture Framework Technical Report (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-04 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 4: Dynamic Quality-of-Service (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-05 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 5: MTA Device Provisioning (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-06 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 6: MIBS Framework (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-07 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 7: MTA MIB (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-08 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 8: Signaling MIB (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-09 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 9: Event Messages (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-11 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 11: Analog Trunking for PBX Specification (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-13 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 13: Electronic Surveillance Standard (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-14 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 14: Embedded MTA Analog Interface and Powering (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-15 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 15: Management Event MIB Specification (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-17 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 17: Audio Server Protocol (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-19 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 19: CMS Subscriber Provisioning Specification (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 165-20 2019 IPCablecom 1.5 Part 20: MTA Extension MIB (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 168-04 2019 Recommended Practice for Transport Stream Verification Metrics (public review closes 04/29/2019)
SCTE 06 2019 Composite Distortion Measurements (CSO & CTB) (public review closes May 6, 2019)
SCTE 115 2019 Test Method for Reverse Path (Upstream) Intermodulation Using Two Carriers (public review closes May 6, 2019)