The physical deployment of CableLabs' new DOCSIS 3.1 standard is proceeding as scheduled and set to begin at the end of next year, with interops starting in the first half of 2015. So says Phil McKinney, president and CEO of the Louisville, Colo.-based industry tech conglomerate, who updated the progress on the DOCSIS 3.1 initiative to Multichannel News. The full interview is available here.