- Cable Electronics was founded by two brothers, Ken and Bob Kaylor, as a service business, refurbishing cable equipment.
- In 1998 Shipped their first product using the CElabs name brand, an RF modulator for use by consumers.
- CElabs signed licensing agreements with Motorola and RadioShack for an integrated circuit to encode surround stereo.
- CElabs began selling audio-video distribution amplifiers and cabling for TV displays to major retailers such as Rent-A-Center, Costco, Wal-Mart, and others.
- The cable repair services division, from where the company was founded, was sold to Alpha Technology. CElabs entered the digital signage market with the sale of their first digital media player to Target.
- Cable Electronics products fit into two primary business categories: Commercial Audio Video Distribution Products & Digital Signage and Interactive Retail Display Products. CE dominates the market for electronics products that drive retail TV displays, with large retails customers like Fred Meyer, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, and Costco.