The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") on August 8, 2002 issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to digital broadcast copy protection. Digital copy protection attempts to prevent the unauthorized copying and redistribution of digital m The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") on August 8, 2002 issued...
WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission last week gave HBO and Starz Encore what they wanted in the regulatory treatment of subscription video-on-demand services. In its final memorandum and order implementing the "plug-and-pla WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission last week gave...
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission last week ordered that all new devices capable of receiving over-the-air digital TV signals must recognize and respond to a "broadcast flag" to prevent the retransmission of DTV programm WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission last week ...
NBC and CBS affiliates last week begged the FCC not to exempt news and public affairs from the Internet copy protections for DW programming that the agency is expected to approve by the end of the month. Station owners were alarmed by an agency que ...
Barely a month into his new job, Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell's inbox is already beginning to fill up with letters concerning a controversial cable copy-protection license. Fearful that too many copy-protection mea Barely a month into his...
WASHINGTON AFP — The US communications authority urged Congress in a report this week to step in to protect children from violent images on television. The Federal Communications Commission said in a new report that US children spend two to four hours a day in front of TV...
Some folks are rejoicing that the Court overturned the FCC's Broadcast Flag rules. But it seriously constrains the usefulness of the flexible digital broadcasting technology now rolling out in this country. The FCC has a lot of authority over cable set-top boxes, but very little authority...
WASHINGTON -- The Motion Picture Assn. of America has already begun seeking help from Congress in case a forthcoming appeals court decision on the antipiracy technology known as "broadcast flag" goes against the entertainment industry. In the event of such a decision,...
CableLabs has approved a digital recording technology developed by Philips and Hewlett-Packard for use in "Digital Cable Ready" products. Based on FCC guidelines for the so-called "broadcast flag," The Video Content Protection System VCPS enables content delivered over cable to be marked...
LOUISVILLE, Colo. -- CableLabsR announced today that it has approved a recording technology jointly developed by Philips and Hewlett-Packard that enables consumers to enjoy home recordings of certain high-value cable programming. Under the FCC Plug & Play Rules, CableLabs may approve new digital outputs and recording technologies for use in...
Byline: Doug Halonen In a major blow to the Motion Picture Association of America, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved technology last week that allows TiVo customers to send digital copies of broadcast TV shows over the Internet virtually anywhere in the world. ...
HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) has announced several initiatives to advance the security of digital entertainment content for consumers, artists, media companies and distributors alike. HP has become a member of a leading digital rights management licensing and compliance framework, has licensed new video protection technologies from Intel, ...
HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) has announced several initiatives to advance the security of digital entertainment content for consumers, artists, media companies and distributors alike. HP has become a member of a leading digital rights management licensing and compliance framework, has licensed new video protection technologies from Intel, and has partnered with Philips...
HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) and Philips (NYSE:PHG) have announced their joint development of a new copy protection technology designed to enable direct recording of "copy-once" content from digital broadcast signals. The innovative technology is designed to enable protected digital recordings of digital broadcast and cable television according to the rules adopted by...
Hewlett-Packard has bulked up its DRM position by licensing Intel technology and developing copy protection with Philips. The resulting technology will let HP protect recordings of digital TV broadcasts and digital cable transmissions according to FCC rules issued last November. The FCC permits a code to...
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO, Calif. & AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--BUSINESS WIRE--March 2, 2004 Applied to DVD+R/+RW, Technology Enables Direct Recording of "Copy-Once" Content from Digital Broadcast Signals HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) and Philips (NYSE:PHG) today announced their joint development of a new copy protection technology...
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 2, 2004 Technology Alliances Target Flexible Consumer Experiences That Support Artists, Businesses and FCC Guidelines HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced several initiatives to advance the security of digital entertainment content for consumers, artists, media companies and...
You remember the Plug & Play (P&P) Agreement, don't you? The cable industry and the consumer electronics industry agreed on a memorandum of understanding that included "encoding rules" which define copy protection procedures for valuable programming, and parts of the MoU were enacted into regulations by...
situation wherein new technologies will provide arguably too much power to those who would infringe and pirate the rights of digital creativity. But I am also guided by the need to protect consumers in our quest to encourage digital content and to expedite the digital transition....
CableLabs is releasing a key security technology license for "Plug & Play," a recently FCC-adopted agreement aimed at ushering in cable ready, set top-free digital televisions. By releasing DFAST Dynamic Feedback Arrangement Scrambling Technique, P&P licensees will have access to a copy protection...
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