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- No Waiver for Comcast.(deploying non-CableCard-enabled set-top boxes)
- By Ted Hearn FCC Nixes Bid to Exclude Low-Cost Boxes From Ban Las Vegas -- Comcast's quest to avoid deploying just CableCard-enabled set-top boxes fizzled last Wednesday when the Federal Communications Commission refused to grant waivers...
- Research articles 2007-01-15
- FCC ok should drive digital transition.(the FCC lays the groundwork for selling television sets that display digital-cable programming without the neeed for set-top boxes)
- WASHINGTON -- When consumers are ready to purchase cable-ready digital-TV sets starting next spring, it just will be part of a bigger-picture move by the Federal Communications Commission. Last Wednesday, the FCC largely codified last December WASHINGTON -- When...
- Research articles 2003-09-15
- Powell: give 'em a box break.(Plug-And-Play)(Michael Powell on set top box usage)(Brief Article)
- Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell wants to give cable an extra year to terminate deployment of integrated set-top boxes, agency sources said last Wednesday. Current FCC rules require cable MSOs to deploy only CableCARD Federal Communications Commission...
- Research articles 2005-03-14
- FCC delay on set-tops pleases cable. (Breaking).(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON--The cable industry, led by the NCTA, is praising an April 25 FCC decision postponing the ban on new integrated set-top boxes once-set for Jan. 1, 2005. The new deadline will be July 1, 2006, but the FCC held out the possibility that, de ...
- Research articles 2003-04-28
- Set-top deal on; FCC next.(Brief Article)
- Cable industry officials are hoping a deal with consumer electronics companies will spur the FCC to settle a dispute over set-top boxes. In a partial reversal, the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association and Circuit City Stores have ag Cable...
- Research articles 1999-04-12
- Set-Top Makers Move to Split Out Security.
- By Todd Spangler Cable Operators Still Lobbying FCC To Avert a Ban The cable industry is aggressively lobbying the Federal Communications Commission to try and head off a rule that would not allow security features be...
- Research articles 2006-12-04
- CEA NUDGES FCC ON DTV SETS.(Brief Article)
- The cable industry has reneged on its pledge to make DTV sets that connect to cable without set-top boxes, and the FCC should step in, the Consumer Electronics Association said last week. CEA wants two FCC actions: imposition of descrambler standar The cable industry...
- Research articles 2000-12-04
- FCC proposes set-top box retail rules.
- WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission last week proposed rules to promote the retail sale of set-top boxes and converters employed by cable operators and other distributors of multichannel programming. The agency issued the proposals WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission last...
- Research articles 1997-02-24
- HDTV: just plug and play: we'll have DTV without set-top boxes by 2004. (Top of the Week).(high definition television)
- The Consumer Electronics Association CEA and cable operators in the guise of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association have reached agreement on "plug-and-play" for digital TV sets, a move that will allow consumers, someti The Consumer Electronics Association CEA and cable operators (in ...
- Research articles 2002-12-30
- Set-top court fight begins.(Brief Article)
- Regulators violated congressional orders when they commanded cable operators to separate the security and channel surfing functions of digital set-top boxes, the industry told a federal appeals court last week. "The FCC decided it should engin Regulators violated congressional orders when they commanded cable...
- Research articles 1999-11-08
- The FCC last week launched an effort to insure that TV viewers can buy a set-top box from someone other than a cable company. (Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
- The FCC last week launched an effort to insure that TV viewers can buy e set-top box from someone other than a cable company, The rulemaking, mandated by the 1996 Telecommunications Act, carries a tentative conclusion that consumers ... The FCC last week launched...
- Research articles 1997-02-24
- FCC gives DTV a plug-and-play push.(Top of the Week)
- Cable-ready digital TV sets should be on the market by fall 2004, set makers predicted last week following the FCC's approval of industry-brokered standards for "plug-and-play" TVs. The sets are compatible with cable TV and don't need a s Cable-ready digital TV sets should...
- Research articles 2003-09-15
- More MSOs Ask FCC For Set-Top Waivers.(cable system operators; Federal Communications Commission set-top box rules)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- On the eve of new federal rules taking effect, two more cable operators sought relief from Federal Communications Commission policies designed to create a retail market for set-top boxes. WASHINGTON -- On the eve of new federal rules taking effect,...
- Research articles 2000-07-03
- Low Cost Set-Tops: Down for the Count.
- By Tom Steinert-Threlkeld Breaking Out Security Will Be Costly for Small Operators Henderson, Nevada-- The days of low-cost set-top boxes, at least for independent cable operators, appear to be numbered. And...
- Research articles 2007-02-05
- FCC set on set-top boxes.
- The FCC at its May 13 meeting is scheduled to decide whether cable firms must separate the channel surfing and security functions of analog set-top boxes. Staffers for the five commissioners last week received the Cable Services Bureau's advice abo The FCC at its...
- Research articles 1999-05-03
- NCTA to join court fight.(Brief Article)
- The National Cable Television Association has jumped into court battles over FCC restrictions on set-top boxes. In filings made Sept. 17 and 18, NCTA asked federal courts in Atlanta and Washington for permission to join appeals of new rules designe The National Cable Television...
- Research articles 1998-09-28
- Motorola Touts Commitment to Retail.(with the DCT-2020 set-top box)(Brief Article)
- As consumers scratch their heads over the idea of buying set-top boxes at retail stores, Motorola Inc. has made sure to tell the Federal Communications Commission that it's doing everything it can to prime the retail pump. At issue is Motorol...
- Research articles 2001-11-05
- Cable's set-top set-to.(regulation information)(Brief Article)
- Retailers accuse operators of dragging their feet over deadline for separating security protection and interactive-TV functions The cable industry is squaring off again with retailers and consumer-equipment makers over digital set-top boxes. Retailers accuse operators of dragging...
- Research articles 2000-11-27
- Boxes on the shelves.(cable set top boxes regulations)
- But regulators eye DTV/cable compatibility FCC officials last week set rules they hope will spur development of a retail market for cable set-top boxes within the next few years. Implementing provisions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, the But...
- Research articles 1998-06-15
- RCN Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from David Joyce - Miller Tabak & Co., LLC. David Joyce - Miller Tabak & Co., LLC Given that you’re cognizant about the regulatory environment, with the FCC looking into the cable industry channel changes in the digital conversion process,...
- Earnings calls 2008-11-04
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