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The FCC Forgot Something in Piecing Together Its Complex Proposal for Broadband Privacy Regulation: Consumers (The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Sep 2016
§ 76.640(a)-(b), triggered years of regulatory and engineering efforts to develop the 'CableCARD' rules, § 76.1205(b)-(c), 1602(b) ... By the time the analog-based technology reached the marketplace, however, cable operators were upgrading their systems to digital technology, which is not compatible with CableCARDs ... 3, 2009) ('The Commission's CableCARD ......

So Long Cable Box. New Rules May Allow You To Bypass the Box

Edit Newsfactor 12 Sep 2016
You may soon have more options for a cable box than renting one from your cable company ... It says Americans spend billions each year renting boxes and believes there is a better way ... Copyright Office and dozens of lawmakers ... The changes would succeed the CableCard, which consumers were supposed to stick into another box like a TiVo to get cable channels. But the CableCard proved to be unpopular with consumers and it largely flopped ... ....

Goodbye cable box? New rules may let subscribers ditch the device

Edit WPTV 09 Sep 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — You may soon have more options for a cable box than renting one from your cable company ... It says Americans spend billions each year renting boxes and believes there is a better way ... The changes would succeed the CableCard, which consumers were supposed to stick into another box like a TiVo to get cable channels. But the CableCard proved to be unpopular with consumers and it largely flopped ... ....

OTI Urges the FCC to 'Unlock-the-Box' Without Delay (New America Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Sep 2016
(Source. New America Foundation). Washington, D.C.-Today, the Federal Communications Commission announced a new proposal to encourage competition in the market for set top boxes ... 29 meeting ... We remain concerned that the cable industry could manipulate the rules to maintain their stranglehold over set top boxes-just as they did a decade ago with the CableCARD effort. So this proposal will require vigilant oversight ... (noodl....

Gadgets from Europe’s big tech show you can’t get in the US

Edit Yahoo Daily News 06 Sep 2016
See, for instance, the wireless industry and the subscription-TV business ... The concept isn’t too different from the CableCard you would plug into a TiVo (TIVO) digital video recorder. But where CableCards require a special slot and a setup process that demands a cable service’s active cooperation, TVkey relies on a connection already present on most smart TVs and allows customers to sign up for service via the web or an app ... ....

Plex adds a DVR feature for over-the-air and CableCARD tuners

Edit Engadget 01 Sep 2016
Ask any media hound about the best way to stream your your video files, and they'll probably direct you to Plex. Now, the streaming software is getting even more useful with a long-awaited feature. DVR support. Just plug an HDHomeRun tuner (with ante... ....

Calling All Cord Cutters: Plex Rolls Out the First Truly Global DVR Experience Allowing Users ...

Edit Nasdaq Globe Newswire 01 Sep 2016
Los Gatos, California, Sept ... in 2016, according to Nielsen Media Research ... For those who are not ready to completely cut their cable, Plex also supports non-DRM CableCARD channels on the HDHomeRun PRIME network attached digital tuner ... No other solution comes close.”. Plex DVR features include. ... Users simply connect an OTA HDHR tuner (or a CableCARD version) to their network and any digital antenna, and can immediately start recording....

Smaller MVPDs Would Incur Excessive and Unparalleled Costs To Simulcast In All-IP With Any New Set-Top Box Rules From FCC (Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Aug 2016
(Source. Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association). Complete Story. 08/30/2016 ... 'Smaller pay-TV providers, many of whom serve rural America, confront a video business where margins are declining rapidly and even turning negative ... Polka ... At the time of its adoption, the FCC's 2007 integration ban, which required cable operators to deploy set-top boxes that relied upon CableCARDs, was deemed a very costly regulation ... (noodl. 35140008) ....

FCC tweaks its proposal to free Americans from cable box fees

Edit Yahoo Daily News 26 Aug 2016
Today, your alternative to paying rent on a box is getting a TiVo or another of a handful of devices that connect to cable (not satellite) via “CableCard” authentication or using apps that often don’t let you watch TV on TV, only on smaller screens ... slow-walked CableCard with inconvenient and late deployment and doesn’t want a re-run of that.Pay TV....

Big cable has a plan to help you dump the cable box you’re renting

Edit Yahoo Daily News 24 Jun 2016
CableCards. Back in 2004, the FCC began requiring cable companies to provide consumers with CableCards — credit card-size modules you can plug into a TiVo to watch cable ... The cable industry’s campaign to work the refs paid off in late 2014 when Congress approved a measure to get rid of the mandate that cable operators use the CableCard. But Congress also signed off on an amendment calling on the FCC to research a CableCard replacement....

Cable industry offers set-top box compromise to avoid stricter regulation [US]

Edit Ars Technica 16 Jun 2016
The apps would have to include all linear and on-demand TV content, but apparently they would not have to allow recording ... The solution would be similar to CableCard, but it wouldn't require a physical card....

ESHOO, MARKEY HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE TO REFORM SET-TOP BOX INDUSTRY (Anna G Eshoo)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Jun 2016
'The proposed improvements over CableCARD will bring further consumer benefit such as more choices in integrated content sources including emerging over the top and minority programming, while giving consumers the option to purchase and own their choice of device instead of the one option from their service provider....

TiVo Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended April 30, 2016

Edit Stockhouse 31 May 2016
... service features such as high definition television recording capabilities in our older model DVRs or access to certain digital television channels or MSO Video On Demand services, as well as increased price sensitivity, CableCARD™ installation issues, and CableCARD™ technology limitations, may cause our TiVo-Owned Churn Rate per month to increase....
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