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FCC Chief Moves To Break Cable And Satellite Control Of Set-Top Boxes
UPDATED, with WGA West statement at bottom: Will set-top boxes become the next hot consumer electronics product? That’s FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s goal in a rulemaking proceeding announced today...
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FCC Begins Process To Break Cable And Satellite Grip On Set Top Boxes
In a vote along partisan lines, the FCC today launched a rulemaking effort that could end cable and satellite companies’ near-total control over their customers’ set top boxes. It’s already kicked off...
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What’s The FCC Doing With Set Top Boxes, And Why Is Hollywood Opposed?
It’s hard to believe that anyone could have strong feelings about something as seemingly prosaic as a cable or satellite set top box. But the operators who provide them, and the Hollywood producers...
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Rovi Shares Hit After It Sues Comcast For Patent Infringement
Updated with Comcast response: Comcast has a lot riding on its set top boxes, especially its X1 — so it has to be concerned about the patent infringement suit that digital technology company Rovi just...
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President Obama Endorses FCC Effort To Promote Set Top Box Competition
President Obama just joined the debate over the FCC’s effort to promote competition in cable and satellite set top boxes — siding with the agency, electronics makers, and consumer advocates while...
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FCC’s Set Top Box Proposal Sets Off Fierce Debate Over Costs And Innovation
Consumers, Big Media companies, and the K Street elite are flooding the FCC with comments today ahead of its deadline for people to weigh in on its important — and controversial — effort to promote...
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FCC Chairman Shifts To App-Based Approach For Set-Top Box Competition
Updated with responses from MPAA and others: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has changed his stance somewhat in his effort to break cable and satellite companies’ control over set-top boxes. He now wants pay...
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Nielsen Lands Deal To Tap Set-Top Box Data From AT&T’s DirecTV And U-Verse
Nielsen’s local and national TV ratings will begin to include set-top box data from the nation’s No. 1 TV distributor, AT&T, this year as a result of a multi-year agreement the companies announced...
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