Cable lauds delay in integrated set-top ban
By Bill McConnell -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/25/2003 10:05:00 AM
The cable industry is praising a Federal Communications Commission decision Friday postponing the ban on new integrated set-top boxes once set for Jan. 1, 2005.
The new deadline will be 18 months later -- July 1, 2006 -- but the FCC held out the possibility that the ban could eventually be eliminated.
The ban would require cable operators to separate security devices from electronic-program-guide equipment. The aim of the ban has been to create a retail market for set-top boxes rather than leaving the devices in the domain of cable operators.
"Since customers return leased boxes when they move, these boxes do not need to be portable, which was the primary reason for separating security from nonsecurity functions in such devices," the National Cable & Telecommunications Association said.
"We are particularly pleased that the FCC established a timetable to consider elimination of the rule," the NCTA added.
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