[opendtv] TiVo, media center PC makers alarmed by CableCard-cutting bill
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 01:25:53 -0400
TiVo, media center PC makers alarmed by CableCard-cutting bill
Cable operators could leave CableCard behind in their own hardware.
by Rob Pegoraro
Aug 2 2013
Ars Technica
The CableCard-that small slab that lets a TiVo tune into cable by
authenticating its connection-would lose a regulatory safeguard under
a bill nearing introduction in Congress.
The "'Consumer Video Device Cost Savings Act" proposes to squelch the
authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make
cable operators use CableCards in their own boxes-a rule enacted in
2007 that discourages second-class treatment of third-party devices
like TiVo DVRs.
...
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/tivo-media-center-pc-makers-alarmed-by-cablecard-cutting-bill/
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