Sweetwater Cable TV’s recent letter describing its need for low-cost...
Sweetwater Cable TV’s recent letter describing its need for low-cost set-top boxes without CableCARDs “exemplifies the pitfalls of a non-policy of regulation-by-waiver,” the CEA said in a letter to the FCC (http://xrl.us/bmyfbq). As a result, the FCC “proposes to allow…
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basic tier encryption, but is now told by cable operators that the necessary DTAs [digital television adapter or digital-to-analog converters] are not available,” the letter said. “It grants waivers from common reliance based on the purported unaffordability of CableCARD-reliant products, but is now told by NCTA that CableCARDs are the proper and affordable solutions for anyone wishing to offer a navigation device,” it said. It urged the commission not to extend cable operators’ existing CableCARD waivers based on the purported costs of CableCARD-reliant products, or purported shortages of DTAs and HD DTAs.