The FCC should push back by 18 months a deadline...
The FCC should push back by 18 months a deadline for HD cable set-top boxes to comply with new home networking requirements, cable attorneys told Media Bureau officials in a meeting last week. Lawyers from NCTA, CableLabs, Davis Wright and…
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Willkie Farr told the officials that work within the Digital Living Network Alliance and other industry groups is ongoing to come up with a replacement for the IEEE 1934 standard, an ex parte filing said. “Even once standards are finalized, all parties would benefit from more time to implement final standards in their offerings.” If the bureau waives a Dec. 1 compliance deadline for TiVo, which has sought one, such a waiver should be extended to “all providers and manufacturers,” the cable attorneys said.