Samsung wants the FCC Media Bureau to push...
Samsung wants the FCC Media Bureau to push through an expedited waiver of analog tuner rules in time for its Smart Media Player set-top box to hit store shelves this holiday selling season, it said in a petition filed with…
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the commission on Tuesday (http://bit.ly/18iE1HI). “Intended for use on digital cable systems, the Smart Media Player has no need for an analog tuner,” said Samsung. “It would be unfair to consumers to drive up the cost of the product and reduce energy efficiency to satisfy a rule that no longer is necessary or in the public interest.” Samsung said a delay in getting the waiver could keep the Smart Media Player out of stores until 2014, which it called “an unnecessary wait that would serve no purpose.” To get the waiver in time, Samsung suggested that the bureau expand the reach of a pending analog tuner waiver request by TiVo (http://bit.ly/10M98Fk) to include the Smart Media Player. The TiVo request was filed in February, and had received no comments in opposition by the time its comment period ended April 8. Samsung also suggested the bureau establish “an expedited approach” to analog tuner waiver processing, or immediately place the company’s request on public notice with a shortened comment period. Samsung said speeding up the analog tuner waiver request process is merited “in light of the demonstrated lack of concern regarding waiver of the analog tuner requirement."