The FCC Media Bureau is seeking comment on...
The FCC Media Bureau is seeking comment on Samsung’s request for a waiver of the commission’s “cable ready” analog tuner requirements for its Smart Media Player, said a public notice released Friday (http://bit.ly/183VXbZ). Samsung has said the device, “a cable-compatible…
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and Internet-enabled set-top box,” is intended to be used only with digital cable, and so doesn’t need an analog cable tuner. The commission’s rules require that “cable-ready” devices “be capable of receiving analog NTSC transmission of cable channels 1 through 125.” Samsung argued that “requiring the Smart Media Player to include an analog tuner would only serve to hinder competition and innovation, increase costs to customers and undercut energy conservation efforts,” said the PN. If granted the waiver, Samsung has committed to educate consumers to prevent confusion about the Smart Media Player’s capabilities, the PN said. Samsung had asked the Media Bureau in a May filing to expedite the waiver process (CD May 23 p16)), arguing that a delay in getting the waiver would prevent the Smart Media Player from hitting store shelves in time for the 2013 holiday season. Comments on the PN are due July 11, reply comments are due July 22.