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The FCC Media Bureau should grant Samsung’s request for...

The FCC Media Bureau should grant Samsung’s request for an analog tuner waiver because no objections were raised by Tuesday’s comment deadline, said Samsung in a reply comment filed Wednesday (http://bit.ly/15MKaKg). Samsung has requested the waiver for the Smart Media…

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Player, its Internet-enabled, cable compatible set-top box (CD May 23 p16). “It would be unfair to consumers to drive up the cost of Samsung’s product and reduce its energy efficiency to satisfy a rule that no longer is necessary or in the public interest,” Samsung said. The company asked the bureau to grant the waiver petition “no later than the beginning of September” so it can have the Smart Media Player on the shelves of a major retailer in time for the 2013 holiday season. “If Samsung cannot deliver Smart Media Players to this major retailer in September, the devices will not be available on retail shelves until spring 2014, if at all,” Samsung said.