The FCC Media Bureau granted TiVo’s request for...
The FCC Media Bureau granted TiVo’s request for a waiver of the commission’s analog tuner requirements for DVRs that can receive digital broadcast and digital cable and those that can receive just digital cable, said an order Friday (http://fcc.us/17cGZMs). The…
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waiver comes with a condition requiring TiVo to “clearly state on consumer and retail education materials” that the DVRs can’t receive certain channels -- analog over-the-air broadcast, analog cable, or in some cases any over-the-air broadcast. The waiver will “enhance competition” in the set-top box market because it will allow TiVo to build cheaper DVRs that use less power and “can better compete” with the devices leased by cable operators, said the bureau. TiVo’s waiver petition (CD March 20 p17) was unopposed, said the order.