The FCC Media Bureau should grant EchoStar’s request for...
The FCC Media Bureau should grant EchoStar’s request for a waiver of the commission’s analog tuner requirements for the company’s new DVR, and should do so “no later than” Sept. 1, the company said in a comment filed Monday (http://bit.ly/14prApf).…
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The deadline is important to allow EchoStar to offer its HD internet-enabled Channel Master K77 before fall retail line-ups are finalized, the company said. EchoStar said fulfilling the analog requirement would increase the weight, energy consumption and cost of the K77, which is intended to combine over-the-air broadcast content with streaming content from providers such as Vudu and Pandora “in a sleek, ultra-thin, energy-efficient form factor.” An analog tuner on the device isn’t needed because customers will be able to access analog channels through their TV’s tuner, EchoStar said. No objections to the waiver were filed in response to the bureau’s public notice on the matter by the reply comment deadline, which was Friday.