The FCC should grant Buckeye Cable a waiver...
The FCC should grant Buckeye Cable a waiver of the integration ban to allow it to deploy its new set-top “Hybrid Box,” Buckeye said in a request filed Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1ndQNyP). “The Hybrid Box represents an innovative development in set-top technology,…
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combining in one device a unidirectional QAM digital terminal adaptor ('DTA') and an Internet Protocol ('IP') video interface,” Buckeye said in the filing. Buckeye needs the waiver so it can gradually transition to an all-IP network, the filing said. “The Hybrid Box will enable customers to continue to receive QAM digital video as currently delivered. Then, as video services are transitioned to IP, customers will have immediate access to those services, without the inconvenience, delay, and cost of obtaining and setting up a new set-top.” The IP portion of the new box “utilizes an industry standard, downloadable security solution supporting third party retail devices” that will “help achieve the Commission’s goal of common reliance on an industry standard conditional access technology,” Buckeye said. The cable provider said it would commit to making at least 85 percent of its video services available in IP within 36 months of receiving the waiver.