The FCC Media Bureau is seeking comment on...
The FCC Media Bureau is seeking comment on Buckeye Cablevision’s petition for a waiver of the integration ban for its new Hybrid Box set-top box, the bureau announced in a public notice Friday (bit.ly/1glnB3j). Buckeye needs the waiver because the…
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Hybrid Box combines a unidirectional QAM digital terminal adapter and an Internet Protocol (IP) video interface in the same box, which would violate the ban’s prohibition on new navigation devices that allow both conditional access and other functions in a single device. The QAM portion of the new box uses integrated security while the IP portion uses downloadable security, the PN said. Buckeye has said the box will encourage the transition to IP video, promote downloadable security and limit “consumer disruption in the IP transition,” the PN said. Comments and oppositions are due March 27, and Buckeye’s reply is due April 7, the PN said.