Pay-TV Set-Top Plan Doesn't Address Security Issues, Amazon Says
The pay-TV backed set-top proposal doesn’t address the security concerns pay-TV carriers have said they're worried about, Amazon officials said in meetings Wednesday with Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairman Tom Wheeler, Chief Technologist Scott Jordan, and aides to Rosenworcel, Wheeler and…
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Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, according to an ex parte filing. Hardware-based digital rights management is the “gold standard” for security and isn’t addressed in the pay-TV proposal, Amazon said. That’s in contrast with the FCC set-top NPRM, the company said. If the FCC goes with the pay-TV app proposal, it should require carriers to “adhere to the standard practices and business terms of app distribution,” provide their full channel lineup and on-demand library to customers using third-party boxes, and require pay-TV companies to provide access to guide and search metadata, it said in docket 16-42.