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Thursday, January 28, 2016

FCC Contemplates Changes In Cable Set-Top Box Market

F.C.C. Proposes Changes in Cable Set-Top Box Market

Cecilia Kang and Emily Steel | January 27, 2016



The cable set-top box, long a scourge of consumers and a moneymaker for cable companies, appears set for a makeover.
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday announced a proposal allowing cable and satellite subscribers to pick the devices they use to watch programming. Nearly all customers now must get their boxes from their cable companies, and they pay an average of $231 a year to lease the devices.
The move could have broad implications for the industry, allowing Google, Amazon and Apple, for instance, to expand their footprints in the media industry with devices that would blend Internet and cable programming in a way the television industry has resisted. 

Cable lobby is really mad about FCC’s set-top box competition plan. Cable box rental fee revenue at stake in battle over new rules. Source: http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/01/cable-lobby-is-really-mad-about-fccs-set-top-box-competition-plan/

<more at http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/technology/fcc-proposes-changes-in-set-top-box-market.html?_r=0; related links: http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/27/10840722/fcc-cable-box-rulemaking-proposal (The FCC wants to totally overhaul how cable boxes work. January 27, 2016) and http://recode.net/2016/01/27/its-time-to-unlock-the-set-top-box-market/ (It’s Time to Unlock the Set-Top Box Market. January 27, 2016); further: http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/01/cable-lobby-is-really-mad-about-fccs-set-top-box-competition-plan/ (Cable lobby is really mad about FCC’s set-top box competition plan. Cable box rental fee revenue at stake in battle over new rules. January 28, 2016)>

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