Friday, February 19, 2016

Cable companies: The FCC may force us to make your life more difficult - The Washington Post

Spin different; also see Competition for Your Set-Top Box? Here's Who Wins and Loses (Bloomberg Business)
"The gloomy forecasts are aimed at deflating efforts by the Federal Communications Commission to allow outside companies, such as those from the tech industry, to build their own competing cable boxes and apps. Industry officials are attempting to convince the FCC that its actions will create new costs for cable companies — costs they will not hesitate to pass along to the consumer.

“Consumers will end up paying,” executives from the industry told the agency in a filing last week. They added that “someone will need to develop and pay for new technologies and specifications” that meet the FCC’s requirements."
Cable companies: The FCC may force us to make your life more difficult - The Washington Post

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