FCC OKs ‘Hardship’ Waivers for RCN, Three Others

FCC OKs 'HARDSHIP' WAIVERS FOR RCN, THREE OTHERS
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Todd Spangler]
The action on CableCARD set-tops isn't over: The Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau Monday issued a second wave of rulings on the integrated set-top ban, which went into effect July 1. The agency granted a one-year waiver of the integration ban to four cable operators -- RCN, WideOpenWest, James Cable and Great Plains Cable Television -- for certain models of set-top boxes, citing financial difficulties of each company. Also Monday, the FCC granted waiver requests to seven phone companies because they already operate all-digital systems or have promised to do so by Feb. 17, 2009, when TV broadcasters are required to stop transmitting analog signals. That’s the same reason the agency gave late last month in approving waivers for Verizon Communications, Qwest Communications International and about 120 other providers.
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