Creating Consumer Choice in Set-Top Boxes

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[Commentary] The Federal Communications Commission now has the Downloadable Security Technology Advisory Committee's (DSTAC) report with its two proposals. Ultimately, it will have to act to replace the aging CableCARD standard with something better, something that can finally achieve the 1996 Telecommunications Act's goal of a competitive marketplace.

Public Knowledge believes that the protocol-based proposal that it supports provides a much surer path to competition than the cable industry's web app approach, and we look forward to continuing to make that case to the FCC. The FCC is now seeking public comment on the two-part DSTAC report. Ultimately, it needs to move forward to a rulemaking to implement a solution that will finally achieve the goal of competitive video devices.


Creating Consumer Choice in Set-Top Boxes