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Cable companies still oppose the Federal Communications Commission's attempt to open up the set-top box market but seem to have resigned themselves to accepting some form of regulation.
Industry representatives met with FCC commissioners and staff yesterday to say they are willing to comply with a requirement to deploy applications for third-party set-top boxes using open standards. The apps would have to include all linear and on-demand TV content, but apparently they would not have to allow recording.
This isn't quite what the FCC says it wants. The commission proposed rules that would force pay-TV providers to make video programming—and the right to record video—available to the makers of third-party devices and software. Under the FCC's model, makers of third-party software and equipment could create their own user interfaces through which cable TV subscribers could access their programming. The solution would be similar to CableCard, but it wouldn't require a physical card.
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