Comments on: EFF Campaign to Stop the FCC from Granting Integration Ban Waivers to Cable MSOs http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/12/eff-campaign-to-stop-the-fcc-from-granting-integration-ban-waivers-to-cable-msos/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: MegaZonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/12/eff-campaign-to-stop-the-fcc-from-granting-integration-ban-waivers-to-cable-msos/comment-page-1/#comment-27836 MegaZone Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:11:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=4370#comment-27836 I bet it'd be in the FCC filings - but be warned, this proceeding has been going on for a while.  This is the listing: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/proceeding/view?z=d9i8t&name=97-80 I bet it’d be in the FCC filings – but be warned, this proceeding has been going on for a while.  This is the listing: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/proceeding/view?z=d9i8t&name=97-80

]]> By: Matt Hickmanhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/12/eff-campaign-to-stop-the-fcc-from-granting-integration-ban-waivers-to-cable-msos/comment-page-1/#comment-27835 Matt Hickman Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:06:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=4370#comment-27835 Any way I can find more information on "content protection limits (encoding rules) in docket no. 97-80"?  This sounds interesting. Any way I can find more information on “content protection limits (encoding rules) in docket no. 97-80″?  This sounds interesting.

]]> By: Fanfoothttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/12/eff-campaign-to-stop-the-fcc-from-granting-integration-ban-waivers-to-cable-msos/comment-page-1/#comment-27814 Fanfoot Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:16:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=4370#comment-27814 Ditto.  Filed a comment myself.  Given the formal nature of the filing, I resisted editing it with my own thoughts (DTA's are evil, grab the cable cos by the balls, push AllVid but don't let them screw it up with DRM, etc).  That might have been a mistake? Also posted a note to Dave Zatz on his site, hoping he'll cover it as well.BTW, I really would like to see your thoughts on the Google/Motorola acquisition, either here on as a comment on Dave's post.  Do you think they'll keep it?  If they do will they try to put Google TV in a Motorola STB?  Will any cable cos bite?  Would they have to go retail?  Would that work? Ditto.  Filed a comment myself.  Given the formal nature of the filing, I resisted editing it with my own thoughts (DTA’s are evil, grab the cable cos by the balls, push AllVid but don’t let them screw it up with DRM, etc).  That might have been a mistake? 

Also posted a note to Dave Zatz on his site, hoping he’ll cover it as well.

BTW, I really would like to see your thoughts on the Google/Motorola acquisition, either here on as a comment on Dave’s post.  Do you think they’ll keep it?  If they do will they try to put Google TV in a Motorola STB?  Will any cable cos bite?  Would they have to go retail?  Would that work?

]]> By: Fanfoothttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/12/eff-campaign-to-stop-the-fcc-from-granting-integration-ban-waivers-to-cable-msos/comment-page-1/#comment-27815 Fanfoot Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:16:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=4370#comment-27815 Ditto.  Filed a comment myself.  Given the formal nature of the filing, I resisted editing it with my own thoughts (DTA's are evil, grab the cable cos by the balls, push AllVid but don't let them screw it up with DRM, etc).  That might have been a mistake? Also posted a note to Dave Zatz on his site, hoping he'll cover it as well.BTW, I really would like to see your thoughts on the Google/Motorola acquisition, either here on as a comment on Dave's post.  Do you think they'll keep it?  If they do will they try to put Google TV in a Motorola STB?  Will any cable cos bite?  Would they have to go retail?  Would that work? Ditto.  Filed a comment myself.  Given the formal nature of the filing, I resisted editing it with my own thoughts (DTA’s are evil, grab the cable cos by the balls, push AllVid but don’t let them screw it up with DRM, etc).  That might have been a mistake? 

Also posted a note to Dave Zatz on his site, hoping he’ll cover it as well.

BTW, I really would like to see your thoughts on the Google/Motorola acquisition, either here on as a comment on Dave’s post.  Do you think they’ll keep it?  If they do will they try to put Google TV in a Motorola STB?  Will any cable cos bite?  Would they have to go retail?  Would that work?

]]> By: Tech Wizardhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/12/eff-campaign-to-stop-the-fcc-from-granting-integration-ban-waivers-to-cable-msos/comment-page-1/#comment-27806 Tech Wizard Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:03:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=4370#comment-27806 MegaZone, thanks for alerting us to the EFF initiative. It was enlightening reading many of the filings from TiVo and others on 97-80. I drafted and submitted a filing a few minutes ago that also expands on what the EFF is requesting. I asked the commission to revisit the two-box Tuning Adapter solution which TiVo pointed out in a 2010 filing was a temporary solution and is a choke-point for adoption of retail devices. MegaZone, thanks for alerting us to the EFF initiative. It was enlightening reading many of the filings from TiVo and others on 97-80. I drafted and submitted a filing a few minutes ago that also expands on what the EFF is requesting. I asked the commission to revisit the two-box Tuning Adapter solution which TiVo pointed out in a 2010 filing was a temporary solution and is a choke-point for adoption of retail devices.

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