Tag Archives: NCTA

Last Chance to Support TiVo’s FCC Waiver Request

A couple of week’s ago I posted about TiVo’s request for a waiver from the FCC to allow them to bring the four tuner TiVo Premiere Elite to market. Well, today is the last day to file comments, there are … Continue reading

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The AllVid Tech Company Alliance Pushes the FCC to Keep the Pressure On MVPDs

You may not have heard of The AllVid Tech Company Alliance, but you’re probably interested in their work. The alliance is made up of Best Buy, Google, Intel, Mitsubishi Electric Visual Solutions America, Nagravision, RadioShack, Sony Electronics and TiVo, and … Continue reading

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CableCARD Continues To Struggle In Consumer Devices

In a filing yesterday with the FCC on the current status on CableCARD deployments the NCTA revealed that there have been a total of over 374,000 CableCARDs deployed for use in Unidirectional Digital Cable Products (UDCPs), such as the TiVo … Continue reading

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NCTA and TiVo Announce Progress on Switched Digital Adapter for TiVo DVRs

TiVo and the NCTA have dropped a press release announcing their progress in developing the SDV Tuning Adapter – as the Motorola and Cisco boxes recently seen at The Cable Show. Since this is a critical issue and of interest … Continue reading

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NCTA Conference Call On CableCARD And Tru2Way

The NCTA held a conference call this afternoon to try to clarify the issues surrounding CableCARD and it included an open Q&A. I like seeing this kind of thing, the NCTA recognized they have had a major PR issue with … Continue reading

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