All commenters on TiVo’s request for an extension...
All commenters on TiVo’s request for an extension of the June deadline for HD boxes to have IP outputs support the idea, and the FCC should extend the deadline, TiVo said in reply comments Tuesday (http://bit.ly/1dnp2Rg). Though NCTA, Verizon and…
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others were in conflict with TiVo about whether the EchoStar decision stripped away the rules underlying the requirement, TiVo said the commission should clarify its position on the matter. “NCTA and Verizon’s arguments illustrate the need for the Commission to act on TiVo’s outstanding Petitions seeking clarification that the Commission’s CableCARD support rules continue to apply and reinstatement of the technical rules adopted in the Second Report and Order,” TiVo said. CEA and the AllVid Technical Alliance also filed reply comments asking the commission to clarify its rules, and all three entities went further, asking the commission to reinstate the CableCARD rules that were vacated by EchoStar, as TiVo requested. TiVo “stands ready and willing to work with the industry on a successor to CableCARD that achieves these objectives, but urges the Commission to act to reinstate the CableCARD technical standard until such a successor solution is in place,” TiVo said. If it extends the deadline, the commission should give small cable operators an extra three months to comply, the American Cable Association said.