Set-Top Proposal Opponents Demo App Model for Rosenworcel
Comcast, NCTA and several content companies did a demonstration of app-based delivery of a pay-TV service to a third-party device for Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel and aides Thursday, said an ex parte filing posted online Monday. The demonstration included “apps-delivered programming”…
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on Apple TV, Nvidia, Roku and Samsung, DirecTV service on TV sets, and “retail devices offering pirated content,” the filing said. The demonstration also included an integrated search of both pay-TV and over-the-top on Roku, the filing said. “The participants discussed innovation and competition in apps and in apps-hosting platforms, the ability for diverse programmers to participate in these platforms, and the importance of protecting copyright and addressing piracy,” the filing said.