FCC Revised Set-Top Proposal Would Allow Native MVPD Apps, Says Univision
The FCC's revised set-top apps proposal (see 1608240064) would allow programmer content to be distributed through pay-TV apps constructed with their own native code, not just with HTML5 as the pay-TV-backed apps set-top plan would mandate, Univision said in an…
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ex parte posted Thursday in docket 16-42. It concerned a conference call Friday between Univision executives and FCC Chief Technology Officer Scott Jordan and an aide to Chairman Tom Wheeler. Univision and the FCC officials discussed measures to prevent discrimination against programmer apps, the data that would need to be shared to allow universal search, and the makeup of a licensing body for the set-top plan. Also Thursday, AT&T filed in the docket, criticizing a recommendation by a tech group to combine elements of various set-top plans (see 1608250052).