Wheeler Says FCC Working Toward 'Feasible' Set-Top Rules
FCC staff is “actively engaged in constructive conversations with all stakeholders” on set-top boxes, Chairman Tom Wheeler told House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., in response to a letter questioning commission set-top efforts. The FCC is talking to “content creators,…
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minority and independent programmers, public interest and consumer groups, device manufacturers and app developers, software security developers, and pay-TV providers of all sizes-on how to ensure that consumers have the competition and choice they deserve,” Wheeler said. Those conversations touched on “a wide range of issues,” including the pay-TV backed set-top plan, Wheeler said. “I am hopeful that these discussions will yield straight-forward, feasible and effective rules for all.”