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FCC Votes To Fight Cable's Reign Over Set-top Boxes (engadget.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the cable dept.

Last month, reports surfaced that the FCC planned to pry set-top boxes out of hands of cable and satellite companies. Today, the Commission passed the 'Unlock the Box' plan that would do just that. The proposal aims to introduce more competition when it comes to the boxes users rent from television providers. Under the new rules, cable companies would have to give third-party device makers the information they'd need in order to build set-top boxes.

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  1. Inevitable response by Fire_Wraith · · Score: 3, Funny

    Queue the various senators and congressmembers trying to tell us that actual competition is somehow anti-competitive and will stifle innovation in 3... 2... 1...