Integration Ban
The FCC's requirement that all leased set-top boxes have CableCARD capabilities will hurt consumers.
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10/9/2007
NCTA Reply to Opposition to Application for Review 10/09/07
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Abstract: NCTA Reply to Opposition to Application for Review re NCTA's Request for Waiver of 47 C.F.R. Section 76.1204(a)(1), arguing that the FCC should grant NCTA's Application for Review; CS Docket No. 97-80, CSR-7056-ZAttachment: 100907 97-80 Reply to Opposition.pdf (38 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
8/24/2007
NCTA Comments 08/24/07Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Comments re: Implementation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices; Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment, urging the Commission to use regulation to expedite the rollout of two-way cable-ready products to consumers while still preserving the advanta...Attachment: 082407 97-80 Comments.pdf (419 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
8/14/2007
NCTA Opposition 08/14/07Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Opposition to Verizon's Application for Review and Petition for Clarification of the Media Bureau's Memorandum Opinion & Order re: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, urging the FCC to grant to all cable operators the same relief as Verizon; CSR-7042-Z, CS Docket No. 97-80Attachment: 081407 97-80 opposition.pdf (44 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
7/30/2007
NCTA Application for Review 07/30/07Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Application for Review re: NCTA's Request for Waiver of 47 C.F.R. Section 76.1204(a)(1), arguing that the FCC should grant NCTA's Application for Review and its request for waiver of the integration ban; CSR-7056-Z, CS Docket No. 97-80Attachment: 073007 CSR-7056-Z Appl Review.pdf (116 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
2/26/2007
NCTA Reply Comments 02/26/07Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Reply Comments re: Comcast Corporation's Request for Waiver of 47 C.F.R. Section 76.1204(a)(1), arguing that the Media Bureau's decision is in conflict with FCC precedent and should be reversed by the FCC as a matter of law; CSR-7012-Z, CS Docket No. 97-80Attachment: 022607 97-80 Replies.pdf (36 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
1/26/2007
NCTA Amicus Brief 01/26/07Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Amicus Brief in Support of Defendant FCC's Motion for Summary Judgment, Center for Public Integrity v. FCC, Civil Action No. 06-1644 in the U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaAttachment: Civil Action No. 06-1644 (ESH) - Amicus Brief.pdf (42 KB)Publication Type: Judicial Filing
12/11/2006
NCTA Reply Comments 12/11/06Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Reply Comments re: NCTA's Request for Waiver of 47 C.F.R. Section 76.1204(a)(1), requesting that the FCC grant our request for waiver of the integration ban until the cable industry's deployment of downloadable conditional access or December 31, 2009, whichever is earlier; CSR-7056-Z.Attachment: 121106 CSR-7056-Z Reply.pdf (184 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
11/30/2006
NCTA Letter 11/30/06Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Letter re: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, supporting BendBroadband's Waiver Request and asking the FCC to expeditiously grant the waiver and confirm that any such waiver is effective for other devices and MVPDs as the statute directs; CS Docket No. 97-80, CSR-7057-ZAttachment: 113006 97-80 BendBroadband letter.pdf (40 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
10/30/2006
NCTA Letter 10/30/06Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Letter re: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices responding to Charter's and Comcast's Request for Waiver; CS Docket No. 97-80, CSR-7049-Z, CSR-7012-ZAttachment: 103006 OCAP Letter.pdf (72 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
9/25/2006
NCTA Report 09/25/06Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Status Report re: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, submitting a report from the five largest MSOs detailing CableCARD deployment and support; CS Docket No. 97-80Attachment: 092506 97-80 CCard Rpt.pdf (129 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
9/18/2006
NCTA Comments 09/18/06Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Comments re: Verizon's Petition for Wavier of the Set-Top Box Integration Ban, agreeing in part with Verizon that a waiver is appropriate and in the public interest, disagreeing with Verizon's claim that a waiver should be granted solely on the basis that it is a "new entrant"; CS Docket No. 97-80, CSR-7042-ZAttachment: 091806 97-80 waiver.pdf (186 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
9/18/2006
NCTA Letter 09/18/06Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Letter re: Charter's Petition for Waiver of the Set-Top Box Integration Ban, supporting Charter's "Request for Waiver" that sought a limited waiver of the Commission's rule prohibiting certain MVPDs from offering navigation devices that perform both conditional access and other funcitons in the same integrated device; CSR-7049-Z and CS Docket...Attachment: 091806 Charter 97-80 letter.pdf (46 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
6/26/2006
NCTA Status Report 06/26/06Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Status Report re: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, submitting a report from the six largest MSOs detailing CableCARD deployment and support; CS Docket No. 97-80Attachment: 062606 97-80 status report.pdf (145 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
12/27/2005
Joint Brief 12/27/05Email this Document
Abstract: Joint brief filed by Advance/Newhouse Communications and Charter Communications and Intervenor NCTA in appeal of the FCC's March 17, 2005 Order re-affirming the Integration Ban (DC Circuit Court of Appeals); Advance/Newhouse and Charter v. FCCAttachment: 122705_Final_STB_Brief.pdf (290 KB)Publication Type: Judicial Filing
12/20/2004
NCTA Letter 12/20/04Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Letter to Kenneth Ferree re: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, explaining why the Separate Security Requirement should be eliminated; CS Docket No. 97-80Attachment: 122004_97-80.pdf (621 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
10/19/2004
NCTA Ex Parte 10/19/04Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Ex Parte re: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, discussing why the July 2006 ban on cable operator deployment of integrated set-top boxes should be eliminated; CS Docket No. 97-80Attachment: 101904_97-80_exparte.pdf (69 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
9/30/2004
NCTA Ex Parte 09/30/04Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Ex Parte re: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, discussing why the July 2006 ban on cable operator deployment of integrated set-top boxes should be eliminated; CS Docket No. 97-80Attachment: 093004_97-80_exparte.pdf (385 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
3/10/2004
NCTA Reply Comments 03/10/04Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Reply Comments re: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, urging the FCC to eliminate the prohibiton on operator-provided integrated set-top box equipment; CS Docket No. 97-80 Attachment: 031004_97-80_REPLIES.pdf (130 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
2/19/2004
NCTA Comments 02/19/04Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Comments re: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, urging the FCC to eliminate its rule prohibiting cable operators, as of July 1, 2006, from providing any new set-top boxes with embedded security; CS Docket No. 97-80 Attachment: 021904_97-80_COMMENTS.pdf (168 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
12/18/2000
NCTA Reply Comments 12/18/00Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Reply Comments re: Implementation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, arguing that the FCC should not accelerate the ban on cable operator provision of integrated navigation devices; CS Docket No. 97-80Attachment: 121800 97-80 replies.pdf (206 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing