As part of the FCC's AllVid Notice of Inquiry, NCTA submitted a White Paper entitled Economic Analysis of the Regulation of MVPD Navigation Devices, which was prepared by Dr. Michael G. Baumann and Dr. John M. Gale of Economists Incorporated.

The paper concludes:

Any Commission approach to regulating MVPD navigation devices should allow market opportunities to respond (and keep responding) to consumer demand. The Commission can work with industry participants to ensure that MVPD services are available on third party devices, but the Commission should not dictate design standards. If any regulation is developed by the Commission, it should be performance-based and not specification based. By defining performance targets, market participants remain free to offer different methods, services, and features so that consumers can choose the products that best serve their needs.