Low Cost Set-Tops: Down for the Count.
Multichannel News, February, 2007 by Steinert-Threlkeld, Tom
By Tom Steinert-Threlkeld Breaking Out Security Will Be Costly for Small Operators Henderson, Nevada-- The days of low-cost set-top boxes, at least for independent cable operators, appear to be numbered. And counting from today, that number appears to be 146. That's how far away July 1, when a Federal Communications Commission mandate goes into effect, is.
The mandate will ban operators from deploying any more set-top boxes that include built-in conditional-access features, for controlling access to tiers of television services or individual programs. 'HUGE IMPOSITION' And the 1,100 or so operators that serve about 10 million cable subscribers in small systems across the country will be hard-pressed to avoid complying with the...
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