NCTA: “Integration Ban” Could Jeopardize Digital TV Transition

NCTA ADVISES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT "INTEGRATION BAN" COULD JEOPARDIZE THE 2009 US DIGITAL TV TRANSITION
[SOURCE: National Cable & Telecommunications Association press release]
National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow urged the U.S. Department of Commerce and Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to support a cable industry waiver of the “Integration Ban,” a costly and unnecessary rule that could endanger the nation’s long-anticipated transition from analog to digital television. McSlarrow highlighted the concerns in a letter addressed to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information John Kneuer, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and FCC Commissioners Adelstein, Copps, McDowell and Tate. NCTA filed a waiver with the FCC in August requesting deferral of the Integration Ban until a new downloadable security technology is deployed by cable operators, or December 31, 2009 if downloadable security is not deployed by then.
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