Comcast, TWC: AllVid NPRM Still Not Necessary

Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Disney, DirecTV, HBO, AT&T and Verizon have sent the Federal Communications Commission a joint letter making it clear they do not support after the AllVid Tech Company Alliance proposal for a government-issued national, portable interface that would wed various forms of video in a universal set-top. In the joint letter, the media companies said that they do not believe the alliance proposal is clearly feasible or that it could or should be the basis of any FCC rulemaking. They said they have been "unequivocal" in asserting that marketplace was already diverse and that a government mandated solution would chill investment and innovation.