NCTA: No Need for Another FCC Video Mandate

Reiterating its view, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject calls to create new technology mandate aimed at bringing pay TV programming to retail devices, noting that the “apps revolution” has brought pay TV services to twice as many consumer video devices as there are set-top boxes currently in use.

The FCC Media Bureau is seeking comments on the final report that the Commission-appointed Downloadable Security Technical Advisory Committee (DSTAC) submitted August 28. Reply comments are due Nov. 9, 2015. The FCC has not announced plans to follow with a larger Notice of Inquiry or a full Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the matter.