FCC admits CableCARD a failure, vows to try something else

The Genachowski-led Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seems to delight in dropping bombshells on a weekly basis, but we didn’t see this one coming: the FCC admits that its CableCARD mandate has been an abysmal failure. That doesn’t mean it’s giving up the fight to encourage set-box box innovation; instead, the FCC wants ideas for a new set of rules that will bust open access to video streams from cable and IPTV operators. Call it “Son of CableCARD”…

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