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07/21/2016
FCC Seeks More Answers on NCTA's Box-Ditching Effort
FCC staffers had some follow-up questions for cable operators and other backers of the "ditch the box" app-based alternative to creating a retail market in video navigation devices. Those include what search info will be available via the app, whether data caps will apply, and whether the app will be available to non-MVPD subs.
That is according to a copy of an FCC document obtained by B&C. The questions were under the heading of "clarifications" of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's framework.
FCC staffers had already submitted a raft of questions. Those were sent out before the stakeholder meetings to help frame those discussions. With those meetings over, these are the questions still outstanding from FCC staffers, an FCC official confirmed on background.
