By Laurie Fullerton

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has backed off a promise to require companies like Comcast and other cable box operators to offer its video services as a digital stream, marking a set back for consumers and companies hoping to break away from required pay TV operators.

The proposed rule –that any manufacturer who agreed to abide by certain rules to protect copyrights would be able to make devices that could tune in pay TV channels from those digital streams – has been curtailed by the FCC, according to an article in the San Jose Mercury News. The hope that Read full story ›

Source: The Drum