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ACA Urges FCC To Move On HD Set-Top Waiver

By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News | Wed, 31 Mar 2010

Evolution Filed for Exemption to CableCard Rule in July 2009

The American Cable Association pressed the Federal Communications Commission to move forward on Evolution Digital's eight-month-old request to exempt low-cost, limited-function HD set-tops from the agency's separable-security requirements.

"I write to urge the Commission to promptly place Evolution Broadband's petition for waiver on public notice," ACA president and CEO Matt Polka wrote in a March 31 letter, addressed to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski. "In numerous filings in support of set-top box waiver requests, ACA has demonstrated the critical need for the availability of low-cost integrated set-top boxes to small and medium-sized operators."

Evolution in July 2009 filed a petition with the FCC for a waiver for its HD device -- priced less than $100 -- from the so-called "integrated set-top ban" prohibiting operators from deploying devices with integrated security.

Low-cost digital terminal adapters, or DTAs, are designed to allow cable systems to free up spectrum by allowing operators to retire analog TV channels. The FCC in June 2009 approved Evolution Broadband's request for a three-year waiver for standard-definition DTAs with integrated security functions.

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