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Re: Say goodbye to ClearQAMThere's a slight irony there, considering Samsung OEMs the cable boxes with downloadable security that Cablevision uses. |
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2013-May-21 6:39 pm
Samsung also produces a few of the cable box models TWC uses with their Navigator guide, which have CableCards. |
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Two slides from Samsung's letter to the FCC. |
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An article on the Light Reading Cable site today about the Samsung Smart Media Player and other retail CableCARD-powered devices: Samsung Embraces CableCARDsBy Mari Silbey, Light Reading Cable - May 28, 2013 » www.lightreading.com/dvr ··· 40155638EDIT: Also an article on the MCN site this evening: Samsung Developing CableCARD Retail Video Device Its Smart Media Player to Handle Linear Subscription TV and Over-the-Top Video ServicesBy Jeff Baumgartner, Multichannel News - May 28, 2013 » www.multichannel.com/tec ··· e/143541 |
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Springfield, IL limited basic encrypting 6/25/13Just got our letter; Limited Basic encryption starts here on 6/25/13.
- limited basic subs can get 2 FREE DTA's for 2 years; 5 years if you receive Medicaid - higher tier subs can get 1 FREE DTA for 1 year
You CAN request an HD-DTA, for the same offer(s)
To qualify for any FREE equipment, you must request the (FREE) equipment between 5/25/2013 & 10/25/2013. |
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said by dishrich:Just got our letter; Limited Basic encryption starts here on 6/25/13.
- limited basic subs can get 2 FREE DTA's for 2 years; 5 years if you receive Medicaid - higher tier subs can get 1 FREE DTA for 1 year
To qualify for any FREE equipment, you must request the (FREE) equipment between 5/25/2013 & 10/25/2013. Thanks for letting us know. BTW - Here's the bill notice and a letter that a (Limited Basic) subscriber in MA received: » Re: Comcast is going to SCAM their customers |
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Re: Say goodbye to ClearQAMAnother set-top box replacement coming soon: Fan TV revealed: is this the set-top box weve been waiting for? Built in secret, Fanhattan is finally showing off its Yves Behar-designed device to the world.By Casey Newton, The Verge - May 30, 2013 » www.theverge.com/2013/5/ ··· anhattanI wasn't sure if this would use a CableCARD to view live TV, but this article » www.multichannel.com/dis ··· r/143588 about it on the MCN site this morning says: quote: Fanhattens BianRosa did not go into the technical details of how it would access live TV from MSOs and other pay TV partners. The Fan TV device wont use a CableCARD or connect via coax. But there are a number of technical options it could pursue.
Also see: » gigaom.com/2013/05/30/wa ··· -fan-tv/» www.zatznotfunny.com/201 ··· her-box/ |
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said by telcodad:An article on the Light Reading Cable site today about the Samsung Smart Media Player and other retail CableCARD-powered devices:
Samsung Embraces CableCARDs By Mari Silbey, Light Reading Cable - May 28, 2013 »www.lightreading.com/dvr ··· 40155638
EDIT: Also an article on the MCN site this evening:
Samsung Developing CableCARD Retail Video Device Its Smart Media Player to Handle Linear Subscription TV and Over-the-Top Video Services By Jeff Baumgartner, Multichannel News - May 28, 2013 »www.multichannel.com/tec ··· e/143541 A picture that Dave Zatz took of it at The Cable Show: » twitter.com/davezatz/sta ··· /photo/1 |
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said by telcodad:said by telcodad:The CEA officially filed its challenge with the FCC today:
CEA Challenges Charter's FCC Set-Top Waiver Says Media Bureau decision is illegal and sets dangerous precedent By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable - May 20, 2013 »www.broadcastingcable.co ··· iver.php TiVo has joined the CEA now in challenging the FCC's conditional waiver they gave to Charter: TiVo Asks Bureau to Rethink Charter Waiver Says it needs to add guarantees that it is not creating de facto downloadable security system without any notice or opportunity for commentBy John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable - May 21, 2013 » www.broadcastingcable.co ··· iver.php In response to a recent court decision, TiVo has filed a petition with the FCC asking them to reinstate CableCARD customer access rules: TiVo Petitions FCC to Reinstate CableCARD Customer Access Rules Seeks to Retain Consumer Choice to Access Cable Content on Retail Devices Using CableCARDs Until Successor Solution Is AvailablePress Release, Marketwired - June 16, 2013 » www.marketwire.com/press ··· 1516.htmEDIT: An article about this on the MCN site: » www.multichannel.com/ind ··· r/144432 |
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Latest update on TiVo's petition to the FCC: Media Bureau Seeks Comment on TiVo Petition DVR Maker Wants FCC to Clarify Cable Operator Obligations to Set-Tops with CableCARDSBy John Eggerton, Multichannel News - July 26, 2013 » www.multichannel.com/dis ··· n/144586 |
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An Ars Technica article last week about a draft bill in Congress that proposes to prevent the FCC from mandating that cable companies have to use CableCards in their own boxes: TiVo, media center PC makers alarmed by CableCard-cutting billCable operators could leave CableCard behind in their own hardware.By Rob Pegoraro, Ars Technica - August 2, 2013 » arstechnica.com/tech-pol ··· ng-bill/ |
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If you check opensecrets.org you'll see that the bill's sponsor received over $100k in contributions from the cable industry.
Bills like this are paid for, and no one should be surprised. But it's not like the FCC is doing anything to stop companies like Charter from doing whatever the hell they want to get away from cards... |
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Like TiVo received for their new Roamio series DVRs, Samsung was just granted an analog tuner waiver by the FCC for their CableCARD-based "Smart Media Player" which may be released by the end of this year: Samsung Scores FCC Waiver For Retail-Focused CableCARD Device Gets CE Giant a Step Closer to Launching Smart Media Player That Will Mix Live TV with OTT VideoBy Jeff Baumgartner, Multichannel News - September 9, 2013 » www.multichannel.com/ind ··· e/145341 |
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Re: Say goodbye to ClearQAMClear QAM scheduled to go away on 12/10 in the ATL per recent Xfinity notice.
We'll have Cablecard for a LONG time, after all they have to support a ton of STBs with them anyway. I do hope the industry gets an IP-based standard that Tivo et al can implement (as required by FCC next year) so we can get past all this card nonsense though. |
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Some newer tvs are going the way of ditching the tradition antenna/cable port and putting in a antenna/cable card port, so that people do not have to worry about if they cable to get a DTA or settop box so they can recieve there channels. So the port is the same as the traditional antenna/cable port but has a cable card slot underneath the port so to get it to work with cable you would have to put in a cable card |
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said by joejoejeo:Some newer tvs are going the way of ditching the tradition antenna/cable port and putting in a antenna/cable card port, so that people do not have to worry about if they cable to get a DTA or settop box so they can recieve there channels. So the port is the same as the traditional antenna/cable port but has a cable card slot underneath the port so to get it to work with cable you would have to put in a cable card I haven't seen a new CableCARD enabled TV in at least 6 years. They were around from about 2001-2007, but most manufactures stopped after all the problems they had with them. |
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said by DocDrew:but most manufactures stopped after all the problems they had with them.   I've oft wondered if those problems were intentionally created to keep the STB rental fees in place.... |
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said by camper:said by DocDrew:but most manufactures stopped after all the problems they had with them.   I've oft wondered if those problems were intentionally created to keep the STB rental fees in place.... Most of the problems I saw where on the TV side. Such as badly made CableCARD ports, firmware issues on TVs with no easy way to fix them short of RMA (USB and networking on TVs didn't exist), but the worst problem was the lack of an easy to use guide (TVGOS was best of the worst). 400+ channels with a shitty guide was death. Cable side problems were usually fixed when you got the right person in support. Then there was VOD and since services like Netflix, Amazon Video, and Hulu weren't around, people wanted VOD which didn't work without a box. Add to that CableCARD wasn't needed since most systems still had large amounts of clear analog and clearQAM TVs were gaining market share as broadcasters started switching to HD. I think by 2006 customers were apathetic to CableCARD, it had too many problems and wasn't really needed yet, so makers started dropping it as a feature. By the time Tivo release Series 3 in 2006 it was too little too late for general consumer interest. The FCC mandated better cable support in 2007 was way too late. TV makers could revive it if they wanted too. The wide spread encryption of digital and dropping of analog is creating a new market for it on the infrequently used TV sets or space constrained installs. FCCs announcement of the DOA AllVid pretty much killed it though. |
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2013-Oct-19 6:45 pm
I got "the letter" from Comcast informing of the encrypting of basic cable. My question is, if you ask for a free (for a limited time) cable box, what do you get? An SD box or an HD box? And if you subscribe to a higher tier (which was already encrypted), will the box receive all channels, or just the basic tier previously available unencrypted (e.g. ABC/NBC/CBS/FOX/PBS)? |
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said by Agent 86 :I got "the letter" from Comcast informing of the encrypting of basic cable. My question is, if you ask for a free (for a limited time) cable box, what do you get? An SD box or an HD box? And if you subscribe to a higher tier (which was already encrypted), will the box receive all channels, or just the basic tier previously available unencrypted (e.g. ABC/NBC/CBS/FOX/PBS)? You get a DTA which is a very basic digital box. » Comcast Cable TV FAQ » What is a DTA? What channels can I get with a DTA? What about those new HD-DTA? |
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Re: Say goodbye to ClearQAMRE: Court Won't Block FCC Viewability Rule Decision - Denies broadcaster request for a stay pending resolution of appeal» Re: Say goodbye to ClearQAMThe broadcaster appeal of the FCC's decision to sunset the Dual-Carriage/Viewability rule has now been rejected: Federal Court Rejects Dual-Carriage/Viewability Sunset Appeal Says FCC Got it Right the First Time; Broadcaster Appeal has 'No Basis' in LawBy John Eggerton, Multichannel News - December 31, 2013 » www.multichannel.com/cou ··· l/147419 |
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