Expanding Consumers’ Video Navigation Choices, MB Docket No. 16-42; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, CS Docket No. 97-80
On Thursday, June 23, 2016, Brian Ford and Jill Canfield, on behalf of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, met with Jessica Almond, Legal Advisor to Chairman Tom Wheeler. The parties discussed the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which the Commission seeks comment on how to create a commercial market for set-top boxes manufactured by third parties that can access multichannel video programming and other services offered over multichannel video programming (“MVPD”) networks.
06.23.16 Notice of NTCA meeting with J. Almond re Set-Top Boxes, MB 16-42, CS 97-80