07.15.16 FCC Ex Parte-NTCA letter re STB proposals, MB 16-42, CS 97-80

Expanding Consumers’ Video Navigation Choices, MB Docket No. 16-42; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, CS Docket No. 97-80

On July 15, 2016, NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association (NTCA”) submitted a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (Commission”) to discuss the additional proposals made by various parties in the FCC's set-top box proceeding.  NTCA discusses in its letter both the February18, 2016 “Information Flows” Notice of Proposed Rulemaking as well as an alternative approach put forth by a group of large multichannel video programming distributors and content creators (hereinafter referred to as theApps Alternative”).

07.15.16 FCC Ex Parte-NTCA letter re STB proposals, MB 16-42, CS 97-80