FCC Should Begin Rulemaking Using Public Knowledge-Supported DSTAC Proposal, Bergmayer Says
The video headend proposal in the Downloadable Security Technical Advisory Committee final report would make third-party navigation devices more competitive, said Public Knowledge Senior Staff Attorney John Bergmayer in a discussion Monday with FCC Deputy Chief Technologist Alison Neplokh, according…
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to an ex parte filing posted Wednesday in docket 15-64. The video headend proposal for a downloadable security, supported by Public Knowledge’s representative on the DSTAC, “would allow for third-party navigation devices to meaningfully differentiate themselves from and compete with each other,” Bergmayer said. The FCC “should proceed to a rulemaking proceeding” using that approach, which would result in “a clear, nationwide standard for video device compatibility with MVPD [multichannel video programming distributor] systems,” he said.