FCC Order Adds Time To '05 Set-Top Sunset

[Gregg Lengling]

In a move cheered by cable operators, the Federal Communications Commission last Friday pushed back the January 2005 ban on deployment of new integrated set-top boxes. The cable industry favored complete removal of the ban. That didn't happen. The FCC instead extended the deadline by 18 months, or until July 2006, and put cable on notice that it had not completely abandoned the idea of imposing...