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From: Zen Dollar Round6/2/2016 1:28:47 AM
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This is old news from January 2016, but I should have posted it here at the time:

FCC Wants More Choice, Competition for TV Set-Top Boxes

The Federal Communications Commission wants to shake up the cable set-top box market with a move that would give consumers more choices and boost access to online video.

Under the proposed rule change, cable and satellite companies would have to support set-top boxes from other companies instead of simply insisting that customers rent the boxes they provide. The FCC characterized the market as "locked up."

Consumer Reports, and its advocacy arm, Consumers Union, support the FCC initiative.

finance.yahoo.com

J.F.'s take: Anything that saves us from having to pay $20-30 per month per DVR to the cable companies would be a blessing. I'd love to see competition opened up in this area, but you can be the cable companies will be fighting tooth and nail (lobbying Congress) to keep it from happening.
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