FCC Media Bureau Grants TiVo Home Networking Waiver

The FCC Media Bureau granted TiVo’s request for a temporary waiver of the agency’s home networking digital interface requirement for cable operators that use the company’s set-top boxes, said an order in Friday's Daily Digest on docket 97-80. The waiver expires June 1, 2017, and though Verizon and NCTA had asked for the waiver to be industrywide, it applies only to companies using TiVo boxes, the order said. TiVo had argued that its set-tops already meet the intent of the home networking requirement by allowing consumers to send video content throughout their homes.