DSTAC Report Illustrates MPVD Support for Retail Devices, Says CableLabs CTO

CableLabs thinks the most important result of the FCC Downloadable Security Technical Advisory Committee report (see 1509010068) is that “there is no collective recommendation for any new FCC technology mandate,” said Chief Technology Officer Ralph Brown in a blog post Thursday. Brown said the report found some common ground among DSTAC members, but its main value to consumers was its illustration of the extent of multichannel video programming distributor support for retail set-top devices. “There are almost twice as many retail devices on average per household, that are capable of receiving MVPD content, than there are MVPD provided set-tops!” Brown said. “Consumers can take comfort knowing that a wide variety of their retail devices can receive MVPD services.”