Downloadable Security Demos Need Closer Scrutiny, NCTA Tells FCC

Ex parte filings at the FCC by the Consumer Video Choice Coalition on recent demonstrations of the coalition's downloadable security solution aren't specific enough about the technology and devices used, said NCTA in an ex parte filing in docket 15-64. “The Commission should not permit such obfuscation in any proceeding, let alone a proceeding like this one where highly technical issues should be fully disclosed and subjected to full analysis before the Commission takes further action,” said NCTA. “There is a reason that the Commission designated this proceeding as a 'permit-but-disclose' proceeding.” The specifics of the demonstrations need to be subjected to third-party scrutiny, NCTA said. The FCC “should subject this new information to analysis by experts and other parties to determine whether it is a real 'solution' as its proponents claim or just another Potemkin village in a series of ever-changing proposals submitted by AllVid proponents,” said NCTA.