FCC Media Bureau Calls in MPAA, NCTA, AT&T and Comcast to Talk Set-Tops

Representatives of AT&T, Comcast, MPAA and NCTA met with FCC Media Bureau Chief Bill Lake, bureau staff and FCC Chief Technologist Scott Jordan Tuesday at the bureau's request to discuss set-top box proposals, said an ex parte filing in docket 16-42 Thursday. The officials discussed copyright licensing agreements, the timing and nature of possible set-top standards, privacy, and whether the commission is contemplating licenses, agreements “or other means of enforcement,” the ex parte said. It was filed for a lawyer for NCTA.