Set-top Comments Get 7-Day Extension, now Due April 22

The FCC Media Bureau extended the deadline for comments on proposed changes to set-top box rules by seven days, to April 22, said an order and public notice in Friday's Daily Digest. Replies are now due May 23. The American Cable Association had requested a 30-day extension. The seven-day extension will “ensure that parties have enough time to file comments” and takes into account NCTA’s mid-May INTX trade show, the bureau said. “We are committed to resolving the issues raised in the Navigation Choice NPRM in a timely manner and do not believe that a 30-day extension is necessary to give interested parties sufficient opportunity to submit their view.” The bureau said it set aside a specific period for ex parte meetings on the matter with its staff, from June 6 to June 10, “given the interest in the proceeding.”