Cable companies led by Comcast are close to winning FCC approval to start encrypting basic- tier signals in a move to fight theft and reduce service calls. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has asked ...

The move allows cable companies to cut off access to basic cable TV channels for customers who aren't paying for the service. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering ...

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The National Cable Television Association (NCTA) sent a letter to FCC Chairman Genachowski addressing Boxee's concern that if the FCC allows cable companies to encrypt basic digital cable channels (no ...

Boxee is calling on its customers to speak out against a proposed policy change from the FCC that would allow cable operators to encrypt all of their programming, forcing the use of set-top boxes or ...

Q: In what regions does Comcast have encryption and charge basic cable customers for HD channels? A: I don't know the entire nationwide situation. Comcast's national PR team didn't respond to a ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. TheFCC adopted a Report and Order Oct. 10, 2012 that amends its rules to allow cable TV operators ...

It is war between the National Cable and Telecommunications Association and Boxee over a Federal Communications Commission proposal that would allow cable companies to encrypt or scramble their "basic ...

Q What’s up with the Comcast cable encryption you are writing about? Wasn’t cable always encrypted? — A. Muszalski, Castle Shannon, Pa. A Not all cable channels were encrypted. Unencrypted basic cable ...

The FCC voted unanimously to allow cable companies such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision to encrypt basic services, Bloomberg reported. Prior to the ruling issued late Friday, cable ...