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AllVid is a long-in-coming and slow-to-move FCC proposal to develop a standard for software-based security that will allow retail purchased devices to directly access service from multichannel TV operators (also known as MVPDs, as in cable, telcoTV, and satellite TV providers) without the need for an operator provided set-top box. The FCC is doing this under a Congressional mandate to open up the device market for MVPD access and third-party content and services (including navigation and search/discovery).
Unsurprisingly, MVPDs are not in favor of this, and last week former FCC Chairman and current NCTA CEO Michael Powell wrote a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. It seems, in their opinion, AllVid is DOA.
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