From: Morningstar Consult
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“We are writing a report and order that will be presented to the commissioners,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a press conference following an agency open meeting. He declined to elaborate on the timeline, but he said he many of the cable industry’s suggestions will end up in the final rules.
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Cable companies, along with Republicans on the FCC and on Capitol Hill, criticized the proposed rule for adding stipulations that could harm copyright laws, consumer privacy, minority programmers and cybersecurity. They also argued that the new rules imposed excessive regulation instead of letting the market ease out of cable set-top boxes on its own.
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