6 Responses for "Interesting News Dave Hasn’t Covered"

1. Michael Portuesi July 26th, 2006 at 2:29 pm 1

   If I’m not mistaken, cable companies are required by federal law to make CableCARD available. So what’s TWC/Raleigh’s excuse?

2. Dave Zatz July 26th, 2006 at 2:37 pm 2

   The key issues for TWC might be either providing CableCARD support to a TV versus a set-top box OR being responsible for “installing” them. Unless they want to handle it in court with the FCC, I believe they need to offer the cards on request.

   However, this is just one rumored incident and who knows if the rep’s response is TWC’s official position. But what it could indicate is continued confusion in this space… reinforcing TiVo’s strategy of notifying cable companies and the FCC about their upcoming rollout (and providing an installer guide in the box).

3. MegaZone July 26th, 2006 at 7:17 pm 3

   My understanding is that they must supply CableCARDs for any approved host device – which the S3 is.

4. Steven July 27th, 2006 at 3:02 am 4

   Hey Dave… the link you provided to TiVo Blog doesn’t exist anymore. I think they deleted it.

5. Dave Zatz July 27th, 2006 at 7:19 am 5

   Interesting… wonder what that’s all about. I still remain skeptical, but have updated the link to reflect TiVoBlog’s source.

6. Dave Zatz July 27th, 2006 at 8:38 am 6

   No conspiracy (yet) — Alex informed me of a technical issue with his blogging software which he’s corrected.