FCC scraps its ambitious cable box plan in favor of apps

The Federal Communications Commission is making huge changes to its plan to overhaul cable boxes, scrapping much of the initial idea in favor of having cable companies make new apps. The plan requires large cable providers to create apps that offer access to all of their programming, including live and on-demand content. Those apps would have to be available on "all widely deployed platforms," which includes iOS, Android, Windows, and Roku. Both native and web apps will be accepted. ------------------------------ Any platform shipping 5 million units per year in the US gets an a... more »