Survival of the Biggest (Not the Fittest): The Evolution Waiver and Set-Top Box Competition

At the beginning of June, the FCC’s Media Bureau handed down a decision allowing Evolution, Inc. to produce a low-end* digital-to-analog set-top box to aid in the digital TV changeover.

Why is this a bad thing? Because the integrated decryption component in Evolution’s box sounds a death knell for the competitive market.

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