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Cable Boxes Suck. One Day They’ll Die. Until Then We Have to Fix Them.

“Nothing in our proposal would prevent Comcast or TimeWarner from what they’re doing with Roku or Apple TV, or how they decide to pick what devices to share their app with,” says an FCC spokeswoman.

Meanwhile, the argument that it’s an undue financial burden on Comcast to pursue both simultaneously doesn’t hold water, says Brett Sappington, research director at Parks Associates.

From the article "Cable Boxes Suck. One Day They’ll Die. Until Then We Have to Fix Them." by www.wired.com

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