Lee Stewart
09-03-09, 02:02 PM
Studios Want Decision From FCC On Cable Waiver For HD Movies
Movie studios are pushing the Federal Communications Commission to make a decision on granting them a waiver that would allow them to deliver HD movies to cable subscribers in advance of their DVD release, a move that concerns independent producers and fair use activists.
In June 2008, the Motion Pictures Association of America asked the FCC to waive its prohibition on selectable output controls to allow them to selectively block the copying of HD movies via cable set-top boxes. They say in order to move up the multichannel video HD window while still protecting the DVD window, the need to be able to prevent their being copied.
Theater owners are also concerned that the studios are shortening their distribution windows and migrating their movies to other distribution platforms -- like cable and satellite--that they can more easily control.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/339251-Studios_Want_Decision_From_FCC_On_Cable_Waiver_For_HD_Movies .php
Movie studios are pushing the Federal Communications Commission to make a decision on granting them a waiver that would allow them to deliver HD movies to cable subscribers in advance of their DVD release, a move that concerns independent producers and fair use activists.
In June 2008, the Motion Pictures Association of America asked the FCC to waive its prohibition on selectable output controls to allow them to selectively block the copying of HD movies via cable set-top boxes. They say in order to move up the multichannel video HD window while still protecting the DVD window, the need to be able to prevent their being copied.
Theater owners are also concerned that the studios are shortening their distribution windows and migrating their movies to other distribution platforms -- like cable and satellite--that they can more easily control.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/339251-Studios_Want_Decision_From_FCC_On_Cable_Waiver_For_HD_Movies .php