Reps. Latta and Green Introduce Legislation to Roll Back Outdated Regulations

Statement

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) and Congressman Gene Green (D-TX) today introduced bipartisan legislation to remove the unnecessary and costly integration ban, while maintaining the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) ability to regulate set-top boxes in the future.

"By one estimate, the prohibition has cost cable operators and consumers more than $1 billion since it went into effect in 2007. In today's ultra competitive video marketplace, cable operators have no incentive to make it more difficult for their customers to use their preferred devices to access their video programming services," Congressman Latta said.

"I appreciate Rep Latta's leadership on this issue and am proud to introduce this legislation with him," said Congressman Green. "The bill will unleash new innovative solutions by ridding the rule books of an antiquated tech mandate. At the same time, the bill is a surgical approach that preserves FCC authority in the retail set top box market."

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