FCC diverts plan to force cable box operators to offer services as a digital stream

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has backed off a promise to require companies like Comcast and other cable box operators to offer its video services as a digital stream, marking a set back for consumers and companies hoping to break away from required pay TV operators.
The proposed rule –that any manufacturer who agreed to abide by certain rules to protect copyrights would be able to make devices that could tune in pay TV channels from those digital streams – has bee