U.S. regulators to vote on treating Internet TV like cable


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 29 Oct 2014

INTERNET TV AND CABLE THE SAME?: Pictured is the Amazon Fire TV Stick comes with a remote control as standard.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission in coming weeks will vote on whether Internet TV should have the same access to television programming as cable and satellite TV providers, which could shake up competition in the video industry.

FCC chairman Tom Wheeler said he has asked his fellow commissioners to vote on a proposal that would help Internet TV services, such as ones being developed by Dish Network Corp, Sony Corp and Verizon Communications Inc, to compete with traditional pay-TV for digital rights to major network programming.

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