NCTA continues to stress that demand for CableCARDs for devices is nowhere near the number of CableCARD-enabled set tops operators have deployed since the integration ban went into effect more than a year ago. More than 374K CableCARDs have been deployed for use in 1-way devices by the 10 largest cable ops, NCTA told the FCC in its most recent required filing on the cards. Those same ops have deployed more than 7.8mln operator-supplied, CableCARD-enabled boxes since the July ’07 ban went into effect.

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