What sort of impact has the July 1 set-top integration ban had? Since it went into effect, the top 10 cable companies have deployed more than 2.25mln boxes with CableCARDs— more than 7 times the number of CableCARDs requested by customers in the last 4 years, according to NCTA. In contrast, the top 10 ops have deployed 300K CableCARDs for use in customers’ 1-way plug & play devices.

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