• Ars Technica, Friday, February 11, 2011 4:31 PM

"Behind the scenes at the Federal Communications Commission, a quiet war is being waged over the future of television," begins this long, thoughtful post by Matthew Lasar.

He explains why The National Cable and Telecommunications Association is up in arms about the FCC's proposal for an AllVid system, which "could transform Google TV from just a neat product into a revolution." In fact, "big cable hates the proposal, because that revolution could leave multi-video program distributors (MVPDs), if not in the dust, at least working in a far more competitive video environment."

The post begins as a very clear explanation of a complex subject, though it does get more technical toward the end.

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