{"abstract":"In this document the Commission adopts rules that set technical and other criteria that manufacturers would have to meet in order to label or market unidirectional digital cable televisions and other unidirectional digital cable products as \"digital cable ready.\" The rules also require cable operators to support operation of unidirectional digital cable products on digital cable systems and set limits on the levels of content protection that could be triggered by MVPDs. This action is taken to further the digital television transition and the commercial availability of navigation devices pursuant to section 629 of the Communications Act.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2003/11/28/03-29520.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":15,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":76,"title":47}],"citation":"68 FR 66728","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective December 29, 2003, except for Sec. Sec. 15.123, 76.1905, and 76.1906 which contains information collection requirements that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The FCC will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for those sections. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the regulations is approved by the Director of the Federal Register, as of December 29, 2003, except for the incorporation by reference in Sec. 15.123 which will be approved as of the effective date announced in the Federal Register.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["CS Docket No. 97-80","PP Docket No. 00-67","FCC 03-225"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"03-29520","effective_on":"2003-12-29","end_page":66738,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2003/11/28/03-29520.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/11/28/03-29520/commercial-availability-of-navigation-devices-and-compatibility-between-cable-systems-and-consumer","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/03-29520?publication_date=2003-11-28","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2003-11-28/03-29520/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":11,"page_views":{"count":303,"last_updated":"2026-06-27 20:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-11-28/pdf/03-29520.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2003-11-28","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2003/11/28/03-29520.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":66728,"subtype":null,"title":"Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices and Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment","toc_doc":"Digital cable products; commercial availability of navigation devices and compatibility between cable systems and consumer electronics equipment","toc_subject":"Television broadcasting:","topics":["Cable television","Incorporation by reference","Recordings","Television"],"type":"Rule","volume":68}