Latta Integration Ban Bill's Path Uncertain, Observers Say

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A House bill that would remove the integration ban requiring cable operators to use CableCARDsninstead of built-in security in set-top boxes doesn’t have a clear path to passage but has generated a lot ofnindustry interest, a Republican lobbyist who represents cable interests and a consumer electronics officialntold us Friday. Both NCTA and ACA have issued statements in support of the bill, while CEA, TiVo andnPublic Knowledge denounced it as anti-consumer. The League of Rural Voters, National Puerto RicannCoalition and National Congress of Black Women support the bill, said a spokeswoman for House CommunicationsnSubcommittee Vice Chairman Bob Latta, R-Ohio, who introduced the bill. “I think there’sngoing to be a big push to get this done somehow, some way,” said the lobbyist.