Federal Communications Commission DA 16-1438
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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
TiVo Inc.’s Request for Extension of Waiver of 
the Audiovisual Output Requirement of Section 
76.640(b)(4)(iii)
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MB Docket No. 14-146
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Adopted:  December 22, 2016 Released:  December 22, 2016
By the Chief, Media Bureau:
I. INTRODUCTION
1. TiVo Inc. filed an unopposed request for extension of a waiver1 of Section 
76.640(b)(4)(iii) of the Commission’s rules.2 Section 76.640(b)(4)(iii) requires that set-top boxes 
provided by cable operators include an interface to enable home networking of consumer-owned devices 
to set-top boxes leased from cable operators for whole-home viewing and recording on those consumer 
owned devices.3 For the reasons set forth when the Bureau initially granted a waiver to TiVo, Inc.,4 we 
grant the extension request.  
  
1 The Bureau sought comment on TiVo Inc.’s request on November 22, 2016.  Media Bureau Seeks Comment on 
TiVo’s Request for Extension of Waiver of the Audiovisual Output Requirement of Section 76.640(b)(4)(iii), Public 
Notice, 31 FCC Rcd 12644 (MB 2016).  No parties filed comments in response.
2 47 C.F.R. § 76.640(b)(4)(iii).  
3 Implementation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Commercial Availability of Navigation 
Devices, 25 FCC Rcd 14657, 14677-9, paras. 39-44 (2010).
4 See TiVo Inc.’s Petition for Clarification or Waiver of 47 C.F.R. 76.640(b)(4)(iii); Implementation of Section 304 
of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, MB Docket No. 14-146, 
Memorandum Opinion and Order, 30 FCC Rcd 4951 (MB 2015).
Federal Communications Commission DA 16-1438
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2. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 1.3 and 76.7 of the 
Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.3, 76.7, that TiVo Inc.’s request for waiver of Section 
76.640(b)(4)(iii) IS GRANTED until December 31, 2018.
3. This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.283 of the 
Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.283.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
William T. Lake
Chief, Media Bureau