# Professor Nicholas Economides evaluates a new FCC proposal giving consumers control of set-top TV boxes

1 Faculty News September 26, 2016 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-26/here-s-why-you-re-paying-200-to-rent-a-clunky-tv-set-top-box) -- "Unless cable companies offer 'very aggressive' competitive moves such as slashing prices, 'the introduction of new set-top boxes will accelerate the movement away from cable and toward direct downloads,' [Economides](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nicholas-economides) said."

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