The FCC Friday said it would give cable companies at least another 45 days before taking action against eight cable companies.

The FCC Friday said it would give cable companies at least another 45 days before taking action against eight cable companies that warned they were unable to make available security devices that work with "hybrid" analog/digital channel-surfing boxes by the government's July 1 deadline. Requests for waivers from the rule began rolling in May 5, and the industry has long warned it would …