The FCC’s Cable Box plan is Doomed – Thanks to Donald Trump

The flight to ditch the cable box appears to be over, thanks to President-Elect Donald Trump.

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(CNN) – Throughout this year, the Federal Communications Commission has pushed a proposal that would eliminate the need for consumers to spend hundreds of dollars each year to rent a cable box.

While Trump avoided the set-top box issue on the campaign trail, he is widely expected to replace the FCC chairman who spearheaded it with a Republican. And the writing is on the wall.

This week, Trump appointed Roslyn Layton as the third adviser for his FCC transition team. Layton has repeatedly criticized the cable box plan as unnecessary and a threat to innovation.

Jeff Wlodarczak, a communications analyst with Pivotal Research Group, put it bluntly when asked about the fate of the cable box rules: “That is D.O.A.”

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