Tom Wheeler’s set-top box plan may be losing Democratic support

A cable box, everybody's favorite piece of consumer equipment. (credit: Getty Images | Brian Finke)

The Federal Communications Commission plan to boost competition in the cable set-top box market may need some changes to shore up enough votes.

While Chairman Tom Wheeler and his Democratic majority led a 3-2 vote on the proposal in February, Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel is pushing for changes before it hits a final vote.

Now that the FCC has received public comments on the plan, "It has become clear the original proposal has real flaws and, as I have suggested before, is too complicated. We need to find another way forward," Rosenworcel said in a statement published by Broadcasting & Cable yesterday.

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