Set-Top Debate 'Closer to a Positive Resolution' Since Pay-TV Proposal, Pallone Says

House Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., sees potential in a pay-TV proposal offered in response to the FCC set-top box proceeding (see 1606270069). “The recent proposal from industry and the reaction from the FCC has brought us closer to a positive resolution,” said Pallone, who has stayed quiet on the set-top NPRM in recent months, in a statement Thursday. “Ultimately, I will view the FCC decision as a success so long as consumers continue to enjoy the content they love whenever and wherever they want, and their privacy is not compromised. Consumers will not care how their TVs work if they can’t get the same quality programming, and no one will feel comfortable watching if they do not think their personal information is protected.”