WHY THIS MATTERS:AT&T, which has been de-emphasizing U-verse TV and favoring the lower-cost DirecTV platform, ended 2016 with 21.01 million satellite TV customers and 4.25 million U-verse video subs.
WHY THIS MATTERS:New FCC chairman Ajit Pai would be unlikely to exhume his predecessor's proposal to revamp the set-top box marketplace, but key Republicans on the Energy & Commerce Committee want him to put a final nail in the coffin.