President-elect Trump Meets with BET Founder Bob Johnson

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence met Nov 20 with BET founder Bob Johnson, currently the head of RLJ Entertainment, an over-the-top video company. It was not clear whether President-elect Trump is considering him for a position in the Administration or was simply seeking guidance and input.

Johnson is a fan of the Federal Communications Commission set-top revamp plan, which Republicans on the Hill have warned the FCC not to vote on during the transition to a Trump Administration. Johnson, who became a billionaire when he agreed to sell Black Entertainment Television (BET) to Viacom in 2000, has said that just as BET would not have existed had cable not "broken the broadcast monopoly," new over-the-top offerings, like his own, will not be able to flourish unless the FCC eliminates cable's "stranglehold" on set-top boxes.