Alaska’s largest cable operator, GCI Communications, is set to close the curtain on its pay TV operations by mid-2025, announcing plans to shut down both its legacy QAM-based TiVo offering and its Yukon TV streaming service. However, while GCI is hanging up its in-house boots, the operator has hinted at “more support” for Xumo, the streaming joint venture between Comcast and Charter—strongly suggesting an impending roll-out of the Xumo Stream Box and possibly Xumo-enabled smart TVs, built on the RDK-based Entertainment OS. The timing is no coincidence. The announcement follows Charter Communications’ agreement to acquire Liberty Broadband, which owns a 26% stake in GCI. The deal signals a divestiture of GCI, aligning with the reduced focus on video services seen…