For TV viewers sick of forking out money month after month to rent their cable boxes, paying long after the cable company has recovered the cost of a box that never improves and locks out competing ...

A followup to this article has been published. In “Comcast: Cable Modem Rentals Contribute More Than Olympics” I left Comcast ’s set-top box rentals out of my analysis because I didn’t think customers ...

Starting this week, federal regulators are giving cable television customers the option of buying their own set-top boxes instead of leasing them. Consumers will decide whether there's a reason to ...

Charter’s Spectrum Cable has announced changes for the way its customers can access video content going forward — both the shows they watch on television and the shows they stream. Currently, Spectrum ...

For TV viewers sick of forking out money month after month to rent their cable boxes, paying long after the cable company has recovered the cost of a box that never improves and locks out competing ...

HOUSTON — Starting this week, federal regulators are giving cable television customers the option of buying their own set-top boxes instead of leasing them. Consumers will decide whether there”s a ...

The White House said it's asking the FCC to open up set-top box competition. The Federal Communications Commission is pursuing new regulations giving consumers more options to buy cable boxes. Matt ...

The ban hammer fell on July 1, 2007. That's the date the FCC set for its "integration ban" to prevent cable TV operators from deploying set-top boxes with integrated decryption and security systems.

How much do you pay for cable TV service? $60? $80? Over $100? There’s nothing wrong with subscribing to pay TV despite how popular cord cutting is right now. But if you’re going to pay an arm and a ...