NEW YORK (AP) — You may soon have more options for a cable box than renting one from your cable company. The Federal Communications Commission has a plan to make cable companies provide apps that ...

Cord-cutting has become so popular that some small cable companies are joining in, trading their own set-top boxes for streaming TV service. This week, a video delivery company called MobiTV announced ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Cable companies are finally abandoning their stodgy old set-top boxes, and are finally ready to deliver television service through modern media streamers such ...

DirecTV Stream, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Philo, Sling TV, and YouTube TV promise to replicate cable TV with lower monthly bills—but their own prices are risingThese streaming services let you cut ...

I reported in October that Charter Spectrum had introduced a new device called Xumo, which can replace your existing cable box — including live TV — and also stream programming from platforms such at ...

New York (CNN) — The clunky old cable box doesn’t make sense anymore. Big, ugly, and heavy, they seem to have about as much place working with a modern TV as a DVD player. Cable companies are trying ...

First, the Federal Communications Commission had a grand plan to blow up the set-top box and free consumers from the confines of their service provider. Then the FCC tempered that objective by asking ...

The streaming service has partnered with three small providers, allowing their subscribers to access the service through set-top devices. By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast Netflix is ...

Spectrum TV and internet customers will see their rates go up again in November. Among other increases, the broadcast TV surcharge will rise to $9.95 from $8.85 a month, and the monthly fee for a ...

After suffering through a down year in 2003, the market for cable set top boxes is bouncing back in 2004, according to In-Stat/MDR. Total worldwide digital cable set top box unit shipments this year ...

Massachusetts will apply a 6.25% sales tax to cable boxes with features beyond basic cable reception and parental controls. The tax applies to cable boxes with DVR functionality and access to ...