Of all the issues with cable TV, the mandatory set-top box might be the biggest annoyance. These boxes tend to be eyesores, and flipping through hundreds of channels—or memorizing channel ...

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission suggested that the cable box business is broken, and it offered a plan to fix it. Under the FCC’s proposal, TV operators would have to supply their ...

The cable service is trying to get ahead of the FCC's proposed tougher set-top box rules with a plan to get its Xfinity TV services on Samsung smart TVs and Roku boxes. John Falcone Senior Editorial ...

Video: Streaming services like Netflix track user data, but how much do they share? Cable television (that is, television programming delivered through a dedicated cable connection and set top box) ...

I am confused about what QAM channels are. From what I read, they seem to be HD channels that are distributed over cable TV.<BR><BR>Now, with regular cable (non HD), the cable is carrying a series of ...

An innocent little cable box can suck up more electricity than your actual TV. The most galling part though? Up to two-thirds of its power-hogging actually happens in “idle” mode, when you’re not even ...

Nearly a decade ago, Comcast promised liberation from the tyranny of the cable box. But today its control seems here to stay—as does big cable's control over how you consume the programming you pay ...

The issue with the Internet of Things (IoT) and the connected home is that they're not even remotely connected. At least not seamlessly. Thanks to competing communication protocols and manufacturers ...