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 ...

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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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday unveiled a revised proposal in its ongoing effort to create competition in the cable set-top box market. Under the new plan, pay-TV providers would be ...

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 ...

Just when you thought it might be safe to cut the cable cord: Your lowly cable box could become the hub of the smart home. Don’t laugh. Think the cable companies are going to give up their cash cow ...