NEW YORK --Comcast says later this year you won't need a cable box to watch cable as the company follows its rivals in offering TV-watching apps. The announcement has interesting timing. It comes as ...
You’re paying too much for your cable boxes. If you’re like the average American household, you’ve likely got two boxes, which you rent from your television provider for close to $200 a year. That’s a ...
Cable companies originally pledged to give us free apps to watch TV without having to pay for cable boxes. We’re still waiting. Last June, Big Cable made an appealing offer for viewers and regulators.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charter’s Spectrum Cable has announced changes for the way its customers can access video content going forward — both the shows ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to unlock the cable-box market. The details will be worked out in the coming months, but basically this means that you'll no longer have to rent ...
[Peter]’s folks’ cable company is terrible – such a surprise for a cable TV provider – and the digital part of their cable subscription will only work with the company’s cable boxes. The cable company ...
Cords and cables can create a lot of visual clutter. These items from IKEA can corral them or help you conceal them behind ...
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 ...
Streaming services are gaining popularity, but cable remains king. Here’s how much you can expect to pay for it.