TechHive

The FCC wants to blow up the cable box. Here’s what its proposal will (and won’t) do

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 ...
Hackaday

cable box

[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 ...
TechHive

Cable-box competition rules have been completely dismantled—to the detriment of consumers

Last Friday, the Federal Communications Commission finally gave up on trying to mandate more alternatives to clunky and expensive cable boxes. In a unanimous decision, the agency eliminated rules ...
CNN

Cable companies are replacing ancient cable boxes with these tiny new gadgets

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 to catch up with ...