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 ...

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 ...

TiVo came out with a bunch of new cable boxes last night, including the top-of-line, $600 Roamio. The Verge's Nilay Patel reviewed the Roamio, and he loves it. He calls it "the ultimate cable 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 ...

Commentary: A proposal by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler calls for cable companies like Comcast to "unlock the set-top box." Unlocking isn't enough. The box should die, once ...

Q. My cable company finally scrambled all the channels so they can only be received with a cable box. Can I at least purchase these boxes anywhere? A. This e-mail conveniently arrived on the day ...