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 ...

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 (AP) — You may soon have more options for a cable box than renting one from your cable company. The Federal Communications Commission has a plan to make cable companies provide apps that ...

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 ...

For TV viewers sick of forking out money month after month to rent their cable boxes, paying long after the cable company has recovered the cost of a box that never improves and locks out competing ...

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 ...

Customers who use QAM tuners may have to choose new options RCN and others are making the change Tip%3A Look for a Wi-Fi hotspot from your cable provider Question. My cable provider has suddenly ...

We all love electronics, but the mess of cables and cords that sprawl around behind and between them? Those are just ugly (and possibly dangerous if you have pets or kids). And it’s not so safe for ...