A group of Senate and House Democrats are getting behind the FCC in pushing for rules that will force cable companies to open up the set-top box business. Marguerite Reardon Former senior reporter ...

In terms of heavy hitters, the most powerful person in the free world is quite the ally to have in your corner. Last week, The White House issued a statement from President Barack Obama endorsing the ...

A swing vote at the regulatory agency talks about "real flaws" in the original plan and hints at support for an emerging alternative proposal from the cable industry. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal ...

The FCC is considering an “Unlock The Box” proposal that would require TV providers in the United States to provide their content in a way that would let you access the channels you pay for on ...

Almost all cable subscribers pay to rent a set-top box netting the industry billions a year. Chairman Tom Wheeler says ending that practice would... If FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has his way, most ...

First, the Federal Communications Commission had a grand plan to blow up the set-top box and free consumers from the confines of their service provider. Then the FCC tempered that objective by asking ...

Comcast is set to become the first major American cable company to voluntarily comply with the FCC’s ‘unlock the box’ initiative that seeks to end the cable monopoly on set-top boxes. Last week, ...

The venerable cable set-top box is about to break the bonds of industry control and show up on retail shelves… but not all at once. “I wouldn’t call it a flood… we envision them popping up in retail,” ...

It wasn't long ago when it seemed as if bulky cable boxes might be going the way of TV antennas. The federal government was pressuring cable companies to open up their near-monopoly on boxes to more ...