In April 2016, Comcast said Xfinity cable customers would be able to forgo an expensive cable box before the end of the year and use a Roku box instead. The company missed that target, but the good ...

While the FCC is working on ways to "unlock the box," Comcast announced plans for its Xfinity TV service that don't require the set-top add-on. Later this year, the company will release an Xfinity TV ...

An Apple TV can now be used to watch all of Comcast’s live, on demand and DVR programming. The cable behemoth’s subscribers just need to install the newly-released Xfinity Stream app on Apple’s ...

Last year, the cable industry seemed to be making meaningful progress toward eliminating the hated cable box. Comcast announced plans for a Roku app and a way for any device maker to create their own ...

Eli covered the latest in the ever-changing worlds of telecom, streaming and sports. He previously worked as a technology reporter at USA Today. As people around the US remain hunkered down, Comcast's ...

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, ...

Comcast has apparently realized that charging cord cutters $5 per month for a streaming box was a bad idea. The company’s Xfinity Flex device, which is essentially an Xfinity X1 cable box without the ...

If you’d like to use the interface on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 set-top box—and you should, it’s fantastic—but aren’t so sure about the box itself, stay tuned. By the end of 2018, roughly two-thirds of the ...

Comcast’s Xfinity TV application launched into beta today on Roku, offering both live and on-demand programming, including local broadcast stations as well as public access and government channels. It ...

As cable companies come to terms with the fact that streaming services are stealing millions of their customers every year, they’ve suddenly become more open to doing things that in the past would ...