Roku streaming boxes can now be used as cable boxes for Time Warner Cable subscribers. The feature upgrade comes courtesy of the free TWC TV app, which went live in the Roku Channel Store earlier ...

Comcast will soon let its customers to bypass the cable box and get Xfinity service directly on their television sets or streaming media gadgets. A new Comcast app will transform new Samsung smart TVs ...

But this all presumes that there is even a problem that the FCC needs to solve. The industry is already developing apps that can be downloaded to SmartTVs, BlueRay players, tablets, computers, and ...

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 week, President Barack Obama came out in support of an FCC proposal to free cable subscribers from the dreaded cable boxes they have to lease from their cable providers. This week, Comcast ...

The app allows subscribers to watch live and on-demand TV via Roku devices. It's free during beta, but will entail a monthly fee after official launch. David leads the Hardware team at CNET, covering ...

Could Comcast kill the cable box? TechCrunch reports the cable provider launched its new Xfinity TV app on Roku, featuring live and on-demand programming, including from local broadcast stations. And ...

Roku on Tuesday announced that it is teaming up with Comcast to bring the cable company's Xfinity TV app to its family of media-streaming boxes. The app is in beta for now, but continues an ongoing ...

If your friend accepts your invitation, his cable box will tune into the same show you’re watching. It isn’t really clear why you’d want to do this, but it’s neat from a tech point of view, I guess.

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Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. The two biggest cable companies are now following the same policies when it comes ...

Ask any 50- or 60-year-old to describe what their home television system looked like during their younger years and you’ll most likely get descriptions of large box-style televisions with dials that ...