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 ...

The FCC says the average cable consumer spends an average of $231 a year in cable box rental fees. Under a new proposal, that money would go back in the cable buyer’s pocket. The FCC voted Thursday to ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday to formally consider rules that would make it easier for companies like Google and TiVo to manufacture pay-television boxes, which supporters ...

The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 today to move forward with a controversial plan for new cable box rules that would let people more easily watch TV on smartphones, tablets and other ...

Have you looked at your cable bill lately? Turns out you're not just paying for TV channels. Your cable company is also most likely charging you every month for rent on your cable box. Almost all of ...

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 ...

The Federal Communications Commission today approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that seeks to give consumers more choices in the set-top boxes they use to watch cable TV. The vote was 3-2, ...

Or is Verizon simply trying to out-innovate competitors like Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and AT&T with its Project Mallard? According to a flurry of recent reports, the U.S. telecom behemoth is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to do more with your consumer gadgets. When was the last time you liked your cable company’s set-top box? Odds ...

Last month, reports surfaced that the FCC planned to pry set-top boxes out of hands of cable and satellite companies. Today, the Commission passed the "Unlock the Box" plan that would do just that.

If FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has his way, most people who subscribe to cable will stop paying a monthly fee to rent a set-top box from their provider. As we've reported, about 99 percent of cable TV ...

Alphabet's efforts to disrupt a $20 billion industry just got an important endorsement as the cable industry cries foul. In terms of heavy hitters, the most powerful person in the free world is quite ...