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 ...

If you have a vintage AM radio, it’s sometimes difficult to receive local stations unless you live in a larger city. Those living on the fringe or in the country might not be able to tune in many ...

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 ...

Last Friday, the Federal Communications Commission finally gave up on trying to mandate more alternatives to clunky and expensive cable boxes. In a unanimous decision, the agency eliminated rules ...

The Federal Communications Commission has begun a process that could lead to TV viewers being able to own their cable TV set-top boxes. That's probably a problem most subscribers didn't know they had, ...

[Peter]’s folks’ cable company is terrible – such a surprise for a cable TV provider – and the digital part of their cable subscription will only work with the company’s cable boxes. The cable company ...

At the WWDC keynote Monday, Apple announced its first-ever deal with a U.S. cable provider to make Apple TV function as a cable box replacement. But, whether that can happen universally is another ...