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 ...

The companies that sell you internet access — think Comcast or Charter — want to sell you phone service, too. And guess what the phone guys want to sell you? Yup: internet access. This is good for you ...

Charter’s Spectrum Cable has announced changes for the way its customers can access video content going forward — both the shows they watch on television and the shows they stream. Currently, Spectrum ...

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 ...

Traditional cable television and telephone service is quickly fading away. They both saw vibrant growth for decades. In the 1990s, they hit their peak, starting to sell extra phone lines, so customers ...

The clunky old cable box doesn’t make sense anymore. Big, ugly, and heavy, they seem to have about as much place working with a modern TV as a DVD player. Cable companies are trying to catch up with ...

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission suggested that the cable box business is broken, and it offered a plan to fix it. Under the FCC’s proposal, TV operators would have to supply their ...

A heaping pile of tangled cords is an eyesore. In a tech-centered world, chargers, power strips, Internet cords, and connectors abound. But there’s nothing cute or calming about them. In fact, they ...