Adam Gillitt does not hate what is on his TV as much as he dislikes what is attached to it. Gillitt, a graphic designer from Alameda, Calif., is exasperated by his high-definition cable box, made by ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - You should be able to choose your TV set-top box the same way you pick a smartphone. That's one argument being made by proponents of a push for competition in the market long ...

The White House has unveiled a proposal that it hopes will free cable subscribers from having to lease set-top boxes, potentially saving the average family hundreds of dollars a year.Cable and ...

Watching Hollywood and Big Cable lobby against the FCC’s proposal to promote competition in the set-top box market, you might think their lawyers have taken a hint from their screenwriters: don’t let ...

The FCC has good news this morning for cable and satellite companies, but bad news for their subscribers who hate the set-top boxes they usually must lease in order to watch TV. The agency’s new ...

President Obama is throwing his weight behind a plan that would lead to competition in the market for set-top cable and satellite TV boxes. Most viewers now rent the boxes from their TV providers. The ...

UPDATE with MPAA and DGA statements: FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel doesn’t seem to be on board yet with chairman Tom Wheeler’s plan to help independent manufacturers sell cable set-top boxes.

Just before yesterday's vote to boost competition in the cable set-top box market, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler showed the audience a letter that cable lobbyists sent to the ...

The White House said it's asking the FCC to open up set-top box competition. The Federal Communications Commission is pursuing new regulations giving consumers more options to buy cable boxes. Matt ...