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Cable giant Comcast said Wednesday it will allow some customers to watch cable TV without leasing a set-top box, responding to federal regulators’ heightened efforts to open up the pay-TV set ...
Comcast is moving beyond the box and porting the user interface for its elegant, intuitive Xfinity X1 set-top box brick by digital brick to four of the leading smart TV operating systems.
In “Comcast: Cable Modem Rentals Contribute More Than Olympics” I left Comcast’s set-top box rentals out of my analysis because I didn’t think customers could buy their own set top box. In ...
Comcast might be getting ready to cut the cord: the company is reportedly planning a streaming set-top box for its internet customers. But can it compete with the likes of Apple, Amazon, and Roku?
Comcast Corp. unveiled a new hybrid set-top box at the Cable Show in Chicago on Tuesday that incorporates Web-based features like a Facebook app.
Commentary: Comcast will let customers get TV service on additional sets without a set-top box -- but it'll probably charge them for it. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004 ...
Comcast has accused the Federal Communications Commission of violating the law with its new proposal for helping consumers avoid renting set-top boxes. The FCC ditched its original plan for ...
Comcast’s new X4 set-top box willfinally deliver 4K content to whatever 4K TV you’ve got—bringing a key piece of the UltraHD future to a huge chunk of the market.
Comcast subscribers in Augusta, Georgia are currently playing guinea pig for a new set-top box that lets them watch internet video in addition to regular TV (and search seamlessly across both).
The president signed an executive order on Friday requesting proposals for administrative action that would provide protect consumers.
Comcast Corp. unveiled a new hybrid set-top box at the Cable Show in Chicago on Tuesday that incorporates Web-based features like a Facebook app.