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 FCC has been flirting with the possibility of unlocking set-top boxes, allowing devices from third parties like Roku or Apple to replace your cable box, but the change hasn’t happened yet. Now, a ...

The Federal Communications Commission's proposal to issue new set-top-box rules that would enable people to more easily watch television programs on tablets and smart TVs has drawn praise from the ...

Sixty lawmakers say in a new letter to the Federal Communications Commission that a proposal to unlock set-top boxes will "jeopardize the incredible evolution of video distribution services enabled by ...

First, the Federal Communications Commission had a grand plan to blow up the set-top box and free consumers from the confines of their service provider. Then the FCC tempered that objective by asking ...

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 ...