Earlier this month, some TiVo DVR users received an email from Spectrum with an ominous message. Citing future improvements to its network, Spectrum warned that “CableCARDs will not be compatible with ...

Rich was the editorial lead for CNET's Home and Wellness sections, based in Louisville, Kentucky. Before moving to Louisville in 2013, Rich ran CNET's desktop computer review section for 10 years in ...

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 ...

Under Section 629 of the Communications Act, Congress directed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt regulations “to assure the commercial availability … of converter boxes, interactive ...

LOS ANGELES - Most of us spend hundreds of dollars to rent our cable set-top boxes from the likes of Comcast, Time Warner and Verizon. What if we could bypass the rental fee, buy our own box and save ...

Most of the language in a complex satellite and cable broadcast bill working its way through Congress deals with issues the average pay-TV viewer won’t see up close, ranging from retransmission ...

In 2007, the CableCard was designed to spur innovation in the set-top boxes, giving third parties a chance to plug into the cable ecosystem by installing a single card that would handle all the ...

The CableCard—that small slab that lets a TiVo tune into cable by authenticating its connection—would lose a regulatory safeguard under a bill nearing introduction in Congress. The “‘Consumer Video ...

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - Jul 16, 2013) - TiVo Inc., a leading provider of advanced television entertainment and a pioneer in digital video recording, is urging the Federal Communications ...

Samsung is looking to bring to market a new Smart Media Player set top box with a CableCard slot for traditional subscription video services and a broadband connection for over-the-top (OTT) streaming ...

As I mentioned in last week’s post, I've finally succeeded in establishing CableCARD-supported cable television service with Comcast. After having dabbled with ATSC for a few days, I'd decided that I ...

All you need is a CableCard from your cable company and a Windows 7 PC, and presto: you've got a fantastic dual-tuner DVR. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, ...