The cable industry suffered a blow on Friday when a federal appeals court upheld the Federal Communications Commission's mandate requiring cable operators to distribute a technology called CableCards, ...

If the industry press is to be believed, Tuesday's announcement that Sony would be producing TVs with Tru2way compatibility was a watershed event--the electronics world equivalent of the Magna Carta ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Communications Commission has ordered cable companies to allow subscribers to use third party navigation devices to access their cable services at the same price as ...

It looks like I'm going to finally have to switch to digital cable, as sticking with analog is becoming absurdly expensive. The cable company here is Cox (a name and an attitude!) and they now have an ...

The good news is, as of July 1 cable companies are required to ship new cable boxes that use new bi-directional CableCards, a move mandated by the FCC to support CableCard-based alternatives such as ...

Some of the nation's most prominent cable TV programmers are asking the FCC to continue allowing cable operators to skirt the commission's regulations designed to ultimately allow people to shop for a ...

The Consumer Electronics Show could see the beginnings of a resurgence of CableCard, the PCMCIA Type II card that authorizes and decrypts a cable TV signal for a TV or TV peripheral. Many PCs, set-top ...

Operators move closer to offering service allowing consumers to simply plug a card into a device to get cable TV service. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone ...