Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to do more with your consumer gadgets. When was the last time you liked your cable company’s set-top box? Odds ...

In terms of heavy hitters, the most powerful person in the free world is quite the ally to have in your corner. Last week, The White House issued a statement from President Barack Obama endorsing the ...

Imagine you wanted to launch a campaign to garner public support for a technology mandate that will steer profits to a politically favored class of companies. Publishing an eye-popping statistic that ...

The Federal Communications Commission today approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that seeks to give consumers more choices in the set-top boxes they use to watch cable TV. The vote was 3-2, ...

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 ...

If you’re a pay-TV subscriber, there’s a 99 percent chance that you’re leasing a set-top box from your cable or satellite TV provider in order to access the TV channels you subscribe to. The amount ...

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 ...