The Federal Communications Commission is accepting public comment on a plan that chairman Tom Wheeler calls “Unlock the Box.” At first glance, the proposal seems like a clear-cut win for consumers and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Predictably, the cable industry revved its own lobbying effort into full throttle in reacting to the news. The self-described Future of TV Coalition -- a cable industry consortium funded by the likes ...