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White House Weighs In on Set Top Box Debate

April 15, 2016

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Since the FCC announced plans to open up the set top box market, a fierce lobbying effort has been underway, courtesy of the big cable companies of course. Warning of rampant piracy, higher costs to consumers, and monopolistic control by tech companies like Google, they’ve done their best to paint the decision as an absolute…

Get Interested in Set Top Boxes

April 13, 2016

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Your cable set top box is probably a device that you try not to think about too much. And with good reason: not a lot has changed about it since the 1990s, except maybe the fee you pay to rent the device, which has surely gone up since then. All that may be poised for…

Big Cable Sees Self as Lesser of Two Evils in Set Top Box Fight

April 4, 2016

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As the FCC prepares to open up the cable set-top box to the masses, the TV industry is pulling out all the stops to try and thwart the effort. One of their tried and true tactics is to try and scare consumers with another boogeyman. In this case, they warn that third-party set top boxes…