The ban hammer fell on July 1, 2007. That's the date the FCC set for its "integration ban" to prevent cable TV operators from deploying set-top boxes with integrated decryption and security systems.

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, ...

The government has a plan to help speed the arrival of digital TV and let you dump your cable box. It's called CableCard, and it's poised to come out from the wings, if not take center stage, in the ...

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 ...

You probably keep hearing about CableCARD technology (also called "Digital Cable Ready") - or perhaps you've never heard of it. In either case, there's good news for you as a consumer. After fighting ...

We’ve covered these feature-packed VidaBox media center PCs before, but none like this: in addition to having both Blu-ray and HD DVD players on board, now VidaBox is offering CableCARD compatibility ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Cable lobby guns are itching to face-off with TV and chipmakers in front of FCC FCC over ...

In preparing this week's Blog, there are several topics that are on my mind. The CableCARD situation continues to come to my mind. As I mentioned in my weekly newsletter, I've been going through ...

For some reason, my HTPC with my Ceton CableCARD tuner looks quite a bit worse than my Comcast cable box. Is this normal? My PC is using an nVidia GT430 card connected via HDMI to my TV. I'm using ...

There’s a bit of confusion over how cable operator Comcast will treat Roku devices on its network, in terms of the pricing. As Variety spotted when the new Xfinity TV app went live earlier this week, ...

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 ...