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STMicroelectronics Enables Cost Effective Digital Cable TV Set-Top Boxes with New Single-Chip Demodulator and Decoder

STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), the world’s largest supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes (STBs)*, has announced a new generation single-chip solution for digital cable-TV STBs. The newest member ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Spectrum cable introduces a new souped-up ‘cable box.’ What it does, how much it costs

Read more: Review of Spectrum’s new Xumo streaming box with Cloud DVR: How to use + cost breakdown Charter’s Spectrum Cable has announced changes for the way its customers can access video content ...
CNN

Cable companies are replacing ancient cable boxes with these tiny new gadgets

The clunky old cable box doesn’t make sense anymore. Big, ugly, and heavy, they seem to have about as much place working with a modern TV as a DVD player. Cable companies are trying to catch up with ...
TechHive

Relief from cable-box rental fees is coming (but not from Comcast)

Cord-cutting has become so popular that some small cable companies are joining in, trading their own set-top boxes for streaming TV service. This week, a video delivery company called MobiTV announced ...