A followup to this article has been published. In “Comcast: Cable Modem Rentals Contribute More Than Olympics” I left Comcast ’s set-top box rentals out of my analysis because I didn’t think customers ...

How much do you pay for cable TV service? $60? $80? Over $100? There’s nothing wrong with subscribing to pay TV despite how popular cord cutting is right now. But if you’re going to pay an arm and a ...

James is wondering: Can he avoid Time Warner Cable’s monthly fee to lease a set-top box by purchasing his own hardware? In a word, no. There are no generic equivalents for the company’s digital boxes.

Question: why in an age of streaming services, smartphones and countless apps that can do just about anything do we still—in nearly all instances—need a cable box to sign up for a subscription and ...