Change in Set-Top Boxes Could Increase Cable Bill
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By Mike Hughlett, Chicago Tribune  Jun. 10--On the gizmo glamour scale, the TV set-top box is a bit of a frump -- something the cable company dumps on the doorstep, not the quarry of a shopping spree at Best Buy.
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Most consumers would end up paying more for cable and satellite television if they were allowed to pick only the channels they wanted to watch instead of being forced to buy large packages
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By KILLICK, David  New television technology is on the way. David Killick tries to make sense of the planned changes.
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A cable operator wonders if you'd like cellular service with your cable.
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Bills for thousands of Montgomery County cable viewers will increase by 4 percent starting March 1, when Comcast Corp., suburban Maryland's largest cable television provider, raises rates throughout the Washington region.
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Upcoming set-top box will offer TV, digital video recording, and Internet access in one.
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By Sanford Nowlin, San Antonio Express-News  Dec. 8--Even though consumers have more choices than ever for video  programming, cable and satellite TV, fees are expected to go up again in 2007.
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Letting cable TV subscribers pay for only the channels they want won't reduce the cost for most, federal regulators told Congress in a report released Friday. Consumer groups immediately attacked the study as flawed.
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Ma Bell finds new ways to make you pay for TV.
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It may seem like stating the obvious, and maybe it is, but one of the great things about digital cable television is getting to choose from a wider variety of channels.  This is particularly true with regard to religious programming.
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Equipment makers at the Consumer Electronics Show are seeking to bypass the cable industry's bottleneck control over the way most Americans watch TV.
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The U.S. Federal Communications  Commission will vote next week on a proposal to ban exclusive  deals between building owners and cable TV providers to give  apartment and condominium dwellers greater choice of pay  television services.
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Top cable operators are expanding their customer service operations to make common complaints a thing of the past.
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An innovation called the CableCard, which slides into a slot on the back of many new TV sets, is meant to eliminate the cable box. So why aren't cable customers hearing more about it?
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U.S. regulators turned down a  request by the cable television industry to delay new rules  designed to open up the market for cable TV set-top boxes.
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By Jim Wyss, The Miami Herald  Mar. 4--One of the most well-funded battles of the last legislative session is heating up again as the cable industry and telephone companies face off over the right to provide cable TV service.
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NEW YORK -- TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts will be complete in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009, and many consumers are puzzling over how the shift will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna?