Tired of renting that anything-but-cutting-edge box from your cable provider? The FCC wants to open the market to competition. CNET tells you what you need to know and how long you'll have to wait.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Conexant Systems Inc. here rolled out what the company claims is the world's most highly-integrated chip for interactive cable set-top boxes. The CX24430 combines cable-modem ...

Consumers might soon be able to toss out their rented pay-TV set-top boxes for smart-TV and tablet apps that access the programming of their cable, satellite and telco pay-TV providers. A proposal ...