28-01-2016 01:15 via

FCC to take aim at outrageous cable-box costs

Cable TV subscribers could get some relief from expensive set-top-box rental fees under a proposal from federal regulators.
The proposal, from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, would put traditional pay TV programming on a wider range of devices and apps, the Wall Street Journal reports. For instance, companies like Google and Roku could offer their own boxes that integrate cable television with Internet programming.
The Journal’s story doesn’t explain how this
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