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 ...

Spectrum Cable customers have the option to ditch the cable box entirely and sign up for a Xumo streaming device, a move that Charter Spectrum executives said they hope will bring more unity to the ...

Spectrum, late last year, announced plans to phase out traditional cable boxes in favor of a streaming device. And while Comcast isn’t quite ready to abandon its set top box, it is offering that same ...

If the cable operator's efforts to partner with leading gadget makers are successful, those set-top boxes could be a thing of the past. Photo: Comcast's AnyPlay device Erica Ogg is a CNET News ...