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The Motley Fool July 10, 2007 David Lee Smith	Could Cable Get Boxed In? New FCC mandates could ultimately hurt the cable multisystems operators. The commission wants consumers to be able to purchase their own set-top boxes, theoretically to reduce the MSOs' control over the entire subscription process. Investors, take note.
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BusinessWeek August 6, 2007 Stephen H. Wildstrom	TiVo, Minus The Tangle The new TiVo HD is a harbinger of better things that will be here soon.
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Home Theater July 1, 2008	Most CableCARDs End Up in Boxes Most CableCARDs are deployed not in cable ready sets but in cable boxes.
PC World August 2006 Yardena Arar	HDTV: Is Now the Best Time to Buy? Deciding when to move to high-definition TV involves more than just the set.
InternetNews January 11, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Pushes for Competitive Set-Top Market The Federal Communications Commission denies Comcast request for delay in separating security features from set-top digital receivers.
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Home Theater July 6, 2007	Verizon Dodges FCC CableCARD Rules Starting on July 1, all non-broadcast television providers are required under federal law to support the CableCARD standard and storebought cable boxes - with very few exceptions. One of those exceptions is Verizon.
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Home Theater September 14, 2007	FCC Adopts Cable Transition Rules This week the Federal Communications Commission finally decided on "must carry" rules. All channels on your local airwaves must be available to all cable subscribers, whether their TVs are digital or analog.
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PC World August 2005 Lincoln Spector	TV Time Shifters Digital video recorders gained fame with TiVo. New competitors range from rented boxes to Media Center PCs--and our TV addict describes them all.
Home Theater May 3, 2007	Motorola to Show Dual Cable Box Looking for a smoother way to switch between cable and broadcast channels? Next week Motorola will demo a dual-function cable box that also receives off-the-air channels.
Home Theater November 14, 2008	Times Are Hard? Raise Cable Rates! Home prices are plummeting, people are maxing out their credit cards, the stock market is in convulsions, health care costs are out of control, and the economy is rocketing into recession. America needs a morale booster. What better time to raise cable television rates?
InternetNews January 9, 2008 Gene Hirschel	Is 'Tru2Way' True Two-Way TV? Brian Roberts of Comcast delivers a few wows at CES about cable's next content horizon.
InternetNews January 13, 2004 Colin Haley	New Cisco Gear Targets Cable VOD In the face of mounting competition, the network equipment maker introduces new products to help cable operators deliver video-on-demand services.
PC World October 26, 2006 Alan Stafford	New HDTVs Bring Higher Def, Better Color Increased resolution, new peripherals and connections promise the best TV yet.
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Linux Journal September 1, 2007 Nicholas Petreley	/var/opinion - The Ultimate Linux PVR The bottom line is if you want a real Personal Video Recorder, get TiVo. It will be a sad day if GPLv3 forces TiVo to fork Linux in order to continue using it. TiVo has done a remarkable job with Linux and its hardware, and it should be rewarded, not punished.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away If you find something better, replace it.
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Home Theater September 1, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	Court Knocks FCC Cable Limit Until recently, no single cable operator was allowed to dominate more than 30 percent of the U.S. market. But a court has thrown out the Federal Communications Commission's market cap, eliminating a rule that's been the law of the land since 1992.
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Home Toys June 2002 Navin Sabharwal	Video on Demand: Coming Soon to a Home Theater Near You Despite repeated false dawns it can now be confidently said that Video on Demand (VOD) is arriving and that over the next few years it will become a significant component of the service bundle that cable operators will offer.
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