Today’s cable systems are increasingly digital. Armed with a rank of receivers, multiplexers and remultiplexers, a headend can produce hundreds of channels for delivery to viewers. Photo courtesy ...

Now that cable television executives have discovered high definition TV, they'd have you think that they invented it. Or that they're the only ones who can make HDTV succeed in the U.S. To demonstrate ...

For years now, consumers have enjoyed the capacity and convenience of the Digital Video Recorder (DVR). The most prominent brand in the marketplace, TiVo, has become a household word. Life has been ...

While owners of 4K TVs aren’t entirely starved for content, there is still a long way to go. While DirecTV offers a few Ultra HD channels, most 4K content comes from streaming services like Netflix, ...

It's that time of year again when we kick off the Christmas shopping season with the biggest sale of the year after Thanksgiving called the Black Friday sales. If you're going to buy things for this ...

High-definition TV could be the crucial factor in the tussle between phone and cable companies for TV programming subscribers. Marguerite Reardon Former senior reporter Marguerite Reardon started as a ...

It's possible to get free, over-the-air television and that might be a great choice for would-be cord-cutters. Americans spend an average of $61.63 per month for cable services, according to the most ...

With satellite-tv operator DirecTV Group Inc. planning to offer as many as 100 channels of high-definition television by the end of the year, cable companies are scrambling to keep up by reclaiming ...

SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today that multiple US cable operators are testing Ultra HD (or 4K) content across its fully-managed Ultra HD platform and ...

There is an increasing need to be able to transmit high definition (HD) video over long cable runs, e.g., for security camera installations. In many cases the cable installation is pre-existing and ...

Six months ago, after years of waiting, I finally had a chance to switch my Media Center setup over to a fully digital, cable-compatible, high-definition configuration. How has it worked out? Let's ...