Last year, the cable industry seemed to be making meaningful progress toward eliminating the hated cable box. Comcast announced plans for a Roku app and a way for any device maker to create their own ...

In April 2016, Comcast said Xfinity cable customers would be able to forgo an expensive cable box before the end of the year and use a Roku box instead. The company missed that target, but the good ...

Comcast has apparently realized that charging cord cutters $5 per month for a streaming box was a bad idea. The company’s Xfinity Flex device, which is essentially an Xfinity X1 cable box without the ...

An Apple TV can now be used to watch all of Comcast’s live, on demand and DVR programming. The cable behemoth’s subscribers just need to install the newly-released Xfinity Stream app on Apple’s ...

Roku on Tuesday announced that it is teaming up with Comcast to bring the cable company's Xfinity TV app to its family of media-streaming boxes. The app is in beta for now, but continues an ongoing ...

Dropping cable or satellite TV isn’t the only way to lower your TV bill. Even if you’re not ready to cut the cord, you may ...

The launch is a notable example of how pay TV operators are making streaming a central part of their video strategies When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The app allows subscribers to watch live and on-demand TV via Roku devices. It's free during beta, but will entail a monthly fee after official launch. David leads the editorial team at CNET. We ...

Comcast and LG have teamed up to make life easier for Xfinity TV subscribers who have one of the newest LG smart TVs. In the near future, those customers will be able to access their Xfinity TV cable ...

The Xfinity Flex streaming box and remote is aimed at Comcast’s internet-only subscribers who want to watch video on the big screen. (Comcast Photo) Commentary: After subscribing to Comcast cable ...

Question: why in an age of streaming services, smartphones and countless apps that can do just about anything do we still—in nearly all instances—need a cable box to sign up for a subscription and ...

Could Comcast kill the cable box? TechCrunch reports the cable provider launched its new Xfinity TV app on Roku, featuring live and on-demand programming, including from local broadcast stations. And ...