The cable company only rents the boxes with no option to buy them ... [Peter]’s system can be set up as a single receiver, and single transmitter, single receiver and multiple transmitter ...

Two major cable television providers are taking an initial step to move away from a piece of hardware that allowed subscribers to watch digitally-encrypted TV channels using third-party set-top boxes.

The DOR has since clarified that the tax exemption for cable converter boxes, set-top boxes and cable system terminal devices was "only for the purpose of receiving programming or information from ...