If you buy, rent, or lease a cable box from your television provider, those transactions are now subject to the state sales ...

Massachusetts will apply a 6.25% sales tax to cable boxes with features beyond basic cable reception and parental controls.

Bay State channel surfers who buy, rent or lease a cable box from their television provider could soon see a change on their ...

As people requested features, he realized that he could create a simulated cable box and emulate a 1990s-era cable TV system. Of course, you also needed a physical box , which turned into another ...

The new box costs $5 per month for 12 months or you can buy it outright for $60. If you’re keeping the box longer than that, it’s smarter to buy. But if the box malfunctions, you’ll have to ...

New cable TV boxes have access to more than 100 streaming apps for "simplified" viewing experience. To slow consumers' cord-cutting in favor of streaming services, Spectrum cable has launched the ...

Charter reported having 14.1 million Spectrum residential cable TV customers at the end of June, which was 782,000, or 5.3%, ... Cable boxes, on the other hand, ...

As the Bay State’s emergency shelter bill hovers near $1 billion for another year, and Beacon Hill looks at spending boosts ...

The new box, called XUMO, replaces the old set-top cable box and has several new features. Spectrum cable introduces a new souped-up ‘cable box.’ What it does, how much it costs ...

Spectrum is moving away from its traditional cable TV boxes in favor of a new streaming device called Xumo that will be significantly cheaper. Spectrum phasing out cable boxes, raising rates ...

When is a cable TV box more than just a cable TV box? In Massachusetts, it’s when you can tack on a 6.25% user tax.

And of all places, cable TV subscriptions, ... Indeed, many of those cable boxes could soon be subjected to the state’s 6.25% sales tax, under a proposal the DOR put out for comment last week.