Comcast to charge subscribers to use Roku as a cable box
Feb01
Comcast yesterday announced its launching a beta program that allows Roku users to ditch their cable box. That’s the good news. The bad news, spotted by Variety, is that it isn’t going to come free. Last year, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler followed through on a congressional order to carve a path toward ending set-top box monopolies. At the time, consumers were spending an average of $231 a year on required hardware rentals — rentals they didn’t necessarily want. Worse, they never actually owned the hardware. It was a dream scenario for cable companies that saw consumers renting first-party hardware indefinitely while locking them…
This story continues at The Next Web