The little USB ATSC tuner integrates OTA HDTV and basic cable seamlessly into the Boxee Box's menu system, and I found it's as wonderful as it sounds.
Cable systems are moving some channels from their basic cable package into the more expensive digital tier.
The content of the 40 most-watched cable channels, which account for 90% of the viewing time on basic cable, costs the cable companies about $8 per month.
Martin now is maneuvering to extend FCC oversight to basic cable for the first time.
Even my parents' own basic cable on the Gulf Coast includes Fox News, but no Comedy Central.
Comcast has nearly 40percentt of the market for basic cable, according to the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.
"This opens up opportunities in the world of basic cable to fill the void".
Now basic cable networks are moving into the comedy turf the networks have owned for decades.
But Cablevision gained about 900 basic cable customers during the period.
The bigger broadcast and basic cable networks accounted for the rest of the time.
