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Digital box required for Charter customers

Charter is going through a nationwide digital conversion right now. Starting on June 10, Charter customers in the La Crosse area will not be able to plug their TVs directly into a cable jack.
The Desert Sun

Goodbye traditional TV box, hello ‘Xumo’: Spectrum rolls out new kind of cable, streaming device

Spectrum TV customers in the Coachella Valley and elsewhere will start receiving a new kind of streaming box instead of the digital cable box or DVR they're used to. The Xumo Stream Box, a joint ...
The Verge

Comcast and Charter have begun rolling out the first Xumo streaming box

Both companies hope the Stream Box will become a ‘cable box’ for the streaming era as pay TV continues its decline. Both companies hope the Stream Box will become a ‘cable box’ for the streaming era ...
Yahoo

Spectrum cable introduces a new souped-up ‘cable box.’ What it does, how much it costs

Charter’s Spectrum Cable has announced changes for the way its customers can access video content going forward — both the shows they watch on television and the shows they stream. Currently, Spectrum ...
Kiplinger

Your Spectrum Cable Box Is About To Get More Expensive

When Charter Communications and Comcast rolled out their answer to the streaming wars last year — The Xumo Stream Box — they billed the move as “streaming simplified, bringing a live TV experience ...