Instead of typical cable box, you get TV channels on some new device.

您可以在某些新设备上获得电视频道，而不是典型的有线电视盒。

So my administration has encouraged the FCC to remove the barriers to competition that prevent new players from offering innovative cable box options to consumers.

因此，本届政府已经在推动FCC取消这些阻碍竞争的障碍，让新的竞争者可以为用户提供具有创新意义的有线电视机顶盒。

The same can happen with cable boxes, and in dozens of areas of our economy – all of which can make a difference in your everyday life.

因此，同样的改变也可以在有线电视机顶盒上发生，包括众多其它行业也是如此，这些改变将为大家的生活带来不一样的变化。

Its TV offering is a cable box that is little more than a portal to content from other firms, such as Netflix, not the disruptive offering that Apple executives promised.

它的电视产品是一个有线机顶盒，无非就是能接入其他公司（如Netflix）提供的节目内容，并非苹果高管们所承诺的颠覆性产品。

The FCC is looking over two proposals to regulate the cable box, both of which would stop cable companies from forcing you to rent one.

FCC 正在审查两项监管有线电视盒的提案，这两项提案都将阻止有线电视公司强迫您租用一个。

While the FCC is currently weighing the two proposals, what is clear is that the days of cable box rental fees might soon becoming to an end.

虽然 FCC 目前正在权衡这两项提议，但很明显，有线电视机顶盒租金的日子可能很快就会结束。

When I had cable, I had to pay a deposit for the cable box, but with satellite, I had to buy the dish outright, but it wasn't too expensive.

当我有有线电视时， 我必须为有线电视盒支付押金，但如果有卫星， 我必须直接购买碟形天线，但也不算太贵。

And they say that a closed app could force consumers who want to use a DVR to still have to rent a cable box, rental fees and all, essentially forcing consumers to have two boxes instead one.

他们说，一个封闭的应用程序可能会迫使想要使用 DVR 的消费者仍然不得不租用有线电视机顶盒、租金和所有费用，从根本上迫使消费者拥有两个机顶盒而不是一个。