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noun

an electronic device that allows cable television channels to be viewed by a subscriber.

an electronic device that converts a digital television signal to analog or unscrambles a television signal.

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How to use cable box in a sentence

Its subscriber base may shrink, and those people may shift to streaming channels over the internet rather than through a cable box or satellite dish.
Future of TV Briefing: What TV and streaming companies’ latest earnings reports say about the state of the industry|Tim Peterson|August 18, 2021|Digiday
The instructions for your remote should be in the user manual that came with your cable box, but if you don’t have it, you can always search online for the manufacturer and model of your device.
Get rid of the remote controls you don’t need. Here’s how.|Whitson Gordon|December 16, 2020|Popular-Science
Considering that Roku already has more than 43 million monthly active accounts, that means within the next five years the number of households with a Roku device could exceed those with a cable box.
‘CTV took from everybody’: How connected TV won this year’s upfront|Tim Peterson|October 28, 2020|Digiday
They believed that, whether someone was watching a show through their cable box or a connected TV device, the impression for ads running during that show should be worth the same.
‘This was the zeitgeist year’: How TV networks sold advertisers on streaming in this year’s upfront|Tim Peterson|September 30, 2020|Digiday

Originally, over-the-top referred to any physical devices that sat over the top of a cable box, enabling access to TV content.
Deep Dive: How media buying execs are adapting to the challenges and changes of 2020 and beyond|jim cooper|September 28, 2020|Digiday
When I heard Mitt Romney misquoting George Costanza, I thought my cable box was playing tricks on me.
Tactical Humorist: Gingrich Referees, Romney Channels Costanza, Santorum on Dukakis|Mark Katz|February 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And that brings us to why your phone could look a lot more like a cable box in the future.
Google's Plan Could Wreck the Web|Thomas E. Weber|August 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST