Cable, led by Cablevision, mulls network DVR

September 19, 2008 By DEBORAH YAO , AP Business Writer Cable, led by Cablevision, mulls network DVR (AP)

In rthis May 30, 2007 file photo, a cable box is seen on top of a television in Philadelphia. Pay-TV customers with regular set-top boxes could soon record programs without a DVR. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

(AP) -- If the nation's largest cable TV operators have their way, the home digital video recorder could soon become a relic.

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