The Federal Communications Commission has lately devoted a lot of attention and time to the issue of obscenity on TV. It's not always clear what consumers think about the issue, except
that it's a hot-button topic in some neighborhoods. But insofar as cable TV is concerned, a new study from Arbitron suggests that paying subscribers would just as soon the government butt
out. Arbitron's study, which focused on the relationship between subs and cable, revealed that nearly two-thirds of all respondents said that cable programming should be unrestricted by the
government, agreeing that "channels like MTV, E! and Comedy Central should be able to [carry] whatever programming they please." Moreover, reports Mediaweek, “77 percent of
those surveyed said that premium networks such as HBO and Showtime should be given even greater latitude to run unrestricted fare." Another significant find of the study: Of those viewers
who have ordered VOD programming, 47 percent said that they would prefer to watch free, ad-supported VOD content rather than pay for the privilege of watching VOD without any commercial messages
attached.
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