But Martin says consumers should not have to pay for channels they may find objectionable and has been pushing
an al a carte system the industry charges would actually raise prices and limit selection by forcing lesser-watched channels out.
Martin has also been fighting the industry -and some fellow commissioners - over a study that suggests that more than 70%t of Americans who can subscribe to cable packages do so, opening the way for enforcement of dormant federal regulations passed to keep cable companies from growing too big.
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