If every channel had its own app, users could pay a la carte for content, a few dollars at a time, rather than shelling big bucks for hundreds of stations that they never watch.
But the resolution does not authorise force, let alone give America carte blanche for such actions.
In particular, environmentalists worried that Congress's version of the law amounted to carte blanche for the chainsaw.
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Basically getting to the Derby works like this: Churchill Downs sells some tickets a la carte, for seats only.
That was a mistake, offering carte blanche for criticism of America for almost any environmental or economic ill, some justified, most not.
They have to do what they have to do to get it, and so you've just given in essence, though you may not know it, carte blanche for a lot of problems to occur.
And 26-star Michelin chef Joel Robuchon is the gastronomic brains behind Air France's carte de jour for business-class passengers, with dishes that have included Basque shrimp and turmeric-scented pasta with lemongrass.
Big media companies also argue that a la carte would be bad for the consumer in the long run.
Other than the obvious, which is that all the Beatles songs will be available for a la carte track-by-track sale in iTunes, there will almost certainly be some kind of additional offers in play.
While some pay-TV executives say that full "a la carte'" could be overwhelming for viewers, others say that such an offering would be "the dream" but not practical, considering the reality of relationships with entertainment companies.
More recently, Seven, Serotta, and IF have begun offering a slate of complete comment finish kits you can order for less than a la carte, but your dealer still usually gets the parts and assembles the bike.
Even if, unlikely as it seems at present, Mr Hussein agrees to give carte blanche to Unmovic to scour Iraq for evidence of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, that may not be enough to convince everyone that the country is no longer a threat.
Pay outlets have existed for years, like the Smarte Carte kiosks found at many airports.
His vision was for a Europe "a la carte", where countries chose what they liked and disliked.
Those three businesses have built impressive market share by recognizing how patterns of entertainment consumption are shifting away from programmed, scheduled packages and toward on-demand, a la carte snacking and making it easy for consumers to incorporate that shift into their own lives.
And if the the 20% decide to fight for their right to an a la carte market, there will be a lot less on cable.
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Pivot could be the first of many "a la carte" broadband channels offered to subscribers weary of paying for whole tiers of cable-TV networks.
Government culture spokesman Viscount Younger of Leckie denied they were giving firms "carte blanche", insisting there were still options available for councils to oppose the cabinets in "exceptional circumstances".
The new U-verse Screen Pack, together with U-verse On Demand, offers customers an extensive collection of new release hit movies, classic movies, TV programs and premium programs for free, via subscription or a la carte.
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For 13 years they have been happy to give carte blanche to Ralph Klein, their rumpled, tough-talking premier, granting his Conservative government four whopping majorities as he led his province from hard times to oil-fired prosperity.
The company could, for example, start offering an a-la-carte service, on a premium tier to customers, pitting it against traditional cable companies.
For a legitimate shot at that luxury, however, she requires carte blanche now.
Google just "graduated" the feature from its Gmail Labs, a sort of sandbox for innovative features the company makes available to users on an a la carte basis.
Last month, by a vote of 5 to 4, the U.S. Supreme Court gave carte blanche to the world's largest corporations to spend unlimited sums of money to support or oppose candidates for elected office.
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