But this is a flexible process, and we are interested in close cooperation over it with our American partners.

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So whatever Apple or anyone else proposes to do in the way of providing the kind of flexible access to programming on demand that many cable subscribers say they want depends on the cooperation of the cable companies such as Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, Charter, and others.

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