Pay-cable channels are still free from regulation, and the rules could prod cable companies to modernize so that nearly all programs are sold a la carte, giving consumers more choice.

有线电视仍未受管制，新规定将促使有线电视公司采用新办法，尽量个别提供所有节目，予消费者较多选择。

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Public broadcasters levy a compulsory fee, but relatively few people pay cable or satellite broadcasters for extra channels.

虽然公共电视台征收强制费用，但是很少有人为通过有线电视或者卫星电视接收的额外频道而多付费用。

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Subscribers to multichannel television, who may get it from a cable, satellite or telecoms firm, pay for "bundles" of channels, whether they watch them all or not. They are also shown advertisements.

对于通过有线，卫星或电信公司收看多个电视台的订购者来说，不管他们会不会全看，他们都已捆绑缴费，其中也包括广告在内。

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Simpson had tried and thus far failed to sell his story to pay-per-view cable channels before opting to sit down at his former employer's network.

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While most people get their broadcast channels as part of a pay-TV package that usually includes cable channels, consumers with newer TVs, or an inexpensive converter for old TVs, can receive over-the-air signals from broadcast stations free in areas with good reception.

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Some also feared Apple would undercut their ability to release films through a sequence of "windows"--first at theaters, then DVDs, then pay-per-view, then HBO and other pay channels, and finally on broadcast and basic cable.

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