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The following can be attributed to John Bergmayer, Senior Staff Attorney at Public Knowledge:
"Cable subscribers are often dismayed that they have to subscribe to an expensive bundle of hundreds of channels just to get access to the few they want. Many subscribers may not realize that large media conglomerates such as Viacom often force cable companies to include unpopular channels in subscriber bundles and to pay for them.
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"To be sure, there's a lot of blame to go around when it comes to high cable prices, Cable companies themselves benefit from an uncompetitive market that allows them to pass along costs to consumers and keep prices high. Broadcasters also have rules that force cable subscribers to subsidize them.
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