You're missing the point on how a la carte affects content creators. It pushes a free-market system upon them, and they'll need to compete for viewers rather than achieve revenues based upon overall system subscribers.
But the mechanism to do what you want pushes a regulated environment on the carriers instead of the providers. If the real problem is that providers won't sell unbundled channels, then the solution should be a law that says providers have to sell a la carte to the cable and satellite companies. Go to the source of the problem and regulate them instead of the middle-men. -- -- Join Red Room Forum My Web Page Conrail Photo Album
Actually, it should affect both, and I think it would. I sincerely doubt that the cablo co's would be required to unbundle without the content providers also required to unbundle. I'm sure their lobbyists will make sure this is how it comes about. Content providers only bundle it up because cable co's would just drop all their other channels and rake in more profit.
