A La Carte Cable Doesn't Make Sense → Re: Big dish does it

The content providers won't have a choice if content deliver-ers aren't given a choice.

I'm not sure about terms here.
By content providers, I am talking about ABC/ESPN/Disney (Disney), MTV/Spike/CMT/Comedy Central/VH1/Nick (Viacom, Discovery/TLC/AP, CNN/TBS/TNT/CN/CTV/CTM (Turner), or CW/WB/HBO/Cinemax (Time Warner).
Who do you mean by deliverers?

Deliverers as in content delivery (cable/DBS/Telco-video companies).

If the deliverers are all mandated that they offer a la carte, the content providers will have no choice but to accept it if they want to get on the air.

There is no legal foundation though for mandating a la carte from DBS though. That would be the sticking point.
As well, it is unlikely that the cable companies would be mandated to stop offering packages. This would lead to deals from the content providers along the lines of the current HBO packages: buy the whole package or buy individual channels for a rate so high that the package is cheaper when you buy more than one channel.

They mandate that some satellite subscribers pay taxes on their service. If States can do that, the FCC can certainly mandate a la carte sales since from what I understand they license the frequencies DBS providers use.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm not advocating getting rid of packages, only adding a choice of a la carte in addition to packages.