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Broadcasters can demand carriage of their channels or negotiate for compensation.
The law was upheld by the Supreme Court. Lamb told lawmakers that adopting a similar rule for the new digital channels will cause a similar effect. There are about 11,000 cable systems in the United States. The FCC's Cable and Mass Media Bureaus are working out the details of the digital must-carry rule that they will send to commissioners this month. The commission is expected to move quickly on the issue once it arrives on the eighth floor.