Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has written a letter to several minority groups saying that it would benefit their communities if cable subscribers got to choose channels a la carte.

In the letter, Martin pointed to a Nielsen study that shows the average American household gets 85 channels but only watches about 16, an experience that’s particularly true for the Hispanic community and other minorities.

But under an a la carte system, viewers would only pay for the channels they want, something that would also benefit families that don’t want to subsidize objectionable channels they’d rather not have in their homes.

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