[narby]

There needs to be an explicit "opt in" for all television channels, both cable and broadcast. If you don't select it somehow, you never see it. Not the even the menu on the cable menu.

I this could even be done on broadcast channels like CBS, if they made a provision in the remote control sequence.

They made the "V" chip a requirement, this could be an extention of it.

[Judith Anne]

I agree. For my basic DirecTV package, I'm FORCED to support MTV because I can't opt out of it. I did recently cancel all the alphabet networks--I don't watch them, but had them on a "just in case there's something I want to see" basis. No more. And I told DirecTV why, too. And complained about being forced to support MTV.

[Indy Pendance]

I was thinking along that line too. It can't be hard for manufactures of televisions to have a programmable television to opt out of channels. Have it passworded so only parents can add or delete channels. A simple computer program should be enough.