[TylerE]

Many of those channels you "don't want" actually subsidize the channels you do want.

[listenallyall]

Further, most channels he does want can only exist in a bundled world, since too few people would pay for that specific channel a la carte

[RHSeeger]

At least for me, I find that unlikely. I'm paying a fee for sports channels I have no interest in (because you can't not pay it), I'm buying a bundle that I only want a couple channels in, and those are the channels most people want. I would guess that I fall into the majority that are subsidizing the minority.

[TylerE]

Things like Home Shopping and religious networks pay the cable company for carriage.