[etchalon]

I can find no law, or regulation, which specifies that cable operators are governed by those types of rules. Broadcast media (radio and television) are. As far as I know, Cable operators who run political ads do so because of the money they generate.

[protomyth]

https://www.dwt.com/insights/2006/08/political-programming-o... is a summary from as early as 2006.