Farm subsidies remained largely unchanged until passage of the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act, when Congress replaced target price-deficiency payments with declining fixed subsidies.
We know that some customers like to have a fixed funding model, which means you have to reach your target to get the money or for the funders to have to pay.
But with NTL due to change its name to Virgin Media next year, NTL also has UK commercial broadcaster ITV in its sights as a takeover target, part of its plans to offer television as well as broadband, fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services.