FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Friday that if the spin-off of Time Warner Cable from parent Time Warner resulted in lower cable rates, he was all for it as a way to address his concerns about program tying, though he stopped short of recommending it to other vertically-integrated cable companies.

The company's spin-off plan was approved by Time Warner this week, although Martin said he believed the FCC would still have to sign off as well since it involved the transfer of some FCC licenses (cable uses spectrum for satellite delivery of programming to operators).

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