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Testimony: Dominance In The Sky: Cable Competition And The Echostar-Directv Merger

March 6, 2002
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Consumers Union is concerned about the enormous concentration of control over multichannel video distribution systems – predominantly cable and satellite – which has prevented the growth of vibrant competition.

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