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Ed Markey: There's a 99 percent control by these companies, and to pretend otherwise is just to ignore the real life experience of…

On the recordMarch 1, 2016
There's a 99 percent control by these companies, and to pretend otherwise is just to ignore the real life experience of every single American.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the dominance of companies in the set-top box market and its impact on consumers.

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