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We stand at a defining moment for the future  of television and film. Existing and evolving Internet technologies may finally inject much needed competition and choice into the TV china tv vpn  market by enabling Americans to watch high-definition programs on the Internet from anywhere or on the family living room screen. But the big cable, satellite and phone companies, which benefit from the status quo, are trying to put down this revolution in online video. The dominant distributors and studios have a long history of scrambling to kill online TV and trying to preserve the current market structure and prevent disruptive competition. Over the past decade, they have locked down and controlled TV set-top boxes to limit competing programming sources; they have considered imposing fees for high-capacity Internet use in ways that would discourage online TV viewing; and they have pressured programmers to keep their best content off the Internet. In addition, these companies, which already dominate the Internet access market, have threatened to discriminate against certain online applications or have already been caught violating Network Neutrality. Indeed, the FCC  issued an order in 2008 against Comcast for blocking technologies used to deliver online TV, noting the anti-competitive effect of this blocking. While it may be economically rational for cable, phone and satellite companies to squash online competitors, the use of anti-competitive tactics is bad for American consumers and the future of a competitive media industry.