It would eliminate the likelihood that any other entity would be able to develop or survive as a fourth network.

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Of the two biggest chains, one (Movie Gallery) went out of business, and the other (Blockbuster Video, now owned by Dish Network) is struggling to survive.

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Rather, he says, they depend on a network of contacts with government and business to survive.

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