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Later today, US senator Jay Rockefeller will introduce legislation designed to encourage growth of online video platforms and prevent cable companies from engaging in what he claims is anti-competitive behavior in the US.

The West Virginia Democrat, who chairs the Senate commerce, science and transportation committee, says the “Consumer Choice in Online Video Act” builds on similar legislation that promoted the growth of satellite TV in 1992.

“My legislation aims to enable the ultimate a la carte—to give consumers the ability to watch the programming they want to watch, when they want to watch it, how they want to watch it, and pay only for what they actually watch,” Rockefeller said in a prepared statement.

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