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RIN: 3060-AI87

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Program Access Rules--Sunset of Exclusive Contracts Prohibition & Examination of Programming Tying Arrangements; (MB Docket Nos. 07-29, 07-198)
Abstract: The program access provisions of the Communications Act (section 628) generally prohibit exclusive contracts for satellite delivered programming between programmers in which a cable operator has an attributable interest (vertically integrated programmers) and cable operators. This limitation was set to expire on October 5, 2007, unless circumstances in the video programming marketplace indicate that an extension of the prohibition continues "to be necessary to preserve and protect competition and diversity in the distribution of video programming." The proceeding undertakes the required review. The Report and Order concluded the prohibition continues to be necessary, and accordingly, retained it until October 5, 2012. The accompanying Notice of Proposed Rulemaking sought comment on revisions to the Commission's program access and retransmission consent rules.
Agency: Federal Communications Commission(FCC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 47 CFR 76.1003
Legal Authority: 47 USC 548

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	03/01/2007	72 FR 9289
R&O	10/04/2007	72 FR 56645
NPRM	10/31/2007	72 FR 61590
Next Action Undetermined	To Be Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: David Konczal Policy Division, Media Bureau Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554 Phone:202 418-2228 Email: david.konczal@fcc.gov