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FCC | RIN: 3060-AG91 | Publication ID: Spring 2009 |
Title: Digital Must Carry (CS Docket No. 98-120) | |
Abstract: Section 614(b)(4)(B) of the Communications Act requires that, at the time the Commission prescribes standards for advanced television, it should "initiate a proceeding to establish any changes in the signal carriage requirements of cable television systems necessary to ensure cable carriage of those broadcast signals of local commercial television stations which have been changed to conform with such modified standards." In August of 1998, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comments on the requirements of that section. In June 2000, based on responses to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission clarified that DTV-only television stations, in the context of auctioning analog channels 59-69, will ultimately have must carry rights. In January of 2001, the Commission issued a First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking resolving a number of technical and legal issues, including clarification that digital-only TV stations are entitled to mandatory carriage. In the Second Report and Order and First Order on Reconsideration, adopted in February 2005, the Commission affirmed its tentative conclusion not to impose dual carriage and affirmed its prior determination that broadcasters were entitled to carriage of one digital programming stream. In the Third Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted in September 2007, the Commission addressed issues concerning the carriage of digital broadcast television signals after the conclusion of the digital television transition. The Commission adopted rules to ensure that cable subscribers will continue to be able to view broadcast stations after the transition. | |
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 | |
Legal Authority: 47 USC 534 |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined | Government Levels Affected: Undetermined |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Eloise Gore Associate Bureau Chief Federal Communications Commission Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554 Phone:202 418-1066 TDD Phone:202 418-7172 Fax:202 418-1069 Email: eloise.gore@fcc.gov |