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FCC | RIN: 3060-AI95 | Publication ID: Spring 2009 |
Title: Leased Commercial Access (MB Docket No. 07-42) | |
Abstract: Section 612 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended sets forth the commercial leased access requirements. Cable operators are required to set aside channel capacity for commercial use by video programmers unaffiliated with the operator. Section 616 of the Communications Act directs the Commission to "establish regulations governing program carriage agreements and related practices between cable operators or other multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) and video programming vendors." The Commissions program carriage rules prohibit a cable operator or other MVPD from requiring "a financial interest in any program service as a condition for carriage" of such service, from coercing a programmer to grant "exclusive" carriage rights, or from engaging in conduct that unreasonably restrains the ability of an unaffiliated programming vendor to compete fairly by discriminating against such vendor on the basis of affiliation or nonaffiliation. The Report and Order modified the leased access rules by modifying the leased access rate formula; adopting customer service obligations and adopting expedited time frames for resolution of complaints. In the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), comment was sought regarding application of the new rate formula to programmers that predominantly transmit sales presentations or program length commercials. | |
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: Not Yet Determined (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.) | |
Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i) 47 USC 303 47 USC 532 47 USC 536 |
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: 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 |