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        <RIN>3060-AG91</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200904</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>3060</CODE>
            <NAME>Federal Communications Commission</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>FCC</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Digital Must Carry (CS Docket No. 98-120)</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[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.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Long-Term Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>47 CFR 76</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>47 USC 534</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/07/1998</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>63 FR 42330</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>MO&amp;O and FNPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/12/2000</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>65 FR 42879</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>FNPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/26/2001</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>66 FR 16523</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>First R&amp;O</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/26/2001</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>66 FR 16533</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second R&amp;O and First Order on Recon </TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/22/2005</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>70 FR 14412</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second FNPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/06/2007</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>72 FR 31244</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second FNPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/16/2007</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Third R&amp;O and Third FNPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/01/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 6043</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Fourth R&amp;O</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/17/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 61742</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Next Action Undetermined</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>To Be Determined</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Eloise</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Gore</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Associate Bureau Chief</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Federal Communications Commission</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FCC</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 418-1066</PHONE>
                <TDD_PHONE>202 418-7172</TDD_PHONE>
                <FAX>202 418-1069</FAX>
                <EMAIL>eloise.gore@fcc.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20554</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
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