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        <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>Cable Horizontal and Vertical Ownership Limits (MM Docket No. 92-264)</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Section 613 of the Communications Act requires the Commission to "prescribe rules and regulations establishing reasonable limits on the number of cable subscribers a person is authorized to reach through cable systems owned by such person, or in which such person has an attributable interest."  On October 8, 1999, the Commission issued a Third Report and Order, FCC 99-289, in this matter.  The Commission revised the horizontal ownership rules as follows:  (1) All multichannel video subscribers will be counted when calculating the 30 percent ownership limit; (2) actual subscriber numbers, rather than potential subscriber numbers, will be used for calculating an owner's share; and (3) the minority exception which allowed a 35 percent ownership limit for minority-owned entities under certain circumstances was eliminated.  On March 2, 2001, the District of Columbia Circuit Court reversed and remanded the cable horizontal and vertical limits, as well as two aspects of the attribution rules used to determine compliance with these limits.  (Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. FCC, 240 F.3d 1126 (DC cir. 2001)). Pursuant to the court's remand, the Commission solicited comment in a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (September 2001) and a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

In the Fourth Report and Order, the Commission set the cable horizontal ownership limit at 30 percent.  In the accompanying Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, comment was sought on issues regarding the cable attribution rules and appropriate channel occupancy limits.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</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 151</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>47 USC 154</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>47 USC 303</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>47 USC 533</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second MO&amp;O on Recon and FNPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/14/1998</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>63 FR 37790</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Third R&amp;O</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/01/1999</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>64 FR 67198</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Order on Recon</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/08/2000</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>65 FR 12135</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>MO&amp;O</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/08/2000</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>65 FR 36382</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>FNPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/11/2001</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>66 FR 51905</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second FNPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/18/2005</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>70 FR 33680</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Fourth R&amp;O and FNPRM </TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/29/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 11048</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Next Action Undetermined</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>To Be Determined</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Yes</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>Yes</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Royce</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Sherlock</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Chief, Industry Analysis Division</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Federal Communications Commission</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FCC</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 418-7030</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 418-1196</FAX>
                <EMAIL>rsherlock@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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