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FCC RIN: 3060-AI87 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Program Access Rules--Sunset of Exclusive Contracts Prohibition and 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 October 2007 Report and Order concluded the prohibition continues to be necessary, and accordingly, retained it until October 5, 2012. The accompanying Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) sought comment on revisions to the Commission's program access and retransmission consent rules. The associated Report and Order adopted rules to permit complainants to pursue program access claims regarding terrestrially delivered cable affiliated programming. 
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   
NPRM Comment Period End  04/02/2007    
R&O  10/04/2007  72 FR 56645   
NPRM  10/31/2007  72 FR 61590   
NPRM Comment Period End  11/30/2007    
R&O   03/02/2010  75 FR 9692   
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