FCC Web Documents citing 76.1615

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  • NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Adopted: September 21, 2007 Released: September 21, 2007 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: Introduction In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL''), we find that Comcast Corporation (``Comcast''), which operates an affiliated regional cable network, CN8, is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount of four thousand dollars ($4,000) for violating Section 76.1615 of the Commission's rules. This rule generally requires cable operators engaged in origination cablecasting to make sponsorship identification announcements when presenting matter in return for money, service, or other valuable consideration. We find that Comcast cablecast portions of a video news release (``VNR'') produced on behalf of ``Nelson's Rescue Sleep'' without also airing required sponsorship identification announcements. Background Section 76.1615(a)
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  • LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Adopted: September 26, 2007 Released: September 26, 2007 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: Introduction In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL''), we find that Comcast Corporation (``Comcast''), which operates an affiliated regional cable network, CN8, is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000) for willfully and repeatedly violating Section 76.1615 of the Commission's rules. This rule generally requires cable operators engaged in origination cablecasting to make sponsorship identification announcements when presenting matter in return for money, service, or other valuable consideration. We find that Comcast cablecast portions of four video news releases (``VNRs'') without also airing required sponsorship identification announcements. Background Section 76.1615(a) of the Commission's rules states: When a
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  • Licensee, LLC; WCWB Licensee, LLC; KABB Licensee, LLC; and WTWC Licensee, LLC. KSMO-TV was licensed to a Sinclair-controlled entity at the time of the relevant broadcasts. 47 C.F.R. § 73.1212(d). 47 U.S.C. § 317(a)(1). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1212. The Commission's rules also contain additional requirements designed to implement and provide greater specificity for the other requirements in Section 317. Section 76.1615 establishes many of these requirements for cable operators under certain circumstances. See, e.g., Commission Reminds Broadcast Licensees, Cable Operators and Others of Requirements Applicable to Video News Releases and Seeks Comment on the Use of Video News Releases by Broadcast Licensees and Cable Operators, Public Notice, 20 FCC Rcd 8593-94 (2005) (``2005 Public Notice''). See Richard Kielbowicz and Linda Lawson,
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  • NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Adopted: September 21, 2007 Released: September 21, 2007 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: Introduction In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL''), we find that Comcast Corporation (``Comcast''), which operates an affiliated regional cable network, CN8, is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount of four thousand dollars ($4,000) for violating Section 76.1615 of the Commission's rules. This rule generally requires cable operators engaged in origination cablecasting to make sponsorship identification announcements when presenting matter in return for money, service, or other valuable consideration. We find that Comcast cablecast portions of a video news release (``VNR'') produced on behalf of ``Nelson's Rescue Sleep'' without also airing required sponsorship identification announcements. Background Section 76.1615(a)
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  • LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Adopted: September 26, 2007 Released: September 26, 2007 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: Introduction In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL''), we find that Comcast Corporation (``Comcast''), which operates an affiliated regional cable network, CN8, is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000) for willfully and repeatedly violating Section 76.1615 of the Commission's rules. This rule generally requires cable operators engaged in origination cablecasting to make sponsorship identification announcements when presenting matter in return for money, service, or other valuable consideration. We find that Comcast cablecast portions of four video news releases (``VNRs'') without also airing required sponsorship identification announcements. Background Section 76.1615(a) of the Commission's rules states: When a
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  • Adelstein, Statement before the Federal Communications Bar Association (Nov. 5, 2003), . James Bandler, Advice for Sale: Believe It: How Companies Pay Experts for On-Air Product Mentions, WALL ST. J., Apr. 29, 2005, at A1. Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 317(a)(1); 47 C.F.R. § 73.1212(a). C.F.R. § 73.1212(a)(2). 47 U.S.C. 317(a)(2); 47 C.F.R. § 73.1212(d). 47 C.F.R. § 76.1615(c). 47 U.S.C. § 507. Id. at § 317(b); 47 C.F.R. § 73.1212(c). 47 U.S.C. § 501. Id. The Fake News Cycle, PR Watch, Vol. 12 No. 2, Second Qtr., 2005, at 2. James Bandler, Advice for Sale: How Companies Pay TV Experts For On-Air Product Mentions, Wall St. J., Apr. 19, 2005, at A1; Howard Kurtz, Firms Paid TV's Tech
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  • U.S.C. § 317); Communications Act Amendments, Pub. L. No. 86-752, § 8(b), 74 Stat. 889, 896 (1960). In 1960, Congress amended Section 317 to add this proviso to subsec- tion (a) as well as to add subsections (b) through (e) of Section 317. See Communications Act Amendments, Pub. L. No. 86-752, § 8(a), 74 Stat. 895. 19 47 C.F.R. § 76.1615. 20 47 U.S.C. § 317(a)(1). 21 See Application of Sponsorship Identification Rules to Political Broadcasts, Teaser Announcements, Governmental Entities and Other Organizations, Public Notice, 66 FCC 2d 302 (1977). 22 See Codification of the Commission's Political Programming Policies, Opinion and Order, 7 FCC Rcd 678, 687 (1991). 23 Online disclosure would increase the ability of private parties to monitor compliance
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  • and our rules thereunder, and does not address the recent controversy over when or whether the government is permitted to sponsor VNRs, which is an issue beyond the Commission's jurisdiction. The Sponsorship Identification Rules The sponsorship identification rules, which are contained in sections 317 and 507 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and sections 73.1212 and 76.1615 of the Commission's rules, generally require that, when payment has been received or promised to a broadcast licensee or cable operator for the airing of program material, at the time of the airing, the station or cable system must disclose that fact and identify who paid or promised to provide the consideration. Specifically, section 317(a)(1) of the Act provides, in
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  • FCC Rcd at 13631 ¶ 32. If, however, advertisements fall within the scope of our political programming rules, and parties experience difficulty in placing such political announcements on cable systems, our rules may provide redress. All cable operators are required to abide by the Commission's political programming rules applicable to cable television. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.205, 76.206, 76.1611, 76.1615, 76.1701, 76.1715. The no-censorship provision of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, which embodies First Amendment free speech principles, prohibits the Commission from involving itself in the content of specific programs or otherwise engaging in activities that might be regarded as program censorship. See 47 U.S.C. § 326. The Commission can neither prevent licensees from airing a particular program,
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  • Licensee, LLC; WCWB Licensee, LLC; KABB Licensee, LLC; and WTWC Licensee, LLC. KSMO-TV was licensed to a Sinclair-controlled entity at the time of the relevant broadcasts. 47 C.F.R. § 73.1212(d). 47 U.S.C. § 317(a)(1). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1212. The Commission's rules also contain additional requirements designed to implement and provide greater specificity for the other requirements in Section 317. Section 76.1615 establishes many of these requirements for cable operators under certain circumstances. See, e.g., Commission Reminds Broadcast Licensees, Cable Operators and Others of Requirements Applicable to Video News Releases and Seeks Comment on the Use of Video News Releases by Broadcast Licensees and Cable Operators, Public Notice, 20 FCC Rcd 8593-94 (2005) (``2005 Public Notice''). See Richard Kielbowicz and Linda Lawson,
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  • any person with whom the licensee ``deals directly.'' Section 507 of the Communications Act establishes a reporting scheme designed to ensure that broadcast licensees receive notice of consideration that may have been provided or promised in exchange for the inclusion of matter in a program regardless of where in the production chain the exchange takes place. 5. Sections 73.1212 and 76.1615 of the Commission's rules closely track the language of Section 317 of the Communications Act. The rules apply regardless of whether the program is primarily commercial or noncommercial and regardless of the duration of the programming. The rules do not require sponsorship identification, however, when both the identity of the sponsor and the fact of sponsorship of a commercial product
• http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2007/DA-07-4005A1.html
  • APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Adopted: September 21, 2007 Released: September 21, 2007 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: I. Introduction 1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL"), we find that Comcast Corporation ("Comcast"), which operates an affiliated regional cable network, CN8, is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount of four thousand dollars ($4,000) for violating Section 76.1615 of the Commission's rules. This rule generally requires cable operators engaged in origination cablecasting to make sponsorship identification announcements when presenting matter in return for money, service, or other valuable consideration. We find that Comcast cablecast portions of a video news release ("VNR") produced on behalf of "Nelson's Rescue Sleep" without also airing required sponsorship identification announcements. II. Background 2.
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  • FORFEITURE Adopted: September 26, 2007 Released: September 26, 2007 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: I. Introduction 1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL"), we find that Comcast Corporation ("Comcast"), which operates an affiliated regional cable network, CN8, is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000) for willfully and repeatedly violating Section 76.1615 of the Commission's rules. This rule generally requires cable operators engaged in origination cablecasting to make sponsorship identification announcements when presenting matter in return for money, service, or other valuable consideration. We find that Comcast cablecast portions of four video news releases ("VNRs") without also airing required sponsorship identification announcements. II. Background 2. Section 76.1615(a) of the Commission's rules states:
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  • Licensee, LLC; WCWB Licensee, LLC; KABB Licensee, LLC; and WTWC Licensee, LLC. KSMO-TV was licensed to a Sinclair-controlled entity at the time of the relevant broadcasts. 47 C.F.R. S: 73.1212(d). 47 U.S.C. S: 317(a)(1). 47 C.F.R. S: 73.1212. The Commission's rules also contain additional requirements designed to implement and provide greater specificity for the other requirements in Section 317. Section 76.1615 establishes many of these requirements for cable operators under certain circumstances. See, e.g., Commission Reminds Broadcast Licensees, Cable Operators and Others of Requirements Applicable to Video News Releases and Seeks Comment on the Use of Video News Releases by Broadcast Licensees and Cable Operators, Public Notice, 20 FCC Rcd 8593-94 (2005) ("2005 Public Notice"). See Richard Kielbowicz and Linda Lawson,
• http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Digest/2007/dd070924.html
  • No 07-205). Comments Due: 10/09/2007. WCB. Contact: Carmell Weathers at (202) 418-2325, email: Carmell.Weathers@fcc.gov; or Rodney McDonald at (202) 418-7513, email: Rodney.McDonald@fcc.gov; TTY: (202) 418-0484 [29]DA-07-4004A1.doc [30]DA-07-4004A1.pdf [31]DA-07-4004A1.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- COMCAST CORPORATION. Notified Comcast Corporation, which operates an affiliated regional cable network, CN8, is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amout of $4,000 for violating Sec. 76.1615 of the Commission's rules. Action by: Chief, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 09/21/2007 by NALF. (DA No. 07-4005). EB [32]DA-07-4005A1.doc [33]DA-07-4005A1.pdf [34]DA-07-4005A1.txt ERRATUM - REVIEW OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM ET AL. Issued correction to FCC 07-109 released on July 12, 2007. (Dkt No. 04-296) by ERRATUM. (DA No. 07-4002). PSHSB [35]DOC-276782A1.doc [36]DOC-276782A1.pdf [37]DOC-276782A1.txt References 1. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-276772A1.doc 2. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-276772A1.pdf 3. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-276772A1.txt 4.
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  • Statement. CMMR [85]DOC-276916A1.pdf [86]DOC-276916A1.txt REMARKS OF COMMISSIONER DEBORAH TAYLOR TATE AT FCC DTV CONSUMER EDUCATION WORKSHOP, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 by Statement. CMMR [87]DOC-276928A1.doc [88]DOC-276928A1.pdf [89]DOC-276928A1.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- COMCAST CORPORATION. Notified Comcast Corporation, which operates an affiliated regional cable network, CN8, of its Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $16,000 for willfully and repeatedly violating Section 76.1615 of the Commission's rules. Action by: Chief, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 09/26/2007 by NALF. (DA No. 07-4075). EB [90]DA-07-4075A1.doc [91]DA-07-4075A1.pdf [92]DA-07-4075A1.txt MARCIA COHEN AND WCIU-TV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. Modified actions to direct Cohen to cease operations on channel 46 no later than November 27, 2007, and to remove the channel 46 antenna and transmission lines from the AON tower within 15 business
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  • APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Adopted: September 21, 2007 Released: September 21, 2007 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: I. Introduction 1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL"), we find that Comcast Corporation ("Comcast"), which operates an affiliated regional cable network, CN8, is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount of four thousand dollars ($4,000) for violating Section 76.1615 of the Commission's rules. This rule generally requires cable operators engaged in origination cablecasting to make sponsorship identification announcements when presenting matter in return for money, service, or other valuable consideration. We find that Comcast cablecast portions of a video news release ("VNR") produced on behalf of "Nelson's Rescue Sleep" without also airing required sponsorship identification announcements. II. Background 2.
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  • FORFEITURE Adopted: September 26, 2007 Released: September 26, 2007 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: I. Introduction 1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL"), we find that Comcast Corporation ("Comcast"), which operates an affiliated regional cable network, CN8, is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000) for willfully and repeatedly violating Section 76.1615 of the Commission's rules. This rule generally requires cable operators engaged in origination cablecasting to make sponsorship identification announcements when presenting matter in return for money, service, or other valuable consideration. We find that Comcast cablecast portions of four video news releases ("VNRs") without also airing required sponsorship identification announcements. II. Background 2. Section 76.1615(a) of the Commission's rules states:
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  • Licensee, LLC; WCWB Licensee, LLC; KABB Licensee, LLC; and WTWC Licensee, LLC. KSMO-TV was licensed to a Sinclair-controlled entity at the time of the relevant broadcasts. 47 C.F.R. S: 73.1212(d). 47 U.S.C. S: 317(a)(1). 47 C.F.R. S: 73.1212. The Commission's rules also contain additional requirements designed to implement and provide greater specificity for the other requirements in Section 317. Section 76.1615 establishes many of these requirements for cable operators under certain circumstances. See, e.g., Commission Reminds Broadcast Licensees, Cable Operators and Others of Requirements Applicable to Video News Releases and Seeks Comment on the Use of Video News Releases by Broadcast Licensees and Cable Operators, Public Notice, 20 FCC Rcd 8593-94 (2005) ("2005 Public Notice"). See Richard Kielbowicz and Linda Lawson,
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  • Charges for customer service changes. [187]76.1605 New product tier. [188]76.1606 Rate change while complaint pending. [189]76.1607 Principal headend. [190]76.1608 System technical integration requiring uniform election of must-carry or retransmission consent status. [191]76.1609 Non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity. [192]76.1610 Change of operational information. [193]76.1611 Political cable rates and classes of time. [194]76.1612 Personal attack. [195]76.1613 Political editorials. [196]76.1614 Identification of must-carry signals. [197]76.1615 Sponsorship identification. [198]76.1616 Contracts with local exchange carriers. [199]76.1617 Initial must-carry notice. [200]76.1618 Basic tier availability. [201]76.1619 Information on subscriber bills. [202]76.1620 Availability of signals. [203]76.1621 Equipment compatibility offer. [204]76.1622 Consumer education program on compatibility. Subpart U -- Documents to be Maintained for Inspection [205]76.1700 Records to be maintained by cable system operators. [206]76.1701 Political file. [207]76.1702 Equal employment opportunity.
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  • 76.1606 Rate change while complaint pending. § 76.1607 Principal headend. § 76.1608 System technical integration requiring uniform election of must-carry or retransmission consent status. § 76.1609 Non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity. § 76.1610 Change of operational information. § 76.1611 Political cable rates and classes of time. § 76.1612 Personal attack. § 76.1613 Political editorials. § 76.1614 Identification of must-carry signals. § 76.1615 Sponsorship identification. § 76.1616 Contracts with local exchange carriers. § 76.1617 Initial must-carry notice. § 76.1618 Basic tier availability. § 76.1619 Information on subscriber bills. § 76.1620 Availability of signals. § 76.1621 Equipment compatibility offer. § 76.1622 Consumer education program on compatibility. § 76.1630 MVPD digital television transition notices. Page 5of 243 Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: 5/6/2011 http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=a0b1c7045abd9e3f08f6d3233a640e58&rg... Subpart