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  • least some of which are television broadcasting signals" to the LEC effective competition test. See Cable Act Reform Order at �12 (quoting 1996 Act Conference Report, S. Rep. 104-230 at 170 (Feb. 1, 1996)). Time Warner Petition at 13 and Exhibit L. Id. and Exhibit M. Id. Time Warner Supplement at 3. Id. at 4. 47 C.F.R. �76.906. 47 C.F.R. �76.911(b)(1). The Commission's rules define a MVPD as "an entity such as, but not limited to, a cable operator, a multichannel multipoint distribution service, a direct broadcast satellite service, a television receive-only satellite program distributor, a video dialtone service provider, or a satellite master antenna television service provider that makes available for purchase, by subscribers or customers, multiple channels of video
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  • exception to Section 21.912. See Letter dated January 21, 1998 from Roy J. Stewart, Chief, Mass Media Bureau to Charles G. Cline, Kenneth W. Garrard, BellSouth Wireless Cable, Inc. and BellSouth Corporation (File Nos. 50849-CM-AL(1)-97 and 50851-CM-AL(2)-97). 47 U.S.C. � 543(a)(2); 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(a). 47 U.S.C. � 543(l)(1)(B); 47 C.F.R. � 76.906(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. � 76.906. 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b)(1). Petition at 1. See Time Warner Entertainment - Advance/Newhouse Partnership d/b/a Time Warner Communications, 15 FCC Rcd 8852, 8854 (CSB 2000); Jones Intercable, Inc., 15 FCC Rcd 7257, 7258 (CSB 2000). Petition at 1. Id. at 5. The precise DBS penetration rate for each franchise area is set forth on Attachment A. See Attachment A. Id. 47 C.F.R. � 0.321.
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  • (1) Charlestown; (2) North End; (3) South Boston; (4) South End; (5) Jamaica Plain; (6) Roxbury; (7) Back Bay; (8) Beacon Hill; (9) Fenway; (10) Financial District; (11) Allston; and (12) Brighton. See id. These are: (1) North Dorchester; (2) South Dorchester; (3) Hyde Park; and (4) West Roxbury. See id. Id. Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.906. 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b)(1). David McCourt, CEO of RCN, has stated that RCN is a "phone company that offers cable service." See Tony Munroe, " Firm Offering One-Stop Shopping for Cable, Phone," Boston Herald, August 14, 1996 at p. 24. The Communications Act defines the term "local exchange carrier" as: any person that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange
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  • exception to Section 21.912. See Letter dated January 21, 1998 from Roy J. Stewart, Chief, Mass Media Bureau to Charles G. Cline, Kenneth W. Garrard, BellSouth Wireless Cable, Inc. and BellSouth Corporation (File Nos. 50849-CM-AL(1)-97 and 50851-CM-AL(2)-97). 47 U.S.C. � 543(a)(2); 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(a). 47 U.S.C. � 543(l)(1)(B); 47 C.F.R. � 76.906(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. � 76.906. 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b)(1). Cable USA states that certain additional communities are involved in its transfer application but that an effective competition demonstration is unnecessary because Cable USA has previously demonstrated to the Commission that these communities are subject to competing provider effective competition. See Cable USA, Inc., DA 01-882 (CSB rel. April 6, 2001). We agree with Cable USA that reliance on the
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  • programming, at least some of which are television broadcasting signals" to the LEC effective competition test. See Cable Act Reform Order, 11 FCC Rcd at 5940 (quoting 1996 Act Conference Report, S. Rep. 104-230 at 170 (Feb. 1, 1996)). Rifkin Petition at 8 and Exhibit F. Id. at 9 and Exhibit G. Id. at 10. 47 C.F.R. ?76.906. 47 C.F.R. ?76.911(b)(1). The Communications Act defines the term "local exchange carrier" as: any person that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access. Such term does not include a person insofar as such person is engaged in the provision of a commercial mobile service under Section 332(c), except to the extent that the Commission finds that such service
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  • rule. 12Time Warner asserts that one of WTC's customer service representatives confirmed that some St. Marys residents are WTC subscribers. Time Warner has also submitted a line-of-site map showing that there are no technical impediments to St. Mary's households receiving WTC's wireless service. 13See Time Warner Reply, Exhibit B (Audit Report for the Lima News). 1447 C.F.R. �76.906. 1547 C.F.R. �76.911(b)(1). 16The Commission's rules define a MVPD as "an entity such as, but not limited to, a cable operator, a multichannel multipoint distribution service, a direct broadcast satellite service, a television receive-only satellite program distributor, a video dialtone service provider, or a satellite master antenna television service provider that makes available for purchase, by subscribers or customers, multiple channels of video
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  • reasonably aware that they may purchase the services of the multichannel video programming distributor. 47 C.F.R. �76.905(e). Petition at 5-6. See Exhibit C. See Exhibit D. Petition at 7. Petition at 7-8. Petition at 7. Petition at 8. See Exhibits F and G. Petition at 9 and Exhibit H. Id. at 9 and Exhibit I. 47 C.F.R. �76.906. 47 C.F.R. �76.911(b)(1). The Commission's rules define a MVPD as ``an entity such as, but not limited to, a cable operator, a multichannel multipoint distribution service, a direct broadcast satellite servie, a television receive-only satellite program distributor, a video dialtone service provider, a satellite master antenna television service provider that makes available for purchase, by subscribers or customers, multiple channels of video programming.''
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  • exception to Section 21.912. See Letter dated January 21, 1998 from Roy J. Stewart, Chief, Mass Media Bureau to Charles G. Cline, Kenneth W. Garrard, BellSouth Wireless Cable, Inc. and BellSouth Corporation (File Nos. 50849-CM-AL(1)-97 and 50851-CM-AL(2)-97). 47 U.S.C. � 543(a)(2); 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(a). 47 U.S.C. � 543(l)(1)(B); 47 C.F.R. � 76.906(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. � 76.906. 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b)(1). Petition at 3-4, citing Time Warner Entertainment - Advance/Newhouse Partnership d/b/a Time Warner Communications, 15 FCC Rcd 8852, 8854 (CSB 2000); Jones Intercable, Inc., 15 FCC Rcd 7257, 7258 (CSB 2000). Id. at 3. Id. at 4-5. The precise DBS penetration rate for each franchise area is set forth on Attachment A. 47 C.F.R. � 0.321. (...continued from previous page)
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  • exception to Section 21.912. See Letter dated January 21, 1998 from Roy J. Stewart, Chief, Mass Media Bureau to Charles G. Cline, Kenneth W. Garrard, BellSouth Wireless Cable, Inc. and BellSouth Corporation (File Nos. 50849-CM-AL(1)-97 and 50851-CM-AL(2)-97). 47 U.S.C. � 543(a)(2); 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(a). 47 U.S.C. � 543(l)(1)(B); 47 C.F.R. � 76.906(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. � 76.906. 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b)(1). Petition at 1. See Time Warner Entertainment - Advance/Newhouse Partnership d/b/a Time Warner Communications, 15 FCC Rcd 8852, 8854 (CSB 2000); Jones Intercable, Inc., 15 FCC Rcd 7257, 7258 (CSB 2000). Petition at 1. Id. at 2. The precise DBS penetration rate for each franchise area is set forth on Attachment A. See Attachment A. Id. 47 C.F.R. � 0.321.
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  • exception to Section 21.912. See Letter dated January 21, 1998 from Roy J. Stewart, Chief, Mass Media Bureau to Charles G. Cline, Kenneth W. Garrard, BellSouth Wireless Cable, Inc. and BellSouth Corporation (File Nos. 50849-CM-AL(1)-97 and 50851-CM-AL(2)-97). 47 U.S.C. � 543(a)(2); 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(a). 47 U.S.C. � 543(l)(1)(B); 47 C.F.R. � 76.906(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. � 76.906. 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b)(1). Petition at 2. See Time Warner Entertainment - Advance/Newhouse Partnership d/b/a Time Warner Communications, 15 FCC Rcd 8852, 8854 (CSB 2000); Jones Intercable, Inc., 15 FCC Rcd 7257, 7258 (CSB 2000). Petition at Exhibit C-B. Id. at 2. Black Hills asserts that the incumbent cable operator is the largest MVPD in each of the Communities. The precise penetration rate for
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  • LLC; 47 C.F.R. � 21.912; Letter dated January 21, 1998 from Roy J. Stewart, Chief, Mass Media Bureau to Charles G. Cline, Kenneth W. Garrard, BellSouth Wireless Cable, Inc. and BellSouth Corporation (File Nos. 50849-CM-AL(1)-97 and 50851-CM-AL(2)-97). 47 U.S.C. � 543(a)(2); 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(a). 47 U.S.C. � 543(l)(1)(B); 47 C.F.R. � 76.906(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. � 76.906. 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b)(1). Petition at 1. Id. Supplement to Petition at Exhibit 1. The precise DBS penetration rate for Wellton is 17.6 percent. 47 C.F.R. � 0.283. (...continued from previous page) (continued....) Federal Communications Commission DA 04-2066 Federal Communications Commission FCC 00-XXX O P @& �
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  • the Commission. Need: The rules ensure that subscribers pay reasonable rates for regulated cable services with minimum regulatory and administrative burden on cable entities. . Section Number and Title: 76.901 Definitions. 76.905 Standards for identification of cable systems subject to effective competition. 76.906 Presumption of no effective competition. 76.907 Petition for a determination of effective competition. 76.910 Franchising authority certification. 76.911 Petition for reconsideration of certification. 76.912 Joint certification. 76.913 Assumption of jurisdiction by the Commission. 76.914 Revocation of certification. 76.916 Petition for recertification. 76.917 Notification of certification withdrawal. 76.920 Composition of the basic tier. 76.921 Buy-through of other tiers prohibited. 76.922 Rates for the basic service tier and cable programming services tiers. 76.923 Rates for equipment and installation used to
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  • Corporation; 47 C.F.R. � 27.1202; Letter dated January 21, 1998 from Roy J. Stewart, Chief, Mass Media Bureau to Charles G. Cline, Kenneth W. Garrard, BellSouth Wireless Cable, Inc. and BellSouth Corporation (File Nos. 50849-CM-AL(1)-97 and 50851-CM-AL(2)-97). 47 U.S.C. � 543(a)(2); 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(a). 47 U.S.C. � 543(l)(1)(B); 47 C.F.R. � 76.906(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. � 76.906. 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b)(1). Petition at 2-3. Id. at 3. Id at 3 and Attachment D. 47 C.F.R. � 0.283. (...continued from previous page) (continued....) Federal Communications Commission DA 05-1912 Federal Communications Commission FCC 00-XXX �@��� M N � � � � @& �
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  • by two unaffiliated direct broadcast satellite (``DBS'') providers, DirecTV and Dish Network. U.S. Cable claims it is subject to effective competition in the City under the ``competing provider'' effective competition test set forth in Section 623(l)(1)(B) of the Communications Act. The petition is opposed by the City. U.S. Cable filed a reply. U.S. Cable also has filed pursuant to Sections 76.911(a)(1) and 1.106 of the of the Commission's rules a petition for reconsideration of the FCC Form 328 Rate Certification filed by the City on February 1, 2005. As discussed below, we find cause to grant the petition for effective competition and dismiss the petition for reconsideration. In the absence of a demonstration to the contrary, cable systems are presumed not
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  • 76.907 of the Commission's rules for a determination that its cable systems serving various Colorado franchise areas listed in Attachment A (the ``Communities'') are subject to effective competition pursuant to Section 623(l) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (``Communications Act''), and the Commission's implementing rules, and are therefore exempt from cable rate regulation. In addition, pursuant to Section 76.911(a)(1) of the Commission's rules, Comcast is seeking reconsideration of the certification with respect to nine specific franchise areas to regulate basic cable rates based upon the presence of effective competition. Specifically, Comcast argues that the communities of Aprapahoe County, Brighton, Broomfield, Centennial, Erie, Federal Heights, Greenwood Village, Lone Tree, and Louisville, Colorado are subject to competing provider effective competition. These
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  • Comcast of Greater Florida/Georgia, Inc. ) Weston FL0591 ) FL1246 Petition for Reconsideration of the Certification ) of the City of Weston, Florida ) To Regulate Basic Cable Rates ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Adopted: March 6, 2007 Released: March 7, 2007 By the Deputy Chief, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. Comcast of Greater Florida/Georgia, Inc., ("Comcast"), pursuant to Section 76.911 of the Commission's rules, has filed this petition with the Commission for reconsideration of the certification of the City of Weston, Florida (the "City") to regulate basic cable rates. Specifically, Comcast argues that it is subject to low penetration effective competition in the City because fewer than 30 percent of the households in the franchise area subscribe to its cable
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  • Village of Little Valley; (4) the City of Salamanca; (5) and the Town of Salamanca. Atlantic alleges that its cable systems serving the captioned areas are subject to effective competition pursuant to Sections 623(l)(1)(a) & (b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("Communications Act") and therefore exempt from cable rate regulation. Atlantic also has filed pursuant to Sections 76.911(a)(1) and 1.106 of the Commission's rules petitions for reconsideration of the Commission's grant of franchising authority to the City of Salamanca and the Town of Little Valley. 2. Given the complex sequence of events surrounding these petitions, a summary of the pleadings follows. Initially, Atlantic filed an effective competition petition for all of the five localities listed in the above
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  • Communications Corp. Petition for Reconsideration of the Certification of the City of Flemingsburg, Kentucky to Regulate Basic Cable Rates ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Flemingsburg, KY 0042 Adopted: July 20, 2007 Released: July 23, 2007 By the Deputy Chief, Media Bureau: introduction FrontierVision Operating Partners, LP d/b/a Adelphia Communications Corp. (``Adelphia'') pursuant to Section 76.911 of the Commission's rules, has filed this petition with the Commission for reconsideration of the certification of the City of Flemingsburg, Kentucky (the ``City'') to regulate basic cable rates. Adelphia argues that the community of Flemingsburg is subject to competing provider effective competition, and therefore, ineligible for certification to regulate basic cable rates. No opposition was filed. Finding that Adelphia
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  • (D.C. Cir. 1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1112 (1996). 47 U.S.C. � 543(a)(2) (``If the Commission finds that a cable system is subject to effective competition, the rates for the provision of cable service by such system shall not be subject to regulation by . . . a State or franchising authority under this section.''). See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b); Century-TCI California, L.P., Order, 18 FCC Rcd 18688 (MB 2003); Comcast Cable Commun., LLC, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 8217 (MB 2005); TCI Cablevision of Oregon, Inc., Order DA 95-1047 (MB rel. May 8, 1995), available at 1995 WL 264660; Colony Cablevision of Florida, Memorandum Opinion & Order, 10 FCC Rcd 5144 (MB 1995). See 47 U.S.C. � 154(i) (``The Commission
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  • proper. Second, the County argues that the only petitions for reconsideration that stay rate regulation are ones filed after the filing of a first Form 328, and that subsequent forms and petitions do not stay rate regulation. The County reads our rules too narrowly. The Commission rule that provides for reconsideration of automatic certifications of rate authority, 47 C.F.R. � 76.911, does not say that it applies only to first filings and certifications and does not apply to subsequent ones. The rule's terms apply to certifications to regulate rates generally and without qualification. Accordingly, section 76.911 of our rules governs Charter's Petition and, pursuant to section 76.911(b), that Petition stays the County's resumption of regulating Charter's rates pending the outcome of
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  • 2009. By way of background, 47 C.F.R. � 76.910 provides for the Commission to certificate the County to regulate Charter's basic rates. The County filed a request for certification with the Commission, which was dated September 14, 2009. 47 C.F.R. � 76.910(e) provides for the automatic grant of the County's request 30 days later, absent intervening circumstances. 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b) provides that the filing of Charter's petition was such an intervening circumstance and stayed the grant of the County's request for certification, pending adjudication of the petition. County of New Hanover, North Carolina, Memorandum Opinion & Order DA 08-2344 (``Charter II'') at � 12 (rel. Oct. 24, 2008), available at 2008 WL 4693164. Other litigation between the present parties is
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  • 9-15. See 47 U.S.C. � 543(l)(1)(B)(ii); 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(b)(2)(ii). Comcast claims that 18.7% of Boston's households subscribe to these competing providers - the DBS providers being DIRECTV, Inc., and DISH Network. Opposition at 15. County of New Hanover, North Carolina, 23 FCC Rcd 15348, 15353-54, � 19 (2008) (footnotes omitted); see also Reply at i-ii, 7-8. 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b). 47 U.S.C. � 405(a); 47 C.F.R. �� 1.106, 76.910(e), 76.911. See Reply at ii n.2, 7 n.17. 47 C.F.R. � 0.283. (...continued from previous page) (continued....) Federal Communications Commission DA 12-553 Federal Communications Commission DA 12-553 � � � � F �
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  • Television & Cable Factbook 2006, ``Ownership of Cable Systems in the United States,'' pages D-1805 to D-1857. The Commission does receive such information on a case-by-case basis if a cable operator appeals a local franchise authority's finding that the operator does not qualify as a small cable operator pursuant to � 76.901(f) of the Commission's rules. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.911. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 515120 (updated for inflation in 2008). . We recognize that BIA's estimate differs slightly from the FCC total given supra. ``[Business concerns] are affiliates of each other when one concern controls or has the power to control the other or a third party or parties controls or has to power to control both.''
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  • be filed to initiate Commission action on these rules: 1) petition for special relief (47 C.F.R. � 76.7(a)(1)); 2) must-carry complaint (47 C.F.R. � 76.7(a)(1)); 3) petition to show cause (47 C.F.R. � 76.9); 4) request for temporary authority (47 C.F.R. � 76.29); 5) franchising authority certification (47 C.F.R. � 76.910(b)); 6) petition for reconsideration of certification (47 C.F.R. � 76.911); 7) petition for recertification (47 C.F.R. � 76.916); 8) petition for review of rates (47 C.F.R. � 76.933); 9) rate complaint (47 C.F.R. � 76.950); 10) commercial leased access dispute (47 C.F.R. � 76.975); 11) program access adjudicatory proceedings (47 C.F.R. � 76.1003); 12) petition for exclusivity (47 C.F.R. � 76.1002); 13) carriage agreement adjudicatory proceeding (47 C.F.R. � 76.1302).
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  • claim by the cable operator that it is subject to effective competition. Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-57 98See 47 C.F.R. � 76.915. This section further provides: "Cable operators denied a change in status by a franchising authority may seek review of that finding at the Commission by filing a petition for revocation." 47 C.F.R. � 76.915(e). 99See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.911, 76.914, 76.915(e). 100Interim Order, 11 FCC Rcd at 5944 & n.28; 47 C.F.R. � 76.1401(c) (interim rule). 101Notice, 11 FCC Rcd at 5963. 102Report and Order, FCC 98-348, 14 FCC Rcd ___ para. 10, 64 Fed. Reg. 6565 (1999). Several commenters in this proceeding have suggested that the Commission adopt various time limits for the filing of oppositions and replies,
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  • of these securities that an investor holds is more than 33% of the total assets of a company. Therefore, subject to the ED rule, we will exclude these types of securities as well as any other types of nonvoting interests from attribution for purposes of the LEC test. Cable Reform Report and Order at para. 30; see 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(c) (``If the evidence establishing effective competition is not otherwise available[, when considering] petitions filed seeking to demonstrate the presence of effective competition pursuant to � 76.905(b)(4) [the LEC test], the Commission may issue an order directing one or more persons to produce information relevant to the petition's disposition.''). 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(b)(2). Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.5(z). The attribution rules
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  • BST and CPST rate regulation. (Communications Act � 623(l)(1), 47 U.S.CC. � 543(l)(1); 47 C.F.R. �� 76.905(a), 76.1401.) LFAs may not become certified to regulate rates if the operator serving their community is subject to effective competition, and LFAs' certification to regulate is revocable upon a showing that the cable operator has become subject to effective competition. (47 C.F.R. �� 76.911, 76.914, 76.915.) The Commission, likewise, is not permitted to regulate the CPST rates of systems that are subject to effective competition. (47 C.F.R. � 76.915(c).) Small cable operators serving 50,000 or fewer subscribers in a franchise area are exempt from CPST rate regulation, regardless of whether they are subject to effective competition. (47 C.F.R. � 76.1403.) F-6 to varying degrees,
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  • be filed to initiate Commission action on these rules: 1) petition for special relief (47 C.F.R. � 76.7(a)(1)); 2) must-carry complaint (47 C.F.R. � 76.7(a)(1)); 3) petition to show cause (47 C.F.R. � 76.9); 4) request for temporary authority (47 C.F.R. � 76.29); 5) franchising authority certification (47 C.F.R. � 76.910(b)); 6) petition for reconsideration of certification (47 C.F.R. � 76.911); 7) petition for recertification (47 C.F.R. � 76.916); 8) petition for review of rates (47 C.F.R. � 76.933); 9) rate complaint (47 C.F.R. � 76.950); 10) commercial leased access dispute (47 C.F.R. � 76.975); 11) program access adjudicatory proceedings (47 C.F.R. � 76.1003); 12) petition for exclusivity (47 C.F.R. � 76.1002); 13) carriage agreement adjudicatory proceeding (47 C.F.R. � 76.1302).
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  • to delegated authority pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION William H. Johnson Deputy Chief, Cable Service Bureau Communications Act � 623(l)(1)(C), 47 U.S.C. � 543(l)(1)(C). Communications Act � 623(a)(4), 47 U.S.C. � 543(a)(4). 47 C.F.R. � 76.910(e); 47 C.F.R. � 76.910(b); see also Communications Act � 623(a)(4), 47 U.S.C. � 543(a)(4). 47 C.F.R. �� 1.106, 76.911; Implementation of Section of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 8 FCC Rcd 5631, 5693 (1993) (``Rate Order''). 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(c). 47 C.F.R. � 76.914. 47 C.F.R. � 76.914(d). TCI Petition at 2. Id. at 3. Id., Exhibit D and Exhibit E. Id., Exhibit
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  • claim by the cable operator that it is subject to effective competition. Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-57 98See 47 C.F.R. � 76.915. This section further provides: "Cable operators denied a change in status by a franchising authority may seek review of that finding at the Commission by filing a petition for revocation." 47 C.F.R. � 76.915(e). 99See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.911, 76.914, 76.915(e). 100Interim Order, 11 FCC Rcd at 5944 & n.28; 47 C.F.R. � 76.1401(c) (interim rule). 101Notice, 11 FCC Rcd at 5963. 102Report and Order, FCC 98-348, 14 FCC Rcd ___ para. 10, 64 Fed. Reg. 6565 (1999). Several commenters in this proceeding have suggested that the Commission adopt various time limits for the filing of oppositions and replies,
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  • of these securities that an investor holds is more than 33% of the total assets of a company. Therefore, subject to the ED rule, we will exclude these types of securities as well as any other types of nonvoting interests from attribution for purposes of the LEC test. Cable Reform Report and Order at para. 30; see 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(c) (``If the evidence establishing effective competition is not otherwise available[, when considering] petitions filed seeking to demonstrate the presence of effective competition pursuant to � 76.905(b)(4) [the LEC test], the Commission may issue an order directing one or more persons to produce information relevant to the petition's disposition.''). 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(b)(2). Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.5(z). The attribution rules
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  • an appropriate measure of households. Operators that have access to more recent data may submit such information. See In the Matter of Cable Operator's Petitions for Reconsideration and Revocation of Franchising Authorities Certifications to Regulate Basic Cable Service Rates, Order, 9 FCC Rcd 3656 (1994). Id. at Exhibit G. Id. at 2 and Exhibit A. 47 C.F.R. �76.906. 47 C.F.R. �76.911(b)(1). Time Warner offers 37 channels of programming, including 6 broadcast channels and numerous non-broadcast channels. See 1998 Television & Cable Factbook, at D-22. Under the competing provider test for effective competition, competing multichannel video programming distributors ("MVPDs") must offer comparable video programming to households in the franchise area. See Communications Act �623(1)(1)(B)(i), 47 U.S.C. �543(1)(1)(B)(i); 47 C.F.R. �76.905(b)(2). As the
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  • Basic Cable Service Rates, Order, 9 FCC Rcd 3656 (1994). TCI Petition at 4 and Exhibit F. TCI contends that the fact that LMCU passes more than the number of households in Laurens according to the 1990 Census can be attributed to intervening population and household growth in Laurens since 1990. Id. at 4 n.11. 47 C.F.R. �76.906. 47 C.F.R. �76.911(b)(1). Id. at 2 and Exhibits B. By comparison, TCI provides 49 channels of programming, including 7 broadcast channels and numerous non-broadcast channels. Id. at Exhibit G. Under the competing provider test for effective competition, competing multichannel video programming distributors ("MVPDs") must offer comparable video programming to households in the franchise area. See Communications Act �623(1)(1)(B)(i), 47 U.S.C. �543(1)(1)(B)(i); 47 C.F.R.
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  • taken pursuant to delegated authority pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION William H. Johnson Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau 47 C.F.R. �� 21.912, 74.931(h). Communications Act � 623(a)(2), 47 U.S.C. � 543(a)(2); 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(a). Communications Act � 623(1)(1)(A) 47 U.S.C. � 543(1)(1)(A); 47 C.F.R. � 76.905(b)(1). 47 C.F.R. � 76.906. 47 C.F.R. � 76.911(b)(1). BellSouth Petition at 3 and Exhibit C. BellSouth Petition at 3. 47 C.F.R. � 0.321. Federal Communications Commission DA 00-1085 Federal Communications Commission DA 00-1085 $ % & h h h h h h � h h h h h h h ��^�@ `�� h h h h h h h h h ������������
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  • BST and CPST rate regulation. (Communications Act � 623(l)(1), 47 U.S.CC. � 543(l)(1); 47 C.F.R. �� 76.905(a), 76.1401.) LFAs may not become certified to regulate rates if the operator serving their community is subject to effective competition, and LFAs' certification to regulate is revocable upon a showing that the cable operator has become subject to effective competition. (47 C.F.R. �� 76.911, 76.914, 76.915.) The Commission, likewise, is not permitted to regulate the CPST rates of systems that are subject to effective competition. (47 C.F.R. � 76.915(c).) Small cable operators serving 50,000 or fewer subscribers in a franchise area are exempt from CPST rate regulation, regardless of whether they are subject to effective competition. (47 C.F.R. � 76.1403.) F-6 to varying degrees,
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  • [83]76.802 Disposition of cable home wiring. [84]76.804 Disposition of home run wiring. [85]76.805 Access to molding. [86]76.806 Pre-termination access to cable home wiring. Subpart N -- Cable Rate Regulation [87]76.901 Definitions. [88]76.905 Standards for identification of cable systems subject to effective competition. [89]76.906 Presumption of no effective competition. [90]76.907 Petition for a determination of effective competition. [91]76.910 Franchising authority certification. [92]76.911 Petition for reconsideration of certification. [93]76.912 Joint certification. [94]76.913 Assumption of jurisdiction by the Commission. [95]76.914 Revocation of certification. [96]76.916 Petition for recertification. [97]76.917 Notification of certification withdrawal. [98]76.920 Composition of the basic tier. [99]76.921 Buy-through of other tiers prohibited. [100]76.922 Rates for the basic service tier and cable programming service tiers. [101]76.923 Rates for equipment and installation used to
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  • 76.804 Disposition of home run wiring. � 76.805 Access to molding. � 76.806 Pre-termination access to cable home wiring. Subpart N-Cable Rate Regulation � 76.901 Definitions. � 76.905 Standards for identification of cable systems subject to effective competition. � 76.906 Presumption of no effective competition. � 76.907 Petition for a determination of effective competition. � 76.910 Franchising authority certification. � 76.911 Petition for reconsideration of certification. � 76.912 Joint certification. � 76.913 Assumption of jurisdiction by the Commission. � 76.914 Revocation of certification. � 76.916 Petition for recertification. � 76.917 Notification of certification withdrawal. � 76.920 Composition of the basic tier. � 76.921 Buy-through of other tiers prohibited. � 76.922 Rates for the basic service tier and cable programming services tiers.