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[FR Doc No: 94-31093]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to Office of 
Management and Budget for Review

December 9, 1994.
    The Federal Communications Commission has submitted the following 
information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
    Copies of this submission may be purchased from the Commission's 
copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M 
Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857-3800. For 
further information on this submission contact Judy Boley, Federal 
Communications Commission, (202) 418-0214. Persons wishing to comment 
on this information collection should contact Timothy Fain, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10214 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 
395-3561.

OMB Number: None.
    Title: Section 76.987(g), New Product Tiers.
    Action: New collection.
    Respondents: State, local governments and businesses or other for-
profit.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 33,600 responses, .5 hours average burden 
per response, 16,800 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: On 11/10/94, the Commission adopted a Sixth Order 
on Reconsideration, Fifth Report and Order, and Seventh Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, in MM Docket No. 93-215, Implementation of 
Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition 
Act of 1992, Rate Regulation. In this Order, we added rules 
establishing an additional cable programming service tier (CPST) 
category which we refer to a new programming tier (NPT). Section 
76.987(g) requires cable operators to file with the Commission, within 
30 days of offering a NPT, a copy of the new rate card that contains 
the following information on the BSTs (basic service tiers), CPSTs, and 
NPTs: 1) the names of the programming services contained on each tier; 
and 2) the price of each tier. Operators also must file with the 
Commission, copies of notifications that were sent to subscribers 
regarding the initial offering of NPTs. After this initial filing, 
cable operators must file updated rate cards and copies of customer 
notifications with the Commission within 30 days of rate or service 
changes affecting the NPT. The information is used by FCC staff to 
ensure that cable operators are complying with our conditions for NPTs, 
i.e., that operators are not making fundamental changes to what they 
offer on their tiers of service, and that subscribers are given due 
notice of NPT introductions.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-31093 Filed 12-16-94; 8:45 am]
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