[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 111 (Thursday, June 8, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 36382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14538]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 76


Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992; 
Horizontal Ownership Limits

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; lifting of stay.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that the Commission's voluntarily-
imposed stay of the cable horizontal ownership rules was lifted on May 
19, 2000 and that the cable horizontal ownership rules became effective 
on May 19, 2000.

DATES: The stay of 47 CFR 76.503(a) through (f) was lifted May 19, 
2000. Parties not in compliance with the horizontal ownership rules on 
this date must come into compliance on or before November 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darryl Cooper at (202) 418-7200 or via 
Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Synopsis of Action

    1. On its own motion, the Commission reconsidered the conditions 
under which it would lift the voluntarily-imposed stay of the 
horizontal ownership rules, 47 CFR 76.503. These rules were adopted and 
stayed in part on October 8, 1999 at 64 FR 67198 (Dec 1, 1999).
    2. Subsequently, the Commission ordered that its horizontal 
ownership rules be stayed until the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C 
Circuit issued a decision upholding the constitutionality of section 
613(f)(1)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 
533(f)(1)(A). The Commission also ordered that parties not in 
compliance with the rules on the date the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
D.C. Circuit issued such decision must come into compliance within 180 
days of the court decision. This order was published in the Federal 
Register (65 FR 12135, March 8, 2000).
    3. On May 19, 2000, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 
issued its decision, upholding the constitutionality of section 
613(f)(1)(A) of the Act, as amended 47 U.S.C. 533(f)(1)(A).

Federal Communications Commission.
William H. Johnson,
Deputy Bureau Chief, Cable Services Bureau.
[FR Doc. 00-14538 Filed 6-7-00; 8:45 am]
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