[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 6, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38848-38849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13148]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 76

[MM Docket No. 92-264; DA 05-1723]


Cable Television Horizontal and Vertical Ownership Limits

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice, extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In this Order, the Media Bureau extends the comment and reply 
comment period in this proceeding, which seeks comment on the

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Commission's horizontal and vertical cable ownership limits. The 
deadline to file comments is extended from July 8, 2005, to August 8, 
2005, and the deadline to file reply comments is extended from July 25, 
2005, to September 9, 2005. The action is taken in response to a Motion 
for Extension of Time.

DATES: Comments are due on or before August 8, 2005; and reply comments 
are due on or before September 9, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by MM Docket No. 92-264, 
by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Federal Communications Commission's Web site: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request 
reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language 
interpreters, CART, etc.) by e-mail: [email protected] or telephone: 202-
418-0530 or TTY: 202-418-0432.
    For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Royce Sherlock, Industry Analysis 
Division, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2330 or [email protected]; or 
Patrick Webre, Industry Analysis Division, Media Bureau, (202) 418-7953 
or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's Order 
in MM Docket No. 92-264, released June 22, 2005. The full text of the 
Order is available for inspection and copying Monday through Thursday 
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the 
Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference 
Information Center, Room CY-A257, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554. The complete text is also available on the 
Commission's Internet Site at http://www.fcc.gov. To request materials 
in accessible formats for people with disabilities (electronic files, 
large print, audio format and Braille), send an e-mail to 
[email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 
(202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). The complete text of the 
Order may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, Best 
Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-
B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (202) 488-5300 or (800) 378-3160, 
e-mail http://www.BCPIWEB.com.

Synopsis of the Order

    1. On May 17, 2005, the Commission released its Second Further 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``Second Further Notice'') in the above-
captioned proceeding.\1\ The deadlines to file comments and reply 
comments were originally set as July 8, 2005, and July 25, 2005, 
respectively.
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    \1\ 70 FR 33680 (rel. June 8, 2005).
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    2. On June 10, 2005, the Media Access Project, filing on behalf of 
itself and other consumer groups, religious organizations and citizens 
groups (``MAP''), requested an extension of time until August 8, 2005, 
to file comments in response to the Second Further Notice, and until 
September 9, 2005, to file reply comments. MAP states that more time is 
needed because the Second Further Notice asks complex and detailed 
questions that would require extensive research and analysis to answer; 
public interest organizations have significant limits on their 
resources, preventing them from responding to such complex questions in 
a short period of time; and other conflicting commitments, including 
other proceedings, make the initial deadline impossible to meet for 
these groups.
    3. It is the policy of the Commission that extensions of time are 
not routinely granted. However, there is good cause to extend the 
comment and reply comment deadlines. The Second Further Notice seeks 
comment on a broad range of proposals in the record, as well as recent 
developments in the industry, and the Commission has invited parties to 
undertake their own studies to further inform the record. In view of 
the complex and detailed questions and issues set forth in the Second 
Further Notice, and to assure the fullest possible public participation 
so that we can assemble a record that will help us to resolve the 
difficult issues in this proceeding, we find it appropriate to grant 
MAP's extension request and extend the deadlines for initial and reply 
comments to August 8, 2005, and September 9, 2005, respectively.
    4. Accordingly, it is ordered that MAP's Request for Extension of 
Time to File Comments and Reply Comments in the above-captioned 
proceeding is granted.
    5. It is further ordered that, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j) and 
5(c) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 
154(j) and 155(c), and Sections 0.61, 0.283, and 1.46 of the 
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.61, 0.283, and 1.46, the date for filing 
initial comments in MM Docket No. 92-264 is extended until August 8, 
2005, and the date for filing reply comments is extended to September 
9, 2005.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 76

    Cable Television.

Federal Communications Commission.
Royce Sherlock,
Chief, Industry Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. 05-13148 Filed 7-5-05; 8:45 am]
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