[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41735-41736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14176]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection Approved By the Office of 
Management and Budget

July 11, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA), Public Law 104-13, 109 Stat 163 (1995). An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid control number. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply 
with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not 
display a valid control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or 
questions concerning the OMB control number and expiration date should 
be directed to Evan Baranoff, Kenneth Lewis or Eloise Gore, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, 
(202) 418-2120 or via the Internet to [email protected], 
[email protected] or [email protected].
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0311.
    OMB Approval Date: 5/25/05.
    OMB Expiration Date: 5/31/08.
    Title: 47 CFR 76.54, Significantly Viewed Signals; Method to be 
followed for Special Showings.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1-15 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 20,610 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $200,000.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.54(b) provides for cable operators and 
broadcast stations seeking cable carriage of ``significantly viewed'' 
signals to use the Section 76.7 petition process to demonstrate 
``significantly viewed'' status on a community basis by independent 
professional audience surveys. The proposed rule changes, if adopted, 
would require satellite carriers or broadcast stations seeking 
satellite carriage of ``significantly viewed'' signals to use the same 
petition process now in place for cable operators, as required by 47 
CFR sections 76.5, 76.7 and 76.54 of the FCC's rules.
    47 CFR 76.54(c) is used to notify interested parties, including 
licensees or permittees of television broadcast

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stations, about independent professional audience surveys that are 
being conducted by an organization to demonstrate that a particular 
broadcast station is eligible for significantly viewed status under the 
Commission's rules. The notifications provide interested parties with 
an opportunity to review survey methodologies and file objections. The 
proposed Sec.  76.54(c) retains the existing notification requirement, 
but, if adopted, would increase the potential number of parties that 
would file such notifications.
    47 CFR 76.54(d) provides for cable operators and broadcast stations 
seeking cable carriage of ``significantly viewed'' signals to use the 
Section 76.7 petition process to demonstrate ``significantly viewed'' 
status on. The proposed rule changes if adopted, would expand use of 
the Section 76.7 petition process to include petitions filed by 
satellite carriers or broadcast stations seeking satellite carriage of 
``significantly viewed'' signals.
    47 CFR 76.54(e) and (f) are proposed additions to the rule. If 
adopted, these rules would be used to notify television broadcast 
stations about the retransmission of significantly viewed signals by a 
satellite carrier into these stations' local market.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0888.
    OMB Approval Date: 5/25/05.
    OMB Expiration Date: 5/31/08.
    Title: Section 76.7, Petition Procedures; Section 76.9, 
Confidentiality of Proprietary Information; Section, 76.61, Dispute 
Concerning Carriage; Section 76.914, Revocation of Certification; 
Section 76.1003, Program Access Proceedings; Section 76.1302, Carriage 
Agreement Proceedings; Section 76.1513, Open Video Dispute Resolution.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 4--60 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 16,000 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $200,000.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.7 is used to make determinations on 
petitions and complaints filed with the Commission. The rule is used 
for numerous types of petitions and special relief petitions, including 
general petitions seeking special relief, waivers, enforcement, show 
cause, forfeiture and declaratory ruling procedures. The proposed rule 
changes would expand use of the Section 76.7 petition process to 
include the filing of complaints under the Section 340 of the Act 
enforcement provisions. Thus, if adopted, the proposed rule changes 
would expand the potential number of parties and situations that may 
require the filing of Sec.  76.7 petitions.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0960.
    OMB Approval Date: 5/25/05.
    OMB Expiration Date: 5/31/08.
    Title: 47 CFR 76.122, Satellite Network Non-duplication Protection 
Rules; 47 CFR 76.123, Satellite Syndicated Program Exclusivity Rules; 
47 CFR 76.124, Requirements for Invocation of Non-duplication and 
Syndicated Exclusivity Protection; 47 CFR 76.127, Satellite Sports 
Blackout Rules.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,428.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 0.5-1 hour.
    Total Annual Burden: 12,402 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.122, 76.123, 76.124 and 76.127 are used 
to protect exclusive contract rights negotiated between broadcasters, 
distributors, and rights holders for the transmission of network, 
syndicated, and sports programming in the broadcasters' recognized 
market areas. The proposed rule changes to Sec. Sec.  76.122 and 
76.123, if adopted, would implement statutory requirements to provide 
new rights for in-market stations to assert nonduplication and 
exclusivity rights, potentially increasing the number of filings 
pursuant to these rules. No changes to Sec. Sec.  76.124 and 76.127 are 
proposed.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0980.
    OMB Approval Date: 6/14/05.
    OMB Expiration Date: 6/30/08.
    Title: SHVERA Rules; Implementation of Section 210 of the Satellite 
Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Broadcast Signal 
Carriage Issues, Retransmission Consent Issues).
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 7,179.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1-5 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $30,000.
    Needs and Uses: On April 29, 2005, the Commission adopted a Notice 
of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), In the Matter of the Implementation of 
Section 210 of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization 
Act of 2004 to Amend Section 338 of the Communications Act, MB Docket 
No. 05-181, FCC 05-92. The NPRM proposed amendments to 47 CFR 76.66 to 
implement section 210 of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and 
Reauthorization Act of 2004 (``SHVERA''). Section 210 of the SHVERA 
amends section 338(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 
(``Communications Act'' or ``Act''). Section 338 governs the carriage 
of local television broadcast stations by satellite carriers. In 
general, the SHVERA amends this section to require satellite carriers 
to carry both the analog and digital signals of television broadcast 
stations in local markets in noncontiguous States (including Alaska and 
Hawaii), and to provide these signals to substantially all of their 
subscribers in each station's local market by December 8, 2005 for 
analog signals and by June 8, 2007 for digital signals.
    On March 28, 2005, the Commission adopted an Order, FCC 05-81, 
Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and 
Reauthorization Act of 2004 (``SHVERA''), Procedural Rules, to 
implement procedural rules as required by the SHVERA. The SHVERA is the 
third statute that addresses satellite carriage of television broadcast 
stations. The 2004 SHVERA gives satellite carriers the additional 
option to carry Commission-determined ``significantly viewed'' out-of-
market signals to subscribers. The SHVERA requires the Commission to 
undertake several proceedings to implement new rules, revise existing 
rules, and conduct studies. The Procedural Rules Order to implement 
sections 202, 205, and 209 of the SHVERA is one of a number of 
Commission proceedings that will be required to implement the SHVERA.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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