[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 79 (Monday, April 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19091-19092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9571]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[MB Docket 07-269; DA 09-794]


Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for 
the Delivery of Video Programming

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is required to report annually to Congress on 
the status of competition in markets for the delivery of video 
programming. This document further extends the deadlines for filing 
comments and reply comments in response to the notice of inquiry for 
the 14th Annual Report to Congress, which requested data as of June 
2007. The Commission needs to bring its reporting up to date and will 
issue a single report for 2007, 2008, and 2009. The Commission 
previously announced that it would establish concurrent comment and 
reply deadlines for 2007 and 2008 data. On April 8, 2009 the Commission 
adopted a supplemental notice of inquiry to request information for 
2008 and 2009. The supplemental notice established May 20, 2009 as the 
comment deadline for the filing of 2008 information, and June 20, 2009 
as the reply comment deadline. This document adopts comment and reply 
comment deadlines for 2007 information that are concurrent with those 
filing dates. A single set of deadlines for 2007 and 2008 will avoid 
duplication of effort by commenters and streamline Commission review of 
the submitted information.

DATES: Interested parties may file comments on or before May 20, 2009, 
and reply comments on or before June 20, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by MB 07-269, 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/efcs/. 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 phone: (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: Dana Scherer, Media Bureau at (202) 
418-2127.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Media Bureau's 
Order in MB Docket No. 07-269, DA 09-794, adopted and released on April 
8, 2009. The complete text of this Order is available for inspection 
and copying during regular business hours in the FCC's Reference 
Information Center, Room CY-A257, Portals II, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554. The complete text is also available on the 
Commission's Internet site at http://www.fcc.gov. Alternative formats 
are available to persons with disabilities by contacting the Consumer & 
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)

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418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). The complete text of the Order 
may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, 
Best Company and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 
CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (202) 863-2893, facsimile 
(202) 863-2898, or by e-mail [email protected], or via its Web site 
http://www.bcpiweb.com.

Synopsis of Order

    1. On January 16, 2009, the Commission released its 13th Annual 
Report to Congress on the status of competition in the market for the 
delivery of video programming. See Annual Assessment of the Status of 
Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, 13th 
Annual Report, 24 FCC Rcd 542 (2009). The Report provided information 
as of 2006. On the same date, the Commission released a Notice of 
Inquiry (NOI) soliciting 2007 data for the 14th Annual Report. See 
Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the 
Delivery of Video Programming, Notice of Inquiry, 24 FCC Rcd 750 
(2009), 74 FR 8675, February 11, 2009. The NOI initially set a deadline 
of February 27, 2009 for comments, and March 28, 2009 for reply 
comments.
    2. On February 23, 2009, the Commission issued an extension of time 
to file comments and reply comments for 2007 data. See Annual 
Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery 
of Video Programming, Order, 24 FCC Rcd 2524 (2009), 74 FR 11102, March 
16, 2009. As described in the extension, comments in response to the 
NOI seeking information as of June 30, 2007, are due on April 28, 2009, 
and reply comments are due on May 28, 2009. We noted that the 
establishment of a single set of filing deadlines for 2007 and 2008 
data will avoid duplication of effort by commenters and will streamline 
Commission review of the submitted information, thereby conserving 
commenters' and Commission resources.
    3. As described in the Supplemental Notice of Inquiry that the 
Commission adopted on April 8, 2009, we will release a single report 
covering the years 2007, 2008, and 2009. Comments for 2008 data are due 
May 20, 2009, and reply comments are due June 20, 2009.
    4. To afford commenters the opportunity to file their 2007 and 2008 
information concurrently, we are hereby extending the comment periods 
announced in the Order to coincide with the filing deadlines we 
establish for the 2008 data.
    5. Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to sections 4(i), 
4(j), 403 and 628(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 
U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 403, and 548(g), and Sec. Sec.  0.061, 0.204, 
0.283, and 1.46 of the rules, 47 CFR 0.061, 0.204, 0.283, and 1.46, the 
deadlines for responding to the Notice of Inquiry for the 14th Annual 
Report are extended, sua sponte, until May 20, 2009, for initial 
comments and June 20, 2009, for reply comments.

Federal Communications Commission,
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-9571 Filed 4-24-09; 8:45 am]
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