[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51107-51113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20251]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 73 and 76

[MB Docket No. 11-93; FCC 14-71]


Implementation of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness 
Mitigation (CALM) Act

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission makes minor changes to the 
rules that restrict the volume of television commercials. Specifically, 
as required by the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) 
Act, the Commission incorporates by reference into the Commission's 
rules the Advanced Television Systems Committee's (ATSC) March 12, 2013 
A/85:2013 Recommended Practice (RP) (Successor RP), replacing the July 
25, 2011 A/85:2011 Recommended Practice (Current RP), incorporated into 
the Commission's rules in 2011. The Successor RP will become mandatory 
on June 4, 2015. The 2013 Successor RP applies an improved loudness 
measurement algorithm to conform to the International Telecommunication 
Union's (ITU) updated BS.1770 measurement algorithm, ``BS.1770-3.''

DATES: Effective June 4, 2015. The incorporation by reference of 
certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of 
the Federal Register as of June 4, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information on this 
proceeding, contact Evan Baranoff, [email protected], of the Media 
Bureau, Policy Division, (202) 418-2120 or Shabnam Javid, 
[email protected], of the Engineering Division, Media Bureau at 
(202) 418-7000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Second 
Report and Order, (R&O), FCC 14-71, adopted on June 3, 2014 and 
released on June 4, 2014. The full text of this document is available 
electronically via the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) 
Web site at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/ or via the FCC's Electronic 
Document Management System (EDOCS) Web site at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/. (Documents will be available 
electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat.) This 
document is also available for public inspection and copying during 
regular business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., CY-A257, Washington, DC 
20554. The complete text may be purchased from the Commission's copy 
contractor, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554. 
Alternative formats are available for people with disabilities 
(Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), by sending an 
email to [email protected] or calling the Commission's Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 
(TTY).

Synopsis

I. Introduction

    1. In this Second Report and Order (R&O), we make minor changes to 
our rules that restrict the volume of television commercials. It is our 
hope that these changes will result in a modest decrease in the 
perceived loudness of certain commercials.\1\ Specifically, as required 
by the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act,\2\ we 
incorporate by reference the Advanced Television Systems Committee's 
(ATSC) \3\ March 12, 2013 A/85:2013 Recommended Practice (RP) 
(Successor RP),\4\ which is the successor document to the July 25, 2011 
A/85:2011 Recommended Practice (Current RP), incorporated into our 
rules in 2011.\5\ As discussed below, the Successor RP will become 
mandatory on June 4, 2015.\6\ Until this date, parties must, at a 
minimum, comply with the Current RP that was incorporated into our 
rules in 2011; however, as provided in the Order accompanying the 
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM),\7\ prior to that date, 
parties may instead choose to comply with the updated loudness 
measurement method contained in the Successor RP, rather than the 
method contained in the Current RP.
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    \1\ See Final Rules.
    \2\ See 47 U.S.C. 621(a); see also Implementation of the 
Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, MB Docket 
No. 11-93, Report and Order, FCC 11-182, 77 FR 40276, July 9, 2012 
(CALM Act Report and Order).
    \3\ According to its Web site, ATSC is an international, non-
profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital 
television. The ATSC member organizations represent the broadcast, 
broadcast equipment, motion picture, consumer electronics, computer, 
cable, satellite, and semiconductor industries. ATSC creates and 
fosters implementation of voluntary Standards and Recommended 
Practices to advance digital television broadcasting and to 
facilitate interoperability with other media. See http://www.atsc.org/aboutatsc.html.
    \4\ ATSC A/85:2013 ``ATSC Recommended Practice: Techniques for 
Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital 
Television,'' (March 12, 2013) (Successor RP). This document is 
available on the ATSC Web site at: http://www.atsc.org/cms/standards/A_85-2013.pdf.
    \5\ A/85:2011 ``ATSC Recommended Practice: Techniques for 
Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital 
Television,'' (July 25, 2011) (Current RP).
    \6\ As discussed below, television station licensees and 
multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) may seek a 
waiver of this compliance date to the extent they demonstrate that 
they are unable to comply with the Successor RP by that deadline.
    \7\ Implementation of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness 
Mitigation (CALM) Act; MB Docket No. 11-93, Order and Further Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 13-141, 78 FR 70907, November 27, 2013, 
at para. 7 (2013) (``FNPRM'' or ``CALM Act FNPRM'').
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II. Background

    2. The Commission's rules implementing the CALM Act, adopted 
December 13, 2011,\8\ require digital TV broadcasters, digital cable 
operators, satellite TV providers, and other digital MVPDs to ensure 
that the commercials they transmit to viewers comply with the 
television industry's 2011 ATSC A/85 Recommended Practice (RP),\9\ 
which describes how the industry can monitor and control the loudness 
level of digital TV programming. As mandated by the statute,\10\ the 
Commission incorporated into its rules by reference and made mandatory 
the 2011 ATSC A/85 RP.\11\ The rules took effect on December 13, 2012.
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    \8\ See generally CALM Act Report and Order.
    \9\ See 47 CFR 73.682(e) and 76.607.
    \10\ 47 U.S.C. 621(a).
    \11\ See Current RP, which was incorporated as it existed on the 
date of its approval by the Director of the Federal Register (i.e., 
Dec. 13, 2012). See 47 CFR 73.8000(a), (b)(5) and 76.602(a), (b)(2); 
1 CFR 51.1(f) (``Incorporation by reference of a publication is 
limited to the edition of the publication that is approved. Future 
amendments or revisions of the publication are not included.''). The 
Current RP is available at the ATSC Web site: http://www.atsc.org/cms/standards/a_85-2011a.pdf.
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    3. Section 2(a) of the CALM Act mandates that the Commission's 
rules incorporate by reference and make mandatory ``any successor'' to 
the RP.\12\ On March 12, 2013, the ATSC published a successor document 
to its 2011 A/85 RP. As described by the ATSC, the Successor RP applies 
an improved loudness measurement algorithm to conform to the 
International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) \13\ updated BS.1770 
measurement algorithm, ``BS.1770-3.'' \14\ BS.1770-3

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employs ``gating'' that will exclude very quiet or silent passages of a 
commercial when calculating the average loudness of that 
commercial.\15\ Use of the new algorithm may reduce the volume of some 
commercials in certain circumstances.\16\ The Successor RP also 
contains other minor changes that do not affect our rules.\17\
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    \12\ 47 U.S.C. 621(a).
    \13\ The ITU is a specialized agency of the United Nations whose 
goal is to promote international cooperation in the efficient use of 
telecommunications, including the use of the radio frequency 
spectrum. The ITU publishes technical recommendations concerning 
various aspects of radio communication technology. These 
recommendations are subject to an international peer review and 
approval process in which the Commission participates.
    \14\ See Letter from Mark S. Richer, ATSC President, to Alison 
Neplokh, Chief Engineer, Media Bureau, FCC, at 1 (dated April 5, 
2013) (ATSC April 5 Letter) (stating that ``the revised version of 
A/85 includes an update of the reference to the [ITU] recommendation 
for `Algorithms to measure audio programme loudness and true-peak 
audio level.' The revised A/85 now references ITU-R BS.1770-3.''). 
As explained in the CALM Act Report and Order, the ITU-R BS.1770 
measurement algorithm provides a numerical value that indicates the 
perceived loudness of the content (measured in units of LKFS--
loudness, K-weighted, relative to full scale) by averaging the 
loudness of audio signals in all channels over the duration of the 
content. See CALM Act Report and Order at para. 5.
    \15\ Id. (``Version 3 of BS.1770, adds `gating' (excluding low 
level passages from the measured value) to the measurement 
algorithm.'').
    \16\ We note that the potential benefit that may occur for 
consumers is limited to situations where a commercial has a 
significant amount of silent or very quiet passages. The new 
algorithm's use of ``gating'' is intended to more accurately reflect 
consumer perceptions in situations in which the commercial contains 
both very loud and very quiet passages. In this circumstance, the 
new algorithm would result in a greater perceived loudness 
measurement than the old algorithm, therefore requiring the 
commercial to be adjusted using one of the methods in the RP. Thus, 
the new algorithm may result in somewhat reduced loudness problems 
perceived by consumers in this circumstance, but is otherwise 
substantially the same as the existing algorithm.
    \17\ See ATSC April 5 Letter at 1. ATSC explains that version 3 
of BS.1770 also ``includes some minor editorial updates to the 
loudness measurement text and a minor correction to the true-peak 
measurement algorithm.'' Id. ATSC also explains that ``[b]eyond the 
reference change, A/85 now includes improved guidance for measuring 
the loudness of surround programming in both its multichannel format 
and in its 2-channel downmix. . . . In addition, A/85 is now 
specific about the differences between loudness and dynamic range.'' 
Id.
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    4. On November 1, 2013, we released the FNPRM in this docket. The 
FNPRM proposed to replace the Current RP, incorporated into our rules 
in 2011, with the Successor RP published in 2013,\18\ observing that 
the CALM Act afforded the Commission no discretion in this regard.\19\ 
The FNPRM sought comment on the appropriate timing for the 2013 
Successor RP to become mandatory.\20\ We received two comments in 
response to our FNPRM.\21\
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    \18\ Id. at 15260, para. 5.
    \19\ Id. at 15259, para. 3.
    \20\ Id. at 15260-61, para. 6.
    \21\ See Comments of the National Association of Broadcasters 
dated Dec. 24, 2013 (``NAB Comments'') and Joint Comments of Holston 
Valley Broadcasting Corporation, W. Russell Withers, Jr., Withers 
Broadcasting Company of West Virginia, Withers Broadcasting Company 
of Clarksburg, LLC and Ernesto Bustos dated Dec. 13, 2013 (``Holston 
Valley et al. Comments''). The filings made in this docket are 
available to the public both online via the Commission's Electronic 
Comment Filing System (``ECFS'') at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/ and 
during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., CY-A257, Washington, 
DC 20554.
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III. Discussion

    5. As required by the statute,\22\ we adopt the Successor RP and 
will incorporate it by reference into our rules.\23\ We also find, as 
we tentatively concluded in the FNPRM, that the only substantive change 
created by the Successor RP as it relates to our rules is the change to 
the measurement algorithm to conform to BS.1770-3.\24\ This finding is 
consistent with the ATSC's description of the Successor RP and is not 
disputed in the record. As a practical matter, this change seems to be 
designed to prevent advertisers from using silent passages to offset 
excessively loud passages when calculating the average loudness of 
program material. Thus, once this Successor RP is implemented, 
consumers may notice a modest decrease in the perceived loudness of 
certain commercials. This change is consistent with the type of updates 
that we believe Congress intended the Commission to incorporate in its 
rules by specifying in the CALM Act that the Commission shall make 
mandatory successor versions of the RP.
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    \22\ See CALM Act FNPRM, at paras. 4-5.
    \23\ See Final Rules.
    \24\ CALM Act FNPRM, at para. 5. No commenter disagreed with 
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    6. We adopt the proposal in the FNPRM to make the Successor RP 
mandatory as of June 4, 2015, one year from the release date of this 
Second Report and Order.\25\ NAB, the only commenter on this issue, 
supports this approach.\26\ We are mindful of the fact that many 
parties have recently purchased new equipment to comply with the 
Commission's rules implementing the statute, which took effect on 
December 13, 2012. Notably, NAB's survey of a number of its television 
members indicated ``that most equipment deployed to comply with the A/
85 RP can likely be modified through relatively low-cost software 
upgrades to comply with the Successor RP.'' \27\ Therefore, we agree 
with NAB that a one-year deadline to comply with the Successor RP would 
generally provide a reasonable amount of time for affected parties to 
implement any necessary equipment upgrades.\28\ To the extent certain 
regulated parties have purchased equipment that is not easily 
upgradable or could otherwise show that implementation of the Successor 
RP would be significantly burdensome, we will consider requests for 
additional time to comply with the Successor RP,\29\ pursuant to our 
general waiver authority in Section 2(b)(3) of the CALM Act.\30\ We 
remind stations and MVPDs that such a waiver, if granted, would extend 
the time to come into compliance with the Successor RP but would 
require continued compliance with the Current RP.
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    \25\ CALM Act FNPRM, at para. 6.
    \26\ See NAB Comments at 1-4 (``NAB supports the Commission's 
proposed approach to implementing the revised standards'').
    \27\ NAB Comments at 2.
    \28\ NAB Comments at 2 (calling one-year deadline ``a realistic 
time frame that appropriately balances consumers' interests in 
timely implementation of the Successor RP while permitting 
appropriate planning and execution for television stations'').
    \29\ See NAB Comments at 4 (asking the Commission to ``look 
favorably upon requests for waivers for extension of time to comply 
with the Successor RP by stations needing to purchase new 
equipment.'').
    \30\ Section 2(b)(3) of the CALM Act provides that the statute 
does not affect the Commission's authority to waive any rule 
required by the CALM Act, or the application of any such rule, for 
good cause shown with regard to any station/MVPD or class of 
stations/MVPDs under Section 1.3 of the Commission's rules. See 47 
U.S.C. 621(b)(3) (codifying CALM Act Sec.  2(b)(3)). See 47 CFR 1.3 
(the Commission's rules ``may be suspended, revoked, amended, or 
waived for good cause shown, in whole or in part, at any time by the 
Commission'' and ``[a]ny provision of the rules may be waived by the 
Commission on its own motion or on petition if good cause therefore 
is shown.''). The Media Bureau has delegated authority to act on 
such requests. 47 CFR 0.61(h) and 0.283.
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    7. We reject the request by Holston Valley et al. to extend the 
existing financial hardship waivers in effect until one year after the 
Successor RP becomes mandatory.\31\ The CALM Act provides that the 
Commission may grant a one-year waiver of the effective date of the 
CALM Act rules to any station or MVPD that shows it would be a 
``financial hardship'' to obtain the necessary equipment to comply with 
the rules, and may renew such waiver for one additional year.\32\ 
Stations and MVPDs that obtained an initial financial hardship waiver 
were afforded until December 13, 2013 to comply with the CALM Act 
rules, and those that renewed their financial hardship waiver have 
until December 13, 2014 to comply with the CALM Act rules. The Holston 
Valley et al. request appears to argue that the gap between when 
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Act rules and Current RP (December 13, 2014) and when stations and 
MVPDs must comply with the Successor RP (one year from the release date 
of this Order) will cause entities in this situation to ``pay twice for 
the equipment and software package needed to comply with the CALM 
Act.'' \33\ Holston Valley et al. have not explained why a station or 
MVPD with a waiver delaying compliance with the CALM Act rules until 
December 13, 2014 cannot obtain by December 13, 2014 either equipment 
that complies with the Successor RP or equipment that complies with the 
Current RP but that is upgradeable to the Successor RP. Thus, it is not 
clear to us why entities still in the process of coming into compliance 
would end up paying twice. Because most currently available equipment 
will be compliant with the Successor RP--and regulated entities can 
ensure that they purchase equipment that complies (or can be easily 
upgraded to comply) with the Successor RP--we are not persuaded that 
this gap will pose any problems to regulated entities. Therefore, to 
the extent the regulated entity has not yet purchased the necessary 
equipment to comply with the CALM Act, we see no reason why such entity 
could not ensure that the equipment it does purchase (before its 
financial hardship waiver expires) will comply with the Successor 
RP.\34\ To the extent the regulated entity has purchased equipment that 
is not easily upgradable, such entity may seek more time to comply with 
the Successor RP (as described above). We emphasize, however, that all 
regulated entities with existing financial hardship waivers must comply 
with the CALM Act rules when their financial hardship waivers expire, 
whether in accordance with the Current RP or the Successor RP depending 
upon the timing.
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    \31\ Holston Valley et al. Comments at 2 (``As the Commission 
seeks to make changes in the CALM Act requirements, it would seem 
appropriate to keep the existing waiver of the CALM Act requirements 
for small television stations . . . until the first anniversary of 
the effective date of the revised rules adopted as a result of the 
Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.'')
    \32\ 47 U.S.C. 621(b)(2).
    \33\ Holston Valley et al. Comments at 3.
    \34\ Notably, Holston Valley et al. do not explain why they 
could not purchase equipment that would comply with the Successor 
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    8. Finally, consistent with the Commission's decision in the Order 
accompanying the FNPRM, we will continue to permit stations and MVPDs 
the option to implement the Successor RP early. We expect that some 
stations and MVPDs may be able and willing to implement the Successor 
RP in less time than the year allowed for them to come into compliance 
with the new standard. Pursuant to the waiver granted in the Order 
accompanying the FNPRM, which will remain in effect until the effective 
date of the new standard, stations and MVPDs may comply with our 
existing rules by following either the BS.1770-1 measurement method in 
the Current RP or the BS.1770-3 updated measurement method in the 
Successor RP. Although the change in the measurement method is minor, 
we believe that consumers may benefit from early implementation of the 
improved loudness measurement technique incorporated into the Successor 
RP.

IV. Procedural Matters

A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis

    9. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as 
amended (RFA) \35\ an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) 
was incorporated in the Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making in this 
proceeding.\36\ The Commission sought written public comment on the 
proposals in the FNPRM, including comment on the IRFA. The Commission 
received no comments that specifically addressed the IRFA. This present 
Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) conforms to the RFA.\37\
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    \35\ See 5 U.S.C. 603. The RFA, see 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., has 
been amended by the Contract With America Advancement Act of 1996, 
Pub. L. 104-121, 110 Stat. 847 (1996) (CWAAA). Title II of the CWAAA 
is the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 
(SBREFA).
    \36\ CALM Act FNPRM, at App. B.
    \37\ See 5 U.S.C. 604.
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1. Need for, and Objectives of, the Final Rules
    10. This Second Report and Order adopts minor rule changes to the 
Commission's Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act 
rules. Specifically, as required by the CALM Act,\38\ the Commission 
incorporates by reference into the rules the Advanced Television 
Systems Committee's (ATSC) \39\ March 12, 2013 A/85:2013 Recommended 
Practice (RP) (Successor RP),\40\ which is the successor document to 
the July 25, 2011 A/85:2011 Recommended Practice (Current RP), 
incorporated into our rules in 2011.\41\ The Successor RP will become 
mandatory on June 4, 2015.\42\ Until this date, the Current RP that was 
incorporated into our rules in 2011 will continue to be mandatory; 
however, prior to that date, parties may instead choose to follow the 
loudness measurement method contained in the Successor RP, rather than 
that in the Current RP. As mandated by the statute, the rule changes 
will apply to television station broadcasters and multichannel video 
programming distributors (MVPDs).\43\
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    \38\ See 47 U.S.C. 621(a); see also CALM Act Report and Order at 
para. 20.
    \39\ According to its Web site, ATSC is an international, non-
profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital 
television. The ATSC member organizations represent the broadcast, 
broadcast equipment, motion picture, consumer electronics, computer, 
cable, satellite, and semiconductor industries. ATSC creates and 
fosters implementation of voluntary Standards and Recommended 
Practices to advance digital television broadcasting and to 
facilitate interoperability with other media. See http://www.atsc.org/aboutatsc.html.
    \40\ ATSC A/85:2013 ``ATSC Recommended Practice: Techniques for 
Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital 
Television,'' (March 12, 2013) (Successor RP). This document is 
available on the ATSC Web site at: http://www.atsc.org/cms/standards/A_85-2013.pdf.
    \41\ A/85:2011``ATSC Recommended Practice: Techniques for 
Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital 
Television,'' (July 25, 2011) (Current RP).
    \42\ As discussed in Section E. of this FRFA below, the 
Commission will consider requests for a waiver of this effective 
date from television station broadcasters and multichannel video 
programming distributors (MVPDs) which demonstrate that they are 
unable to comply with the Successor RP.
    \43\ We refer herein to covered entities collectively as 
``stations/MVPDs'' or ``regulated parties.''
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2. Summary of Significant Issues Raised by Public Comments in Response 
to the IRFA
    11. No comments specifically addressed the IRFA.
3. Description and Estimate of the Number of Small Entities to Which 
the Rules Will Apply
    12. The RFA directs agencies to provide a description of and an 
estimate of the number of small entities to which the rules will 
apply.\44\ The RFA generally defines the term ``small entity'' as 
having the same meaning as the terms ``small business,'' ``small 
organization,'' and ``small governmental jurisdiction.'' \45\ In 
addition, the term ``small business'' has the same meaning as the term 
``small business concern'' under the Small Business Act.\46\ A small 
business concern is one which: (1) Is independently owned and operated; 
(2) is not dominant in its field of operation; and (3) satisfies any 
additional criteria established by the SBA.\47\ The final rule changes 
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affect small television broadcast stations and small MVPD systems, 
which include cable operators and satellite video providers. Below, we 
provide a description of such small entities, as well as an estimate of 
the number of such small entities, where feasible.
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    \44\ 5 U.S.C. 604(a)(4).
    \45\ 5 U.S.C. 601(6).
    \46\ 5 U.S.C. 601(3) (incorporating by reference the definition 
of ``small business concern'' in 15 U.S.C. 632). Pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 601(3), the statutory definition of a small business applies 
``unless an agency, after consultation with the Office of Advocacy 
of the Small Business Administration and after opportunity for 
public comment, establishes one or more definitions of such term 
which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes 
such definition(s) in the Federal Register.'' 5 U.S.C. 601(3).
    \47\ 15 U.S.C. 632. Application of the statutory criteria of 
dominance in its field of operation and independence are sometimes 
difficult to apply in the context of broadcast television. 
Accordingly, the Commission's statistical account of television 
stations may be over-inclusive.
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    13. Television Broadcasting. This economic census category 
``comprises establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting images 
together with sound. These establishments operate television 
broadcasting studios and facilities for the programming and 
transmission of programs to the public.'' \48\ The SBA has created the 
following small business size standard for Television Broadcasting 
businesses: those having $35.5 million or less in annual receipts.\49\ 
The Commission has estimated the number of licensed commercial 
television stations to be 1,386.\50\ In addition, according to 
Commission staff review of the BIA Kelsey Inc. Media Access Pro 
Television Database (BIA) on June 10, 2013, about 1,245 (or about 90 
percent) the estimated 1,386 commercial television stations had 
revenues of $35.5 million or less. In addition, the Commission has 
estimated the number of licensed noncommercial educational (NCE) 
television stations to be 396.\51\ NCE stations are non-profit, and 
therefore considered to be small entities.\52\ Therefore, we estimate 
that the majority of television broadcast stations are small entities.
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    \48\ U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 NAICS Definitions, ``515120 
Television Broadcasting,'' at http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \49\ 13 CFR 121.201; 2012 NAICS code 515120.
    \50\ See Broadcast Station Totals as of June 30, 2013, Press 
Release (MB rel. July 10, 2013) (Broadcast Station Totals Press 
Release) at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-322079A1.pdf.
    \51\ See Broadcast Station Totals.
    \52\ See generally 5 U.S.C. 601(4), (6).
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    14. We note, however, that in assessing whether a business concern 
qualifies as small under the above definition, business (control) 
affiliations \53\ must be included. Our estimate, therefore, likely 
overstates the number of small entities that might be affected by our 
action because the revenue figure on which it is based does not include 
or aggregate revenues from affiliated companies. In addition, an 
element of the definition of ``small business'' is that the entity not 
be dominant in its field of operation. We are unable at this time to 
define or quantify the criteria that would establish whether a specific 
television station is dominant in its field of operation. Accordingly, 
the estimate of small businesses to which rules may apply does not 
exclude any television station from the definition of a small business 
on this basis and is therefore possibly over-inclusive to that extent.
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    \53\ ``[Business concerns] are affiliates of each other when one 
concern controls or has the power to control the other or a third 
party or parties controls or has to power to control both.'' 13 CFR 
21.103(a)(1).
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    15. Cable Television Distribution Services. Since 2007, these 
services have been defined within the broad economic census category of 
Wired Telecommunications Carriers, which was developed for small 
wireline businesses. This category is defined as follows: ``This 
industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating and/or 
providing access to transmission facilities and infrastructure that 
they own and/or lease for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound, 
and video using wired telecommunications networks. Transmission 
facilities may be based on a single technology or a combination of 
technologies. Establishments in this industry use the wired 
telecommunications network facilities that they operate to provide a 
variety of services, such as wired telephony services, including VoIP 
services; wired (cable) audio and video programming distribution; and 
wired broadband Internet services''.\54\ The SBA has developed a small 
business size standard for this category, which is: all such businesses 
having 1,500 or fewer employees.\55\ Census data for 2007 shows that 
there were 31,996 establishments that operated that year.\56\ Of this 
total, 30,178 establishments had fewer than 100 employees, and 1,818 
establishments had 100 or more employees.\57\ Therefore, under this 
size standard, we estimate that the majority of businesses can be 
considered small entities.
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    \54\ U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition) at http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch. Examples of this 
category are: Broadband Internet service providers (e.g., cable, 
DSL); local telephone carriers (wired); cable television 
distribution services; long-distance telephone carriers (wired); 
closed circuit television (CCTV) services; VoIP service providers, 
using own operated wired telecommunications infrastructure; direct-
to-home satellite system (DTH) services; telecommunications carriers 
(wired); satellite television distribution systems; and multichannel 
multipoint distribution services (MMDS).
    \55\ 13 CFR 121.201; 2012 NAICS code 517110.
    \56\ U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census. See U.S. Census 
Bureau, American FactFinder, ``Information: Subject Series--Estab 
and Firm Size: Employment Size of Establishments for the United 
States: 2007--2007 Economic Census,'' NAICS code 517110, Table 
EC0751SSSZ2; available at http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
    \57\ Id.
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    16. Cable Companies and Systems. The Commission has also developed 
its own small business size standards for the purpose of cable rate 
regulation. Under the Commission's rules, a ``small cable company'' is 
one serving 400,000 or fewer subscribers nationwide.\58\ Industry data 
shows that there were 1,141 cable companies at the end of June 
2012.\59\ Of this total, all but 10 incumbent cable companies are small 
under this size standard.\60\ In addition, under the Commission's rate 
regulation rules, a ``small system'' is a cable system serving 15,000 
or fewer subscribers.\61\ Current Commission records show 4,945 cable 
systems nationwide.\62\ Of this total, 4,380 cable systems have less 
than 20,000 subscribers, and 565 systems have 20,000 subscribers or 
more, based on the same records. Thus, under this standard, we estimate 
that most cable systems are small.
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    \58\ 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size 
standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or 
less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the Cable 
Television Consumer Protection And Competition Act of 1992: Rate 
Regulation, MM Docket No. 92-266, MM Docket No. 93-215, Sixth Report 
and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, FCC 95-196, 60 FR 
35854, July 12, 1995.
    \59\ NCTA, Industry Data, Number of Cable Operating Companies 
(June 2012), http://www.ncta.com/Statistics.aspx (visited Sept. 28, 
2012). Depending upon the number of homes and the size of the 
geographic area served, cable operators use one or more cable 
systems to provide video service. See Annual Assessment of the 
Status of Competition in the Market for Delivery of Video 
Programming, MB Docket No. 12-203, Fifteenth Report, FCC 13-99 at 
para. 24 (rel. July 22, 2013) (15th Annual Competition Report).
    \60\ See SNL Kagan, ``Top Cable MSOs--12/12 Q''; available at 
http://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/TopCableMSOs.aspx?period=2012Q4&sortcol=subscribersbasic&sortorder=desc. We note that, when applied to an MVPD operator, under this size 
standard (i.e., 400,000 or fewer subscribers) all but 14 MVPD 
operators would be considered small. See NCTA, Industry Data, Top 25 
Multichannel Video Service Customers (2012), http://www.ncta.com/industry-data (visited Aug. 30, 2013). The Commission applied this 
size standard to MVPD operators in its implementation of the CALM 
Act. See CALM Act Report and Order at para. 37 (defining a smaller 
MVPD operator as one serving 400,000 or fewer subscribers 
nationwide, as of December 31, 2011).
    \61\ 47 CFR 76.901(c).
    \62\ The number of active, registered cable systems comes from 
the Commission's Cable Operations and Licensing System (COALS) 
database on Aug. 28, 2013. A cable system is a physical system 
integrated to a principal headend.
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    17. Cable System Operators (Telecom Act Standard). The 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, also contains a size standard 
for small cable system operators, which is ``a cable operator that, 
directly or through an affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than 1 
percent of all subscribers in the United States and is not affiliated 
with any entity or entities whose gross annual revenues in the 
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$250,000,000''.\63\ There are approximately 56.4 million incumbent 
cable video subscribers in the United States today.\64\ Accordingly, an 
operator serving fewer than 564,000 subscribers shall be deemed a small 
operator, if its annual revenues, when combined with the total annual 
revenues of all its affiliates, do not exceed $250 million in the 
aggregate.\65\ Based on available data, we find that all but 10 
incumbent cable operators are small under this size standard.\66\ We 
note that the Commission neither requests nor collects information on 
whether cable system operators are affiliated with entities whose gross 
annual revenues exceed $250 million.\67\ Although it seems certain that 
some of these cable system operators are affiliated with entities whose 
gross annual revenues exceed $250,000,000, we are unable at this time 
to estimate with greater precision the number of cable system operators 
that would qualify as small cable operators under the definition in the 
Communications Act.
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    \63\ 47 U.S.C. 543(m)(2); see 47 CFR 76.901(f) & nn. 1-3.
    \64\ See NCTA, Industry Data, Cable Video Customers (2012), 
http://www.ncta.com/industry-data (visited Aug. 30, 2013).
    \65\ 47 CFR 76.901(f); see Public Notice, FCC Announces New 
Subscriber Count for the Definition of Small Cable Operator, DA 01-
158 (Cable Services Bureau, Jan. 24, 2001).
    \66\ See NCTA, Industry Data, Top 25 Multichannel Video Service 
Customers (2012), http://www.ncta.com/industry-data (visited Aug. 
30, 2013).
    \67\ The Commission does receive such information on a case-by-
case basis if a cable operator appeals a local franchise authority's 
finding that the operator does not qualify as a small cable operator 
pursuant to Sec.  76.901(f) of the Commission's rules. See 47 CFR 
76.901(f).
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    18. Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Service. DBS service is a 
nationally distributed subscription service that delivers video and 
audio programming via satellite to a small parabolic ``dish'' antenna 
at the subscriber's location. DBS, by exception, is now included in the 
SBA's broad economic census category, Wired Telecommunications 
Carriers,\68\ which was developed for small wireline businesses. Under 
this category, the SBA deems a wireline business to be small if it has 
1,500 or fewer employees.\69\ Census data for 2007 shows that there 
were 31,996 establishments that operated that year.\70\ Of this total, 
30,178 establishments had fewer than 100 employees, and 1,818 
establishments had 100 or more employees.\71\ Therefore, under this 
size standard, the majority of such businesses can be considered small. 
However, the data we have available as a basis for estimating the 
number of such small entities were gathered under a superseded SBA 
small business size standard formerly titled ``Cable and Other Program 
Distribution.'' The definition of Cable and Other Program Distribution 
provided that a small entity is one with $12.5 million or less in 
annual receipts.\72\ Currently, only two entities provide DBS service, 
which requires a great investment of capital for operation: DIRECTV and 
DISH Network.\73\ Each currently offers subscription services. DIRECTV 
and DISH Network each report annual revenues that are in excess of the 
threshold for a small business. Because DBS service requires 
significant capital, we believe it is unlikely that a small entity as 
defined by the SBA would have the financial wherewithal to become a DBS 
service provider.
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    \68\ See 13 CFR 121.201, 2012 NAICS code 517110. This category 
of Wired Telecommunications Carriers is defined as follows: ``This 
industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating 
and/or providing access to transmission facilities and 
infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of 
voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired telecommunications 
networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a single 
technology or a combination of technologies. Establishments in this 
industry use the wired telecommunications network facilities that 
they operate to provide a variety of services, such as wired 
telephony services, including VoIP services; wired (cable) audio and 
video programming distribution; and wired broadband Internet 
services. By exception, establishments providing satellite 
television distribution services using facilities and infrastructure 
that they operate are included in this industry.'' (Emphasis added 
to text relevant to satellite services.) U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 
NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' at 
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \69\ 13 CFR 121.201; 2012 NAICS code 517110.
    \70\ U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census. See U.S. Census 
Bureau, American FactFinder, ``Information: Subject Series--Estab 
and Firm Size: Employment Size of Establishments for the United 
States: 2007-2007 Economic Census,'' NAICS code 517110, Table 
EC0751SSSZ2; available at http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
    \71\ Id.
    \72\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 517510 (2002).
    \73\ See 15th Annual Competition Report, at para. 27. As of June 
2012, DIRECTV is the largest DBS operator and the second largest 
MVPD in the United States, serving approximately 19.9 million 
subscribers. DISH Network is the second largest DBS operator and the 
third largest MVPD, serving approximately 14.1 million subscribers. 
Id. at paras. 27, 110-11.
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    19. Satellite Master Antenna Television (SMATV) Systems, also known 
as Private Cable Operators (PCOs). SMATV systems or PCOs are video 
distribution facilities that use closed transmission paths without 
using any public right-of-way. They acquire video programming and 
distribute it via terrestrial wiring in urban and suburban multiple 
dwelling units such as apartments and condominiums, and commercial 
multiple tenant units such as hotels and office buildings. SMATV 
systems or PCOs are now included in the SBA's broad economic census 
category, Wired Telecommunications Carriers,\74\ which was developed 
for small wireline businesses. Under this category, the SBA deems a 
wireline business to be small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees.\75\ 
Census data for 2007 shows that there were 31,996 establishments that 
operated that year.\76\ Of this total, 30,178 establishments had fewer 
than 100 employees, and 1,818 establishments had 100 or more 
employees.\77\ Therefore, under this size standard, the majority of 
such businesses can be considered small.
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    \74\ See 13 CFR 121.201, 2012 NAICS code 517110. This category 
of Wired Telecommunications Carriers is defined as follows: ``This 
industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating 
and/or providing access to transmission facilities and 
infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of 
voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired telecommunications 
networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a single 
technology or a combination of technologies. Establishments in this 
industry use the wired telecommunications network facilities that 
they operate to provide a variety of services, such as wired 
telephony services, including VoIP services; wired (cable) audio and 
video programming distribution; and wired broadband Internet 
services. By exception, establishments providing satellite 
television distribution services using facilities and infrastructure 
that they operate are included in this industry.'' (Emphasis added 
to text relevant to satellite services.) U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 
NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' at 
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \75\ 13 CFR 121.201; 2012 NAICS code 517110.
    \76\ U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census. See U.S. Census 
Bureau, American FactFinder, ``Information: Subject Series--Estab 
and Firm Size: Employment Size of Establishments for the United 
States: 2007-2007 Economic Census,'' NAICS code 517110, Table 
EC0751SSSZ2; available at http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
    \77\ Id.
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    20. Open Video Services. The open video system (OVS) framework was 
established in 1996, and is one of four statutorily recognized options 
for the provision of video programming services by local exchange 
carriers.\78\ The OVS framework provides opportunities for the 
distribution of video programming other than through cable systems. 
Because OVS operators provide subscription services,\79\ OVS falls 
within the SBA small business size standard covering cable services, 
which is ``Wired Telecommunications Carriers.'' \80\ The SBA has 
developed a

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small business size standard for this category, which is: All such 
businesses having 1,500 or fewer employees.\81\ Census data for 2007 
shows that there were 31,996 establishments that operated that 
year.\82\ Of this total, 30,178 establishments had fewer than 100 
employees, and 1,818 establishments had 100 or more employees.\83\ 
Therefore, under this size standard, we estimate that the majority of 
businesses can be considered small entities. In addition, we note that 
the Commission has certified some OVS operators, with some now 
providing service.\84\ Broadband service providers (BSPs) are currently 
the only significant holders of OVS certifications or local OVS 
franchises.\85\ The Commission does not have financial or employment 
information regarding the entities authorized to provide OVS, some of 
which may not yet be operational. Thus, again, at least some of the OVS 
operators may qualify as small entities.
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    \78\ 47 U.S.C. 571(a)(3) through (4). See Annual Assessment of 
the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video 
Programming, MB Docket No. 06-189, Thirteenth Annual Report, FCC 07-
206, 74 FR 11102, March 16, 2009 (Thirteenth Annual Cable 
Competition Report).
    \79\ See 47 U.S.C. 573.
    \80\ See 13 CFR 121.201, 2012 NAICS code 517110. This category 
of Wired Telecommunications Carriers is defined in part as follows: 
``This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in 
operating and/or providing access to transmission facilities and 
infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of 
voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired telecommunications 
networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a single 
technology or a combination of technologies. Establishments in this 
industry use the wired telecommunications network facilities that 
they operate to provide a variety of services, such as wired 
telephony services, including VoIP services; wired (cable) audio and 
video programming distribution; and wired broadband Internet 
services.'' U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 
Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' at http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \81\ 13 CFR 121.201; 2012 NAICS code 517110.
    \82\ U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census. See U.S. Census 
Bureau, American FactFinder, ``Information: Subject Series--Estab 
and Firm Size: Employment Size of Establishments for the United 
States: 2007--2007 Economic Census,'' NAICS code 517110, Table 
EC0751SSSZ2; available at http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
    \83\ Id.
    \84\ A list of OVS certifications may be found at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/ovs/csovscer.html.
    \85\ See Thirteenth Annual Cable Competition Report, at para. 
135. BSPs are newer businesses that are building state-of-the-art, 
facilities-based networks to provide video, voice, and data services 
over a single network.
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4. Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other 
Compliance Requirements
    21. As stated above, the Second Report and Order incorporates by 
reference into our rules and ultimately makes mandatory the Successor 
RP published in 2013, thereby replacing the Current RP incorporated 
into our rules in 2011. As discussed in the Second Report and Order, 
the only substantive change created by the Successor RP as it relates 
to our rules is the change to the measurement algorithm to be used when 
calculating the average loudness of a commercial. Under the Current RP, 
television stations and MVPDs use the BS.1770-1 measurement method, 
whereas, under the Successor RP, stations and MVPDs will use the 
BS.1770-3 method. The primary difference is that BS.1770-3 employs 
``gating'' that will exclude very quiet or silent passages of a 
commercial when calculating the average loudness of that commercial. As 
a result, stations and MVPDs may need a software or device upgrade for 
their equipment in order to perform the new loudness measurement 
technique. The Second Report and Order does not otherwise impose any 
new reporting, recordkeeping or other compliance requirements.\86\
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    \86\ For an overview of the existing compliance requirements 
pursuant to our implementation of the CALM Act, see Implementation 
of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, MB 
Docket No. 11-93, Small Entity Compliance Guide, DA 13-1002 (MB rel. 
May 7, 2013); available at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-1002A1.docx.
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5. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant Economic Impact on Small 
Entities, and Significant Alternatives Considered
    22. The RFA requires an agency to describe the steps the agency has 
taken to minimize the significant economic impact on small entities 
consistent with the stated objectives of applicable statutes, including 
a statement of the factual, policy, and legal reasons for selecting the 
alternative adopted in the final rule and why each one of the other 
significant alternatives to the rule considered by the agency which 
affect the impact on small entities was rejected.\87\
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    \87\ 5 U.S.C. 604(a)(6).
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    23. The CALM Act requires that the new technical loudness standard 
(i.e., the 2011 ATSC A/85 RP) be made mandatory for all stations and 
MVPDs, regardless of size.\88\ The statute also requires that the 
Commission make mandatory ``any successor'' to the ATSC A/85 RP, 
affording the Commission no discretion in this regard.\89\ However, in 
this proceeding, the Commission found that it had some discretion to 
afford a reasonable amount of time for regulated parties to implement 
the Successor RP. The record in this proceeding indicates ``that most 
equipment deployed to comply with the A/85 RP can likely be modified 
through relatively low-cost software upgrades to comply with the 
Successor RP.'' \90\ Accordingly, the Commission affords regulated 
parties with one year from the release date of the Second Report and 
Order to implement any necessary equipment upgrades. In addition, to 
the extent a regulated entity has purchased equipment that is not 
easily upgradable, such entity may request more time to comply with the 
Successor RP. We note, however, that no party filed comments that it 
had purchased equipment that was not easily upgradable, even though the 
FNPRM expressly sought such comment. Therefore, we believe that the 
final rules adopted in the Second Report and Order will not have a 
``significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities.'' \91\
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    \88\ See 47 U.S.C. 621(a).
    \89\ Id.
    \90\ NAB Comments at 2.
    \91\ See 5 U.S.C. 605(b).
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6. Report to Congress
    24. The Commission will send a copy of the Second Report and Order, 
including this FRFA, in a report to be sent to Congress pursuant to the 
Congressional Review Act.\92\ In addition, the Commission will send a 
copy of the Second Report and Order, including this FRFA, to the Chief 
Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA. The Second Report and Order and FRFA 
(or summaries thereof) will also be published in the Federal 
Register.\93\
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    \92\ See 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
    \93\ See id. Sec.  604(b).
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B. Final Paperwork Reduction Act Analysis

    25. This document does not contain any new or modified information 
collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA).\94\ In addition, therefore, it does not contain any information 
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 
employees, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 
2002.\95\
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    \94\ The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Pub. L. 104-13, 
109 Stat 163 (1995) (codified in Chapter 35 of title 44 U.S.C.).
    \95\ The Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002 (SBPRA), 
Pub. L. 107-198, 116 Stat 729 (2002) (codified in Chapter 35 of 
title 44 U.S.C.); see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).
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C. Congressional Review Act

    26. The Commission will send a copy of this Second Report and Order 
in a report to be sent to Congress and the Government Accountability 
Office, pursuant to the Congressional Review Act.\96\
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D. Additional Information

    27. For more information, contact Evan Baranoff, 
[email protected], of the Media Bureau, Policy Division, (202) 418-
7142 or Shabnam Javid, [email protected], of the Engineering 
Division, Media Bureau at

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(202) 418-2672. Direct press inquiries to Janice Wise at (202) 418-
8165.

V. Ordering Clauses

    28. Accordingly, it is ordered that pursuant to the Commercial 
Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-311, 124 
Stat. 3294, and Sections 1, 2(a), 4(i), and 303(r) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152(a), 154(i), 
and 303(r), and 621, this Second Report and Order is adopted.
    29. It is further ordered that the Commission's rules are hereby 
amended, effective June 4, 2015.
    30. It is further ordered that, pursuant to the Congressional 
Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), the Commission will send a copy of 
this Second Report and Order in a report to Congress and the General 
Accounting Office.
    31. It is further ordered that the Commission's Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, will send a 
copy of this Second Report and Order, including the Final Regulatory 
Flexibility Analysis, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 
Business Administration.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Parts 73 and 76

    Cable television, Digital television, Incorporation by reference, 
and Satellite television.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison.

Final Rules

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR parts 73 and 76 as follows:

PART 73- RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES

0
1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336, and 339.


Sec.  73.8000  [Amended]

0
2. Section 73.8000 is amended in paragraph (b)(5) by removing ``ATSC A/
85:2011'' and adding in its place ''ATSC A/85:2013'', and removing the 
date ``July 25, 2011'' and adding in its place ``March 12, 2013''.

PART 76--MULTICHANNEL VIDEO AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE.

0
3. The authority citation for part 76 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 
303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315, 317, 325, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521, 
522, 531, 532, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 
552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 561, 571, 572, 573.


Sec.  76.602  [Amended]

0
4. Section 76.602 is amended in paragraph (b)(2) by removing ``ATSC A/
85:2011'' and adding in its place ``ATSC A/85:2013'', and removing the 
date ``July 25, 2011'' and adding in its place ``March 12, 2013''.

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