[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 134 (Friday, July 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45212-45213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14792]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1254; FR ID 153846]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collections. Comments are 
requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Commission, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the 
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before September 
12, 2023. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but 
find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this 
notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. 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 OMB 
control number.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1254.
    Title: Next Gen TV/ATSC 3.0 Local Simulcasting Rules; 47 CFR 
73.3801 (full-power TV), 73.6029 (Class A TV), and 74.782 (low-power 
TV) and FCC Form 2100 (Next Gen TV License Application).
    Form Number: FCC Form 2100 (Next Gen TV License Application).
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, state, local, 
or tribal government and not for profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,222 respondents; 11,260 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.017-8 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 1, 4, 7, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 316, 319, 325(b), 336, 338, 
399b, 403, 614, and 615 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 
47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 157, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 316, 319, 325(b), 
336, 338, 399b, 403, 534, and 535.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,802 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $147,000.
    Needs and Uses: On June 23, 2023, the Commission released a Third 
Report and Order (Third R&O), FCC 23-53, in GN Docket No. 16-142. In 
this Third R&O, the Commission makes changes to its Next Gen TV rules 
designed to preserve over-the-air (OTA) television viewers' access to 
multicast streams during television broadcasters' transition to ATSC 
3.0.
    Multicast Licensing. The Commission generally adopts its proposal 
in the Next Gen TV Multicast Licensing FNPRM to allow a Next Gen TV 
station to seek modification of its license to include certain of its 
non-primary video programming streams (multicast streams) that are 
aired on ``host'' stations during a transitional period. In adopting 
this proposal, the Commission follows the same licensing framework, and 
to a large extent the same regulatory regime, established for the 
simulcast of primary video programming streams on ``host'' station 
facilities.
    Form 2100. The Commission adopts the Next Gen TV Multicast 
Licensing FNPRM's proposal to modify its Next Gen TV license 
application form (FCC Form 2100) to accommodate multicast licensing by 
collecting information similar to that already collected in the interim 
STA process. The Commission requires certain additional information as 
an addendum to Form 2100 if stations seek to include hosted multicast 
streams within their license. It also clarifies and slightly modifies 
the requirements of its rules governing Form 2100 to reflect the 
possibility of reliance on multiple hosts.
    Specifically, applicants must prepare an Exhibit identifying each 
proposed hosted stream and provide the following information about each 
stream, as broadcast:
     the host station;
     channel number (RF and virtual);
     network affiliation (or type of programming if 
unaffiliated);
     resolution (e.g., 1080i, 720p, 480p, or 480i);
     the predicted percentage of population within the noise 
limited service contour served by the station's original ATSC 1.0 
signal that will be served by the host, with a contour overlay map 
identifying areas of service loss and, in the case of 1.0 streams, 
coverage of the originating station's community of license; and

 whether the stream will be simulcast, and if so, the 
``paired'' stream in the other service.

Finally, the Exhibit must either state that the applicant will be 
airing the same programming that it is airing in 1.0 at the time of the 
application or identify the station that has aired or is airing the 
same or a similar programming lineup at the same resolutions on the 
same type of facility (individual or shared), as well as that station's 
lineup (with resolutions). This Exhibit must be placed on the 
applicant's public website or in the applicant's online public 
inspection file if the station does not have a dedicated website, with 
a link provided in the application. This information is consistent both 
with that currently collected in STA applications and the approach 
identified in the Next Gen TV Multicast Licensing FNPRM. As with 
broadcast licenses generally, modifications to this license application 
or its accompanying exhibit (with respect to the primary or multicast 
streams) must be preceded by the filing and approval of a new 
application. Changes to the affiliation or content of a stream, or the 
elimination of a stream,

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however, do not implicate the concerns raised in this proceeding if 
they would not result in the use of additional capacity and if 
information about the change is easily available to the public. 
Therefore, in order to streamline this process for both broadcasters 
and the Commission, such changes may be implemented without prior 
Commission approval. They need only be reflected in a timely update to 
the Exhibit that the applicant makes available on its public website or 
in the applicant's online public inspection file and in an email notice 
to the Chief of the Media Bureau's Video Division.
    The new information collection requirements are contained in 
Sec. Sec.  73.3801(f) and (i), 73.6029(f) and (i), and 74.782(g) and 
(j) of the Commission's rules.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-14792 Filed 7-13-23; 8:45 am]
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