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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  STREET,  S.  W.  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554 
 News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 FILING  OF  FCC  FORM  317 
 Released:  November  7,  2000 
 DA  00-  2516 


 Each  commercial  digital  television  broadcast  station  (DTV)  licensee  is  required  to  annually  report 
 whether  its  station  provided  ancillary  or  supplementary  services  at  any  time  during  the  twelve-month 
 period  preceding  September  30,  2000.  The  annual  DTV  ancillary  or  supplementary 
 services  report  (FCC  Form  317,  October  2000  Edition)  is  to  be  filed  on  or  before  December  1, 
 2000. 


 A  separate  “Remittance  Advice”  form  (FCC  Form  159,  dated  July  1997)  must  also  be  submitted 
 concurrently  with  FCC  Form  317  by  each  commercial  DTV  licensee  required  to  pay  a  fee  based 
 on  the  gross  revenues  derived  from  the  provision  of  certain  types  of  ancillary  or  supplementary 
 services  on  its  station’s  digital  spectrum  capacity  or  bitstream. 


 FCC  Forms  317  and  159  have  been  sent  by  the  Mass  Media  Bureau  to  each  commercial  DTV 
 licensee  subject  to  the  new  annual  reporting  and  fee  payment  requirements.  A  copy  of  the 
 October,  2000  edition  of  FCC  Form  317  is  available  via  the  Internet  by  accessing  the  FCC  Web 
 Site  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  and  clicking  on  the  Forms  link. 


 For  further  information,  please  contact  Jackie  Swank  at  (202)  418-  2621  or  James  Brown  at  (202) 
 418-  1600. 


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