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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1075 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of:  )  ) 
 )  Carriage  of  Digital  Television  Broadcast  Signals  )  CS  Docket  No.  98-  120 
 and  Implementation  of  the  Satellite  Home  )  CS  Docket  No.  00-  96  Viewer  Improvement  Act  of  1999  )  CS  Docket  No.  00-  2 
 ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  April  24,  2001  Released:  April  25,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Cable  Services  Bureau: 


 1.  On  April  19,  2001,  in  response  to  a  request  from  The  National  Association  of 
 Broadcasters,  the  Association  for  Maximum  Service  Television,  Inc.,  and  the  Association  of  Local 
 Television  Stations,  Inc.  (collectively  filing  as  “Broadcasters”),  we  extended  the  time  to  file  comments 
 and  reply  comments  in  the  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  1  (“  FNPRM”)  in  the  above-  captioned 
 proceeding  to  June  11,  2001  and  July  21,  2001,  respectively.  Recognizing  that  the  FNPRM  initially 
 provided  45  days  between  the  due  date  for  comments  and  replies,  we  will  further  amend  the  comment 
 period  in  this  proceeding  to  ensure  that  interested  parties  have  adequate  time  to  review  and  respond  to 
 comments  submitted. 


 2.  Accordingly,  comments  responsive  to  the  Further  Notice  are  now  due  on  or  before  June 
 11,  2001  and  reply  comments  are  now  due  on  or  before  July  26,  2001. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Deborah  A.  Lathen 
 Chief,  Cable  Services  Bureau 


 1  Carriage  of  Digital  Television  Broadcast  Signals,  Amendments  to  Part  76  of  the  Commission’s  Rules, 
 Implementation  of  the  Satellite  Home  Viewer  Improvement  Act  of  1999,  Local  Broadcast  Signal  Carriage  Issues, 
 Application  of  Network  Non-  Duplication,  Syndicated  Exclusivity  and  Sports  Blackout  Rules  to  Satellite 
 Retransmission  of  Broadcast  Signals,  Report  and  Order  and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  CS  Docket 
 Nos.  98-  120,  00-  96,  00-  2,  FCC  01-  22  (rel.  January  23,  2001). 
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