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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp  fcc  gov 
 DA  01-  2239 
 Released:  September  26,  2001 


 CABLE  SERVICES  BUREAU  ACTION 
 Effective  Date  of  Cable  Digital  Must  Carry  Rule  Provisions  Requiring  OMB  Approval 


 CS  Docket  Nos.  98-  120,  00-  96,  00-  2 
 On  January  23,  2001,  the  Commission,  in  CS  Docket  Nos.  98-  120,  00-  96  and  00-  2,  released  a 
 Report  and  Order  and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (FCC  01-  22,  16  FCC  Rcd  2598  (2001)) 
 adopting  rules  to  require  cable  systems  to  carry  digital-  only  local  television  broadcast  stations  and  provide 
 for  retransmission  consent  agreements  covering  digital  signals.  The  rules  were  published  in  the  Federal 
 Register  at  66  FR  16533  (Mar.  26,  2001).  The  new  rule  provisions  include:  carriage  obligations  for  new 
 digital-  only  stations  and  stations  that  return  analog  spectrum;  retransmission  consent  agreements 
 involving  digital  signals;  cable  channel  capacity  calculations;  determination  of  “good  quality  signal”  in 
 the  digital  context;  and  channel  positioning  for  digital  signals.  The  new  and  amended  rule  sections 
 contained  information  collection  requirements  that  required  approval  from  the  Office  of  Management  and 
 Budget  (“  OMB”)  before  they  could  become  effective.  OMB  approved  the  information  collection 
 requirements  on  September  14,  2001  (see  OMB  No.  3060-  0844).  Accordingly,  the  revised  provisions  of 
 Sections  76.5(  b),  76.56(  e),  76.57,  76.  62,  76.  64,  76.922,  and  76.1603(  c)  became  effective  upon  publication 
 of  the  notice  of  OMB  approval  in  the  Federal  Register  on  September  25,  2001  (66  FR  48981). 


 Media  Contact:  Michelle  Russo  202-  418-  2358 
 Cable  Services  Bureau  Contact:  Eloise  Gore  202-  418-  7200,  TTY  202-  418-  7172. 


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