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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  905 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Nondiscrimination  in  the  Distribution  of 
 Interactive  Television  Services  Over  Cable 


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 )  CS  Docket  No.  01-  7 


 ORDER  EXTENDING  TIME  TO  FILE  REPLY  COMMENTS 
 Adopted:  April  9,  2001  Released:  April  10,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Cable  Services  Bureau: 


 1.  A  Notice  of  Inquiry  (NOI)  in  the  above  captioned  proceeding  was  adopted  on  January  12, 
 2001  (66  FR  7913).  The  NOI  indicated  that  comments  and  reply  comments  were  due  on  March  19,  2001, 
 and  April  20,  2001,  respectively.  On  April  5,  2001,  the  Media  Access  Project  (MAP)  filed  a  request  to 
 extend  the  reply  comment  date  to  May  21,  2001.  MAP  states  that  an  extension  is  necessary  to  provide 
 sufficient  time  to  analyze  the  voluminous  and  complex  comments  filed  in  response  to  the  NOI.  MAP  also 
 notes  that  the  Easter  and  Passover  holidays  fall  soon  before  the  current  reply  comment  deadline. 


 2.  The  Commission  does  not  routinely  grant  extensions  of  time.  However,  we  recognize  that 
 the  subject  matter  in  question  is  relatively  complex,  and  we  believe  that  a  short  extension  of  the  reply 
 comment  period  will  enable  interested  parties  to  more  fully  analyze  the  information  submitted  in  the 
 comments.  Accordingly,  we  will  designate  May  11,  2001,  as  the  date  reply  comments  are  due. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  Section  1.46  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47 
 C.  F.  R.  Section  1.46,  that  the  request  for  extension  of  time  to  file  reply  comments  filed  by  the  Media 
 Access  Project  IS  GRANTED  IN  PART. 


 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  this  proceeding 
 IS  EXTENDED  until  May  11,  2001. 


 5.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  the  authority  found  in  Sections  4(  i)  and  303(  r)  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i)  and  303(  r),  and  Sections  0.204(  b),  0.321, 
 and  1.46  of  the  Commission's  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  204(  b),  0.321,  and  1.46. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Deborah  A.  Lathen 
 Chief,  Cable  Services  Bureau 
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