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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  1254 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  matter  of 
 Applications  for  Consent  to  the  Transfer  of  Control  of  Licenses 


 Comcast  Corporation  and  AT&  T  Corp.,  Transferors 
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 AT&  T  Comcast  Corporation,  Transferee 


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 MB  Docket  No.  02-  70 


 ORDER  EXTENDING  FILING  DEADLINE 
 Adopted:  May  24,  2002  Released:  May  28,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  The  Commission  has  received  a  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  from  Media  Access  Project,  Consumer  Federation  of  America,  and  other  consumer  groups  (collectively,  “MAP”).  On  April  29,  2002, 
 MAP  filed  a  Petition  to  Deny  the  above-  referenced  applications.  On  May  21,  2002,  the  Applicants  filed  an  Opposition  to  this  Petition  to  Deny.  Replies  to  the  Applicants’  Opposition  are  due  on  May  29,  2002. 
 MAP  has  requested  a  one-  week  extension  of  the  reply  deadline  pursuant  to  Section  1.46  of  the  Commission’s  Rules.  In  its  request,  MAP  states  that  the  Applicants  filed  a  lengthy  Opposition  which  will 
 require  more  than  one  week  to  address  because  of  MAP’s  limited  staff  resources.  MAP  also  notes  that  the  intervening  holiday  imposes  additional  hardship  in  meeting  the  May  29  deadline.  Accordingly,  MAP 
 seeks  a  one-  week  extension  of  the  reply  comment  deadline  until  June  5,  2002,  so  that  it  can  fully  address  the  Opposition. 


 2.  We  believe  that  the  public  interest  would  best  be  served  by  granting  an  extension  of  the  reply  deadline.  This  extension  will  apply  to  any  party  who  has  filed  a  Petition  to  Deny  in  the  instant 
 proceeding.  A  one-  week  extension  of  the  reply  deadline  will  allow  parties  who  have  filed  Petitions  to  Deny  to  better  respond  to  the  Applicants’  Opposition.  This,  in  turn,  will  assist  the  Commission  in  its 
 decision-  making  and  resolving  the  various  issues  raised  in  this  proceeding. 
 3.  We  also  conclude  that  MAP’s  extension  of  time  request  does  not  require  us  to  “stop”  the  informal  180-  day  clock  that  the  Commission  uses  as  a  benchmark  for  action  on  proposed  transactions. 
 Although  the  extension  will  delay  our  receipt  of  reply  pleadings,  we  do  not  expect  that  this  delay  will  materially  impede  our  review  of  the  proposed  transaction  given  the  early  stage  of  this  proceeding,  the 
 volume  of  comments  received  and  the  shortness  of  the  extension  period. 
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 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  filed  by  MAP  IS  GRANTED. 
 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  deadline  for  filing  replies  to  Oppositions  to  Petitions  to  Deny  in  this  proceeding  IS  EXTENDED  to  June  5,  2002. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 W.  Kenneth  Ferree  Chief,  Media  Bureau 
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