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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  220 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Implementation  of  Section  11  of  the  Cable 
 Television  Consumer  Protection  and 
 Competition  Act  of  1992 


 Implementation  of  Cable  Act  Reform 
 Provisions  of  the  Telecommunications  Act  of 
 1996 


 The  Commission’s  Cable  Horizontal  and 
 Vertical  Ownership  Limits  and  Attribution 
 Rules 


 Review  of  the  Commission’s  Regulations 
 Governing  Attribution  of  Broadcast  and 
 Cable/  MDS  Interests 


 Review  of  the  Commission’s  Regulations  and 
 Policies  Affecting  Investment  in  the 
 Broadcast  Industry 


 Reexamination  of  the  Commission’s 
 Cross-  Interest  Policy 


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 CS  Docket  No.  98-  82 
 CS  Docket  No.  96-  85 
 MM  Docket  No.  92-  264 
 MM  Docket  No.  94-  150 
 MM  Docket  No.  92-  51 
 MM  Docket  No.  87-  154 
 ORDER 
 Adopted:  January  29,  2002  Released:  January  29,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Cable  Services  Bureau: 
 1.  The  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding,  in  which 
 the  Commission  solicits  comment  on  its  cable  horizontal  and  vertical  ownership  limits,  specified  that 
 comments  were  due  on  or  before  75  days  after  publication  in  the  Federal  Register.  Replies  were  due  on 
 or  before  105  days  after  publication  in  the  Federal  Register.  On  October  11,  2001,  the  summary  of  the 
 Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  was  published  in  the  Federal  Register,  1  which  thereby 
 established  a  comment  date  of  December  26,  2001  and  a  reply  date  of  January  25,  2002.  On  October  15, 
 2001,  the  Cable  Services  Bureau,  sua  sponte,  extended  the  pleading  cycle  in  this  proceeding.  2  Under  the 


 1  See  66  Fed.  Reg.  51905  (October  11,  2001). 
 2  See  Order,  DA  01-  2390  (CSB  October  15,  2001). 
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 extended  pleading  cycle,  comments  were  due  on  January  4,  2002,  and  replies  are  due  on  February  4, 
 2002. 


 2.  On  January  28,  2002,  the  National  Cable  &  Telecommunications  Association  (“  NCTA”) 
 filed  a  motion  seeking  an  extension  of  time  in  which  to  file  reply  comments.  NCTA  states  that,  in  its 
 initial  comments,  it  submitted  an  economic  analysis  addressing  many  of  the  issues  raised  in  the  Further 
 Notice.  It  now  seeks  additional  time  in  order  to  prepare  an  additional  economic  analysis  addressing  the 
 comments  and  economic  analyses  submitted  by  commenters  on  January  4.  NCTA  states  that  it  cannot 
 complete  the  review  and  analysis  of  those  initial  comments  and  prepare  and  file  its  own  additional 
 economic  analysis  within  the  four-  week  period  established  by  the  Commission.  NCTA  seeks  an 
 additional  two  weeks  to  do  so. 


 3.  Accordingly,  in  the  interest  of  developing  a  full  and  complete  record  and  in  the  interest  of 
 not  prejudicing  any  party,  we  herein  grant  the  motion  of  NCTA  and  extend  the  date  for  filing  reply 
 comments  by  all  interested  parties  in  this  proceeding.  All  reply  comments  will  be  due  on  or  before 
 February  19,  2002. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 W.  Kenneth  Ferree 
 Chief,  Cable  Services  Bureau 
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