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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  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  03-  2296 
 Released:  July  16,  2003 


 Filing  the  Annual  Report  of  Cable  Systems 
 Commission  to  Mail  FCC  Form  325  for  2003 


 The  “Annual  Report  of  Cable  Television  Systems”  (FCC  Form  325)  is  being  mailed  today.  Pursuant  to  Section  76.403  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §76.403,  copies  of  Form  325 
 are  mailed  to  cable  television  system  operators  for  completion  and  return  within  60  days  after  receipt.  In  accordance  with  the  rules,  copies  of  the  form  will  be  sent  to  all  cable  systems  that 
 serve  20,000  or  more  subscribers  and  to  a  random  sample  of  systems  with  less  than  20,000  subscribers. 


 This  form  solicits  basic  operational  information  from  system  operators—  including  the  operator’s  name  and  address,  system-  wide  capacity  and  frequency  information,  channel  usage,  and  number 
 of  subscribers—  and  is  intended  to  provide  the  Commission  with  core  information  that  is  needed  to  perform  its  regulatory  functions.  It  was  adopted  in  the  Commission’s  Report  and  Order  in  CS 
 Docket  No.  98-  61,  14  FCC  Rcd  4720  (1999). 


 Only  system  operators  receiving  a  copy  of  the  form  through  the  mail  and  only  those  systems  identified  by  the  Physical  System  Identifier  (PSID)  on  the  form  received  are  required  to  file  it. 
 In  addition  to  the  mailed  copies,  however,  an  electronic  copy  of  the  blank  form  in  word  processor  format  will  be  available  from  the  Commission’s  Internet  web  site  at 
 www.  fcc.  gov/  mb/  engineering/  Form  325.  It  is  intended  that  the  information,  once  collected  and  the  data  entered  electronically,  will  be  available  to  the  public  through  the  Commission’s  Cable 
 Operations  and  Licensing  System  (COALS)  when  that  system  is  fully  implemented.  See  COALS  Implementation,  18  FCC  Rcd  5162  (2003).  Filing  of  the  form  will  be  done  electronically  over 
 the  Internet  in  subsequent  years  using  the  COALS  electronic  filing  system. 


 For  further  information  contact:  Form325@  fcc.  gov  or  Wayne  T.  McKee,  Engineering  Division,  Media  Bureau,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  202-  418-  2355.  News  media 
 contact:  Michelle  Russo  at  202-  418-  2358. 
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