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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-  3900 
 Released:  December  9,  2003 


 MEDIA  BUREAU  ACTION 
 Electronic  Filing  of  the  Annual  Signal  Leakage  Report  Commences 
 Cable  operators  and  other  Multichannel  Video  Programming  Distributors  (MVPDs)  may  now  file  the  Basic  Signal  Leakage  Performance  Report  (FCC  Form  320)  via  the  Cable  Operations  And 


 Licensing  System  (COALS).  To  encourage  online  filing,  the  deadline  for  2003  reports  for  operators  electing  to  file  electronically  is  extended  to  February  29,  2004.  Operators  are  reminded  that  2003 
 filings  submitted  late  pursuant  to  this  extension  do  not  satisfy  the  requirement  to  file  a  report  in  2004. 


 Online  filing  for  cable  community  registrations  and  operator  changes  commenced  following  a  September  30,  2003  Public  Notice  (DA  03-  2296).  Use  of  COALS  continues  to  be  optional. 
 Additional  filings  for  MVPDs,  including  Aeronautical  Frequency  Notifications  and  the  Annual  Report  of  Cable  Television  Systems,  will  become  available  online  as  they  are  ready. 


 Users  can  access  the  electronic  filing  system  to  view  or  submit  filings  via  the  Internet  at: 
 Primary  URL:  https://  gullfoss2.  fcc.  gov/  csb/  coals/  index.  html  Alternate  URL:  https://  svartifoss2.  fcc.  gov/  csb/  coals/  index.  html 


 The  COALS  Users’  Manual  can  be  downloaded  from  the  COALS  web  site.  We  note  that  some  functions  described  in  the  Users’  Manual  are  still  under  construction. 
 This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  the  Report  and  Order  on  Amendment  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  for  Implementation  of  its  Cable  Operations  And  Licensing  System  (COALS)  to  Allow  for  Electronic 
 Filing  of  Licensing  Applications,  Forms,  Registrations  and  Notifications  in  the  Multichannel  Video  and  Cable  Television  Service  and  the  Cable  Television  Relay  Service,  18  FCC  Rcd  5162  (2003). 


 For  further  information,  please  contact  Sarah  Mahmood  at  (202)  418-  7009  or  Alison  Greenwald  at  (202)  418-  1083.  For  technical  assistance  or  to  report  technical  problems  with  COALS,  please  send 
 email  to  COALS_  help@  fcc.  gov.  News  media  contact:  Michelle  Russo  at  (202)  418-  2358. 
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