*Pages 1--2 from  Microsoft Word - 46845.doc*
 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  627 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Implementation  of  Section  208  of  the  Satellite  Home  Viewer  Extension  and  Reauthorization  Act 
 of  2004 
 Report  to  Congress 


 )  ) 
 )  ) 
 )  ) 
 ) 


 MB  Docket  No.  05-  28 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  March  9,  2005  Released:  March  9,  2005 
 Reply  Comment  Date:  March  31,  2005 


 By  the  Acting  Chief,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  By  a  Public  Notice  dated  January  25,  2005,  we  began  an  inquiry  on  the  impact  of  specific  provisions  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  and  Commission  rules  on  competition  in  the 
 multichannel  video  programming  distribution  (MVPD)  market.  1  The  Commission  is  required  to  submit  a  report  to  Congress  on  the  results  of  its  inquiry  no  later  than  nine  months  after  SHVERA’s  enactment  date 
 (i.  e.,  September  8,  2005).  2  The  Public  Notice  called  for  reply  comments  on  March  16,  2005. 
 2.  The  Walt  Disney  Company,  Disney  ABC  Cable  Networks  Group,  The  ABC  Television  Network,  and  the  ABC-  owned  television  stations  (collectively,  Disney)  has  requested  a  thirty  day 


 extension  of  time,  until  April  15,  2005,  to  file  reply  comments.  3  Disney  seeks  this  extension  of  time  to  prepare  a  detailed  reply  to  the  issues  raised  in  the  initial  comments,  including  an  economic  analysis  in 
 response  to  a  study  on  retransmission  consent  submitted  by  the  Joint  Cable  Commenters.  4 
 3.  We  conclude  that  the  Walt  Disney  Company  has  stated  good  cause  for  itself  and  others  to  receive  an  extension  of  fifteen  days  for  the  filing  of  their  reply  comments.  A  fifteen  day  extension  will 


 result  in  a  more  complete  discussion  and  analysis  of  the  issues  raised  in  the  initial  comments. 


 1  Media  Bureau  Seeks  Comment  For  Inquiry  Required  By  The  Satellite  Home  Viewer  Extension  And 
 Reauthorization  Act  On  Rules  Affecting  Competition  In  The  Television  Marketplace,  Public  Notice,  MB  Docket  No.  05-  28,  DA  05-  169  (MB,  rel.  Jan.  2005). 


 2  The  Satellite  Home  Viewer  Extension  and  Reauthorization  Act  of  2004,  Pub.  L.  No.  108-  447,  §  208,  118  Stat 
 2809,  3428-  29  (2004).  The  SHVERA  was  enacted  on  December  8,  2004  as  title  IX  of  the  “Consolidated  Appropriations  Act,  2005.” 


 3  Letter  from  Susan  L.  Fox,  Vice  President,  Government  Relations,  The  Walt  Disney  Company,  and  Tom  W. 
 Davidson,  Esq.,  Akin  Gump  Strauss  Hauer  &Feld  LLP,  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Secretary,  FCC,  March  8,  2005.  4 
 See  Joint  Cable  Comments,  William  P.  Rogerson,  The  Social  Cost  of  Retransmission  Consent  Regulations,  Attachment. 
1
 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  627 
 2 
 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  THAT,  PURSUANT  TO  Sections  4(  i),  4(  j),  and  5(  c)  of  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i),  154(  j)  and  155(  c),  and  Sections  0.61, 
 0283,  and  1.46  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.61,  0.283,  and  1.46,  the  date  for  filing  reply  comments  in  MB  Docket  No.  05-  28  is  extended  until  March  31,  2005. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNCIATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Deborah  E.  Klein  Acting  Chief,  Media  Bureau 
2