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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  06-  1624 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of: 
 Cebridge  Acquisition,  LLC  d/  b/  a  Suddenlink  Communications 


 v. 
 Sinclair  Broadcast  Group,  Inc. 
 Emergency  Retransmission  Consent  Complaint  and  Emergency  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling 
 and  Immediate  Injunctive  Relief  regarding  Television  Stations  WCHS-  TV  and  WVAH-  TV, 
 Charleston,  West  Virginia. 


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 CSR-  7038-  C  CSR-  7039-  C 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  August  10,  2006  Released:  August  14,  2006 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  On  July  5,  2006,  Cebridge  Acquisition,  LLC  d/  b/  a  Suddenlink  Communications  (“  Suddenlink”)  filed  an  Emergency  Retransmission  Consent  Complaint  against  Sinclair  Broadcast  Group, 
 Inc.  (“  Sinclair”)  regarding  retransmission  of  WCHS-  TV  and  WVAH-  TV,  Charleston,  West  Virginia  (the  “Stations”).  On  July  6,  2005,  Sinclair  filed  an  Emergency  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  and  Immediate 
 Injunctive  Relief  also  regarding  retransmission  of  the  Stations  over  Suddenlink’s  cable  systems.  On  July  19,  2006,  Suddenlink  filed  an  Emergency  Request  for  Designation  as  “Permit-  But-  Disclose”  Proceeding, 
 for  Ex  Parte  Contacts,  and  Expedited  Review.  On  July  20,  2006,  the  Media  Bureau  issued  a  Public  Notice  designating  both  proceedings  as  “permit-  but-  disclose”  for  ex  parte  purposes. 


 2.  Thereafter,  the  parties  state  that  Sinclair  granted  Suddenlink  retransmission  consent  for  the  Stations  until  August  7,  2006  in  order  to  resolve  their  dispute,  settle  and  release  all  claims,  and  to 
 allow  time  to  enter  into  an  appropriate  agreement.  Since  that  time,  Suddenlink  and  Sinclair  state  that  they  have  entered  into  a  new  Retransmission  Consent  Agreement  effective  July  1,  2006,  authorizing 
 Suddenlink  to  retransmit  the  analog  and  digital  signals  of  the  Stations  on  specified  terms  and  conditions  to  Suddenlink’s  cable  subscribers.  In  view  of  the  foregoing,  Suddenlink  and  Sinclair  filed  a  Joint  Motion 
 to  Dismiss  requesting  that  the  Commission  dismiss  the  Retransmission  Consent  Complaint  and  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  with  prejudice  and  terminate  the  proceedings. 


 3.  Accordingly,  the  Joint  Motion  to  Dismiss  filed  by  Suddenlink  and  Sinclair  IS  GRANTED  and  the  Emergency  Retransmission  Consent  Complaint  and  Emergency  Petition  for 
 Declaratory  Ruling  and  Immediate  Injunctive  Relief  regarding  Television  Stations  WCHS-  TV  and  WVAH-  TV,  Charleston,  West  Virginia  ARE  DISMISSED  WITH  PREJUDICE. 
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 4.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  by  Section  0.283  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  1 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Steven  A.  Broeckaert  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division 
 Media  Bureau 


 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.283. 
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