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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  06-  1784 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of: 
 EchoStar  Satellite  L.  L.  C. 
 v. 
 iN  DEMAND  L.  L.  C. 


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 CSR-  6913-  P 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  September  8,  2006  Released:  September  11,  2006 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  On  July  5,  2005,  a  program  access  compliant  was  filed  on  behalf  of  EchoStar  Satellite  L.  L.  C.  (“  EchoStar”)  against  iN  DEMAND  L.  L.  C.  (“  ID”)  pursuant  to  Section  628(  d)  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  1  and  Section  76.1003(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  2  EchoStar  alleged  that  ID’s  fee  structure  for  the  sale  of  INHD  programming  violated  Section  628(  c)(  2)(  B) 
 of  the  Act  and  Section  76.1002(  b)  of  the  Commission’s  rules  because  it  discriminated  in  its  price,  terms  and  conditions.  3  EchoStar  also  alleged  that  ID’s  fee  structure  constituted  an  unfair  practice  in  violation  of 
 Section  628(  b)  of  the  Act  and  Section  76.1001  of  the  rules.  4  EchoStar  further  alleged  that  ID’s  conduct  amounted  to  a  de  facto  exclusive  reservation  of  the  INHD  programming  to  cable  systems  and  violated  the 
 Commission’s  prohibition  on  exclusive  cable  contracts.  5  On  September  6,  2006,  pursuant  to  Section  76.7(  a)(  4)(  iii)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  EchoStar  withdrew  its  program  access  complaint  against  ID  and 
 asked  the  Commission  to  dismiss  the  complaint  without  prejudice.  6 


 1  47  U.  S.  C.  §  548(  d). 
 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  76.1003(  a). 
 3  47  U.  S.  C.  §  548(  c)(  2)(  B);  47  C.  F.  R.  §  76.  1002(  b). 
 4  47  U.  S.  C.  §  548(  b);  47  C.  F.  R.  §  76.  1001. 
 5  See  47  U.  S.  C.  §  548(  c)(  2)(  C)&  (D);  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1002(  c)(  1)&  (2) 
 6  47  C.  F.  R.  §  76.7(  a)(  4)(  iii). 
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 2.  Accordingly,  EchoStar’s  request  is  GRANTED  and  its  program  access  complaint  against  iN  DEMAND  IS  DISMISSED  WITHOUT  PREDUDICE. 
 3.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  by  Section  0.283  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  7 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Steven  A.  Broeckaert  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division 
 Media  Bureau 


 7  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.283. 
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