Federal Communications Commission DA 07-162 
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Telesat Acquisition LLC d/b/a Adelphia Cable 
Communications
Petitions for Determination of Effective
Competition in Osceola County (FL0900) and 
Inverness (FL09905), FL 
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CSR 6534-E & 6535-E
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Adopted: January 22, 2007 Released:  January 24, 2007
By the Deputy Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau:
I. INTRODUCTION
1.  Telesat Acquisition LLC d/b/a Adelphia Cable Communications (“Adelphia”) has filed 
with the Commission two petitions pursuant to Sections 76.7, 76.905(b)(1) & (2) and 76.907 of the 
Commission’s rules seeking a finding of effective competition in Osceola County and the City of 
Inverness, Florida (the “Communities”).1 Adelphia alleges that its cable systems serving the 
Communities are subject to effective competition pursuant to Section 623(a)(1) of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended (“Communications Act”)2 and therefore exempt from cable rate regulation 
because the Commission has previously issued decisions finding that the Communities are subject to 
effective competition.  No opposition to the petitions was filed.  Finding that the Communities were 
previously determined to be subject to effective competition, we grant the petitions.
2. In the absence of a demonstration to the contrary, cable systems are presumed not to be 
subject to effective competition,3 as that term is defined by Section 623(1) of the Communications Act, 
and Section 76.905 of the Commission's rules.4 The cable operator bears the burden of rebutting the 
presumption that effective competition does not exist with evidence that effective competition is present 
within the relevant franchise area.5
  
1See 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.7(a)(1) and 76.905(b)(1) & (2).
2See 47 U.S.C. § 543(a)(1).
347 C.F.R. § 76.906.
4See 47 C.F.R. § 76.905.
5See 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.906 & 907.
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II. DISCUSSION
 3. Section 623(l)(1)(B) of the Communications Act provides that a cable operator is subject 
to effective competition if its franchise area is (a) served by at least two unaffiliated multi-channel video 
programming distributors ("MVPDs") each of which offers comparable video programming to at least 50 
percent of the households in the franchise area; and (b) the number of households subscribing to 
programming services offered by MVPDs other than the largest MVPD exceeds fifteen percent of the 
households in the franchise area.6  
4. The Commission previously determined that Osceola County is subject to effective 
competition under the competing provider test as a result of competing services provided by Time Warner 
Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership and two DBS providers, DirecTV, Inc. and EchoStar
Communications Corporation.7  Time Warner filed the previous effective competition petition for 
Osceola County.  
5. The Commission also previously determined that the City of Inverness is subject to 
effective competition under the competing provider test as a result of competing services provided by two 
cable operators, Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership d/b/a Time Warner 
Communications and Telesat Cablevision, Inc.8  Time Warner filed the previous effective competition 
petition for the City of Inverness. 
6. In each instance, Adelphia asserts that the competitive circumstances applicable to Time 
Warner are also applicable to Adelphia and that no intervening circumstances have made our initial 
findings of effective competition invalid.  Accordingly, based on our prior findings that both Osceola 
County and the City of Inverness, Florida are subject to effective competition, we conclude that Adelphia 
has submitted sufficient evidence demonstrating that its cable systems serving the Communities are
subject to competing provider effective competition.
  
647 U.S.C. § 543(1)(1)(B); see also 47 C.F.R. § 76.905(b)(2).
7Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership, 17 FCC Rcd 23587 (2002).
8Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership d/b/a Time Warner Communications, 12 FCC Rcd 
2531 (1997).
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III. ORDERING CLAUSES
7. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the petitions filed by Telesat Acquisition LLC d/b/a 
Adelphia Cable Communications for a determination of effective competition in Osceola County and the 
City of Inverness, Florida ARE GRANTED.
8. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the certifications of Osceola County and the City of 
Inverness, Florida to regulate basic cable service rates of Telesat Acquisition LLC d/b/a Adelphia Cable 
Communications ARE REVOKED.
9. This action is taken pursuant to delegated authority pursuant to Section 0.283 of the 
Commission’s rules.9
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Steven A. Broeckaert
Deputy Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau
  
947 C.F.R. § 0.283.