Federal Communications Commission DA 07-237 1 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of: Petitions for Reconsideration Brunson Communications, Inc. Channel Twenty Television Company, Inc. Maranatha Broadcasting Company, Inc. Adell Broadcasting Corporation Le SEA Broadcasting Corporation Carolina Christian Broadcasting, Inc. Christian Television Network Good Life Broadcasting, Inc. Tri-State Christian TV, Inc. Motions for Orders to Show Cause Costa de Oro Television, Inc. Entravision Holdings, LLC ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CSR-5751-M CSR-5775-M CSR-5842-M CSR-5854-M CSR-5855-M CSR-5656-M CSR-5857-M CSR-5858-M CSR-5859-M CSR-6210-M CSC-390 CSC-389 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Adopted: January 26, 2007 Released: January 29, 2007 By the Chief, Media Bureau: 1. By this Memorandum Opinion and Order we grant the Amended Motion to Terminate Outstanding Must-Carry Proceedings (“Motion”) filed by EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. (“EchoStar”) with respect to the above captioned proceedings.1 EchoStar states that the issues raised in these proceedings have been rendered moot by intervening legislation and by EchoStar’s compliance with the requirements of that legislation. 2. We grant EchoStar’s motion with respect to the Petitions for Reconsideration of the carriage adjudications captioned above. 2 Section 203 of SHVERA amended Section 338 of the Communications Act by adding a new subsection governing satellite carriage of local broadcast signals on 1 EchoStar lists two additional carriage complaints, CSR-5991 and CSR-6249, in its motion but the complainants in these cases did not file a Petition for Reconsideration. 2 With respect to the Applications for Review of the adjudications that EchoStar included in its motion, all such applications will be considered at the Commission level and disposed of accordingly. Federal Communications Commission DA 07-237 2 a single satellite dish antenna. The new Section 338(g), titled “Carriage of Local Stations on a Single Dish,” requires satellite carriers to retransmit local television stations so that satellite subscribers can receive all of the local stations on one satellite antenna and associated equipment.3 EchoStar asserts that it has complied with this requirement. In addition, no party to any of these proceedings has filed any opposition or comment in response to EchoStar’s motion. The captioned proceedings are now moot and thus we terminate them. 3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to Sections 4(i), 303(r), and 338 of the Communications Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§154(i), 303(r), 338, and Sections 1.104, 1.106, and 76.66 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §1.104, 1.106, and 76.66, the Motion filed by EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. is granted with respect to the captioned proceedings and they are hereby terminated. 4. This action is taken by the Chief, Media Bureau, pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.283 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §0.283. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Monica Desai Chief, Media Bureau 3 See 47 U.S.C. §338 (g)(1) (“Each satellite carrier that retransmits the analog signals of local television broadcast stations in a local market shall retransmit such analog signals in such market by means of a single reception antenna and associated equipment.”). Section 203 of SHVERA redesignated subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (j) and (k) respectively, and inserted a new subsection (g) concerning the single dish requirement.