Federal Communications Commission  DA 07-2660
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Mediacom Communications Corporation
v.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Emergency Retransmission Consent Complaint
and Complaint for Enforcement for Failure to 
Negotiate Retransmission Consent Rights in 
Good Faith 
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CSR-7058-C
ORDER
Adopted:  June 15, 2007  Released:  June 18, 2007
By the Chief, Media Bureau:
1. On January 8, 2007, Mediacom Communications Corporation (“Mediacom”) filed an 
Application for Review, pursuant to Section 1.115 of the Commission’s rules,1 of the Media Bureau’s 
Memorandum Opinion and Order in the above-captioned proceeding.2  The Bureau’s Order denied 
Mediacom’s Complaint that Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (“Sinclair”) violated its duty to negotiate 
retransmission consent in good faith for carriage of certain Sinclair owned and/or operated local broadcast 
television stations. On January 18, 2007, Mediacom filed an Emergency Petition for Reconsideration of 
another Media Bureau Order that denied Mediacom’s request for interim carriage.3 On October 31, 2006, 
Mediacom also filed, in conjunction with this proceeding, a Petition for Declaratory Ruling.  
2. On February 2, 2007, Mediacom and Sinclair announced the completion of a 
retransmission consent agreement.  On February 5, 2007, Mediacom filed with the Commission a 
“Motion to Withdraw and to Dismiss with Prejudice Application for Review, Emergency Petition for 
Reconsideration, and Petition for Declaratory Ruling.” Therein, Mediacom requests, with Sinclair’s 
consent, to withdraw and to dismiss with prejudice its Application for Review and Emergency Petition for 
Reconsideration and to withdraw its Petition for Declaratory Ruling.  In view of the foregoing, we grant 
Mediacom’s request.
  
1 47 C.F.R. § 1.115.
2 Mediacom Communications Corporation v. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., DA 07-3 (MB rel. Jan. 4, 2007).
3 Mediacom Communications Corporation v. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., DA 07-66 (MB rel. Jan. 12, 2007). 
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3. Accordingly, Mediacom Communications Corporation’s Motion to Withdraw and to 
Dismiss with Prejudice Application for Review, Emergency Petition for Reconsideration, and Petition for 
Declaratory Ruling IS GRANTED and the Application for Review and Emergency Petition for 
Reconsideration ARE DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and the motion to withdraw the Petition for 
Declaratory Ruling IS GRANTED.
4. This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.283 of the 
Commission’s rules.4
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
 Monica Shah Desai
Chief, Media Bureau   
  
4 47 C.F.R. § 0.283.