Federal Communications Commission DA 09-752 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the matter of Oceanic Time Warner Cable, a division of Time Warner Cable, Inc. Oceanic Kauai Cable System Oceanic Time Warner Cable, a division of Time Warner Cable, Inc. Oceanic Oahu Central Cable System Cox Communications, Inc. Fairfax County, Virginia Cable System ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) File Nos. EB-07-SE-351, EB-07-SE-352 NAL/Acct. Nos. 200932100001, 200932100002, 200932100003 FRN Nos. 0018049841, 0016034050 ORDER Adopted: April 14, 2009 Released: April 14, 2009 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we stay the effective date of the refund requirements in the Forfeiture Orders issued in the above captioned cases on January 19, 2009.1 Specifically, the Enforcement Bureau ordered Oceanic Time Warner Cable, a division of Time Warner Cable, Inc. (“TWC”) and Cox Communications Inc. (“Cox”) to issue refunds to CableCARD customers within ninety (90) days of the release of the Forfeiture Order.2 Both TWC and Cox filed Petitions for Reconsideration and Requests for Stay of their respective Forfeiture Orders.3 In order to fully consider the merits of the Petitions for Reconsideration, we are staying indefinitely the effective date of the refund requirements set forth in the Forfeiture Orders. This action is without prejudice to the right of the Bureau to reimpose any such requirement after further evaluation. This action affects no other portion of the Forfeiture Orders. 2. A copy of this Order shall be sent Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to Matthew A. Brill, Latham & Watkins LLP, 555 11th Street, N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004 and Arthur H. Harding, Fleischman & Harding LLP, 1255 23rd Street, N.W., Eighth Floor, Washington, DC 20037, 1 See Oceanic Time Warner Cable, a division of Time Warner Cable, Inc., Oceanic Oahu Central Cable System, Forfeiture Order, 24 FCC Rcd 994 (Enf. Bur. 2009) (“Oceanic Oahu Central Forfeiture Order”); Oceanic Time Warner Cable, a division of Time Warner Cable, Inc., Oceanic Kauai Cable System, Forfeiture Order, 24 FCC Rcd 1031 (Enf. Bur. 2009) (“Oceanic Kauai Forfeiture Order”); Cox Communications, Inc., Fairfax County, Virginia Cable System, Forfeiture Order, 24 FCC Rcd 1013 (Enf. Bur. 2009) (“Cox Fairfax County Forfeiture Order”). 2 See Oceanic Oahu Central Forfeiture Order, 24 FCC Rcd at 1011; Oceanic Kauai Forfeiture Order, 24 FCC Rcd at 1048; Cox Fairfax County Forfeiture Order, 24 FCC Rcd at 1027. 3 See Petition for Reconsideration of Time Warner Cable Inc. (filed Feb. 18, 2009) (“TWC Recon Petition”); Time Warner Cable Inc. Request for Stay Pending Resolution of Petition for Reconsideration (filed Feb. 18, 2009) (“TWC Stay Request”); Petition for Reconsideration of Forfeiture Order, filed by Cox Communications, Inc. (“Cox Recon Petition”) (filed Feb. 18, 2009); Request for Stay, filed by Cox Communications, Inc. (filed Feb. 18, 2009) (“Cox Stay Request”). Federal Communications Commission DA 09-752 2 counsels for Time Warner Cable, Inc., and Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, 2300 N Street, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037, counsel for Cox Communications, Inc. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kris Anne Monteith Chief, Enforcement Bureau