Federal Communications Commission DA 11-2025
Before the 
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Revision of the Commission’s Program Carriage 
Rules
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MB Docket No. 11-131
ORDER
Extended Reply Comment Date: January 11, 2012
Adopted:  December 15, 2011 Released:  December 15, 2011
By the Chief, Media Bureau:
1. On August 1, 2011, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(“NPRM”) on revisions to the program carriage rules.1 The NPRM set deadlines for filing comments and 
reply comments at 60 and 90 days, respectively, after publication of the NPRM in the Federal Register.2  
A summary of the NPRM was published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2011.3 Accordingly, 
the filing dates were initially established as November 28, 2011 for comments and December 28, 2011 for 
reply comments.
2. On December 13, 2011, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association 
(“NCTA”), Media Access Project, and Public Knowledge filed a joint request to extend the reply 
comment deadline by two weeks, until January 11, 2012.4 They claim that the comments filed in 
response to the NPRM reflect divergent views and opposing arguments on virtually every issue and note 
further that the current reply comment deadline falls in the middle of the holiday season.5 We grant the 
requested extension.  As set forth in Section 1.46 of the Commission’s rules,6 the Commission’s policy is 
that extensions of time for filing comments in rulemaking proceedings shall not be routinely granted.  In 
this case, however, an extension of the reply comment period is warranted to enable commenters to 
adequately review and respond to the comments filed in response to the NPRM.     
  
1 See Revision of the Commission’s Program Carriage Rules, MB Docket No. 11-131, Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 11494 (2011) (“NPRM”).
2 See id. at 11494.
3 76 FR 60675 (Sept. 29, 2011).
4 See NCTA et al., Motion for Extension of Time, MB Docket No. 11-131 (filed Dec. 13, 2011).
5 See id. at 1.
6 47 C.F.R. § 1.46.
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3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), and Sections 0.61, 0.283, and 1.46 of the Commission’s rules, 
47 C.F.R. §§ 0.61, 0.283, and 1.46, the Motion for Extension of Time filed by NCTA, Media Access 
Project, and Public Knowledge IS GRANTED, and the deadline to file reply comments in this 
proceeding is extended to January 11, 2012.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
William T. Lake
Chief, Media Bureau