Federal Communications Commission DA 15-314
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Promoting Innovation and Competition in the 
Provision of Multichannel Video Programming 
Distribution Services
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MB Docket No. 14-261
ORDER
Adopted: March 11, 2015 Released: March 11, 2015
Extended Reply Comment Filing Deadline: April 1, 2015
By the Chief, Media Bureau: 
1. On March 9, 2015, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (“NCTA”) filed 
a motion for extension of time to respond to the reply comments of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(“NPRM”) in the above-captioned proceeding. In the NPRM, the Commission sought comment on how to 
interpret the term “Multichannel Video Programming Distributor” and related issues.1 The Commission 
set a deadline of March 18, 2015 for filing reply comments. NCTA asserts that the comments filed in 
response to this NPRM are “substantial” in breadth, containing over 800 pages from more than 40 parties 
addressing “numerous legal and policy questions.”2 The Commission’s general policy is not to grant 
extensions of time routinely,3 but we find that given the large number of commenters and complex issues 
involved here, the public interest warrants an extension of the reply comment deadline. Although NCTA 
seeks a 30-day extension, we believe that a two-week extension will give the public enough time to 
respond to the comments filed in response to the NPRM.  
2. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), and Sections 0.51, 0.283, and 1.46 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 
§§ 0.51, 0.283, and 1.46, that the reply comment deadline is extended to April 1, 2015. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
William T. Lake
Chief, Media Bureau
  
1 See Promoting Innovation and Competition in the Provision of Multichannel Video Programming Distribution 
Services, MB Docket No. 14-261, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 15995 (2014) (“NPRM”).  
2 NCTA Motion for Extension of Time at 1.  
3 47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a).