Federal Communications Commission DA 17-648
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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Game Show Network, LLC,
     Complainant
               v.
Cablevision Systems Corp.,
     Defendant
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MB Docket No. 12-122
File No. CSR-8529-P
ORDER
Adopted:  July 5, 2017 Released: July 5, 2017
By the General Counsel:
1. The Commission has pending before it Exceptions to an Initial Decision in the above-
captioned docket and related pleadings.
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The Initial Decision and subsequent pleadings relate to a 
program carriage complaint filed by Game Show Network, LLC against Cablevision Sys. Corp. on 
October 12, 2011.
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  The Initial Decision was released following a hearing conducted by the 
Commission’s administrative law judge in July 2015.
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See Game Show Network, LLC v. Cablevision Sys. Corp., Initial Decision of Chief Administrative Law Judge 
Richard L. Sippel, 31 FCC Rcd 13841 (2016) (Initial Decision); Cablevision Sys. Corp., Exceptions to the Initial 
Decision, MB Docket No. 12-122; File No. CSR-8529-P (filed Jan. 3, 2017); Game Show Network, LLC, Reply to 
Cablevision’s Exceptions to the Initial Decision, MB Docket No. 12-122; File No. CSR-8529-P (filed Jan. 13, 
2017); Game Show Network, LLC, Petition of Game Show Network, LLC to Compel Cablevision’s Compliance 
with Initial Decision, MB Docket No. 12-122, File No. CSR-8529-P (filed Dec. 8, 2016); Cablevision Sys. Corp., 
Opposition to GSN’s Petition to Compel Compliance with the Initial Decision, MB Docket No. 12-122; File No. 
CSR-8529-P (filed Jan. 3, 2017); Cablevision Sys. Corp., Petition to Stay the Initial Decision, MB Docket No. 12-
122; File No. CSR-8529-P (filed Jan. 3, 2017); Game Show Network, LLC, Opposition to Cablevision’s Petition to 
Stay the Initial Decision, MB Docket No. 12-122; File No. CSR-8529-P (filed Jan. 13, 2017); Cablevision Sys. 
Corp., Application for Review of the Hearing Designation Order, MB Docket No. 12-122; File No. CSR-8529-P 
(filed Dec. 23, 2016); Game Show Network, LLC, Opposition to Application for Review of the Hearing Designation 
Order, MB Docket No. 12-122; File No. CSR-8529-P (filed Jan. 9, 2017); Cablevision Sys. Corp., Motion for 
Acceptance of Cablevision Systems Corp.’s Response in Further Support of its Exceptions to the Initial Decision, 
MB Docket No. 12-122; File No. CSR-8529-P (Jan. 23, 2017); Game Show Network, LLC, Opposition to 
Cablevision’s Motion for Acceptance of its Response in Further Support of its Exceptions to the Initial Decision, 
MB Docket No. 12-122; File No. CSR-8529-P (filed Feb. 2, 2017).
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Initial Decision, 31 FCC Rcd at 13842, para. 1.
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Id., 31 FCC Rcd at 13844, para. 7.
Federal Communications Commission DA 17-648
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2. On June 1, 2017, the Office of General Counsel circulated to the Commission a draft 
decision in the above-captioned docket.
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  When an adjudicatory proceeding is before the Commission for 
the issuance of a final order or decision and the Commission does not adopt an order or decision within 
five months of the last responsive pleading, an order shall be issued indicating that additional time will be 
required to resolve the case.
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The last responsive pleading was filed in this adjudicatory hearing 
proceeding on February 2, 2017, and as of July 2, 2017, five months have elapsed since that date.  
Therefore, the General Counsel issues this order pursuant to delegated authority to provide notice that 
additional time will be required to resolve the case.
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3. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to the authority set forth in 47 C.F.R. §
0.251(c), (d), that additional time will be required to resolve the case.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Brendan Carr
General Counsel
Office of General Counsel
                                                     
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See 47 C.F.R. § 0.251(d) (“When an adjudicatory proceeding is before the Commission for the issuance of a final 
order or decision, the General Counsel will make every effort to submit a draft order or decision for Commission 
consideration within four months of the filing of the last responsive pleading.”); FCC Items on Circulation, 
https://www.fcc.gov/items-on-circulation. 
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See 47 C.F.R. § 0.251(d).
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See 47 C.F.R. § 0.251(c) (“The General Counsel is delegated authority in adjudicatory hearing proceedings which 
are pending before the Commission en banc . . . to issue all appropriate orders . . . .”).