Federal Communications Commission	DA 15-1096


Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554


In the Matter of

Digital Television Distributed Transmission 
System Technologies
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MB Docket No. 05-312

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Adopted:  May 24, 2018	                   Released:  May 24, 2018

By the Chief, Media Bureau:

1. On November 7, 2008, the Commission released a Report and Order in the above-captioned docket. Digital Television Distributed Transmission System Technologies, Report and Order, 23 FCC Rcd 16731 (2008) (facilitating the use of distributed transmission system technologies in the digital television service pursuant to the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005) (Report and Order).  See also Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-171, 120 Stat. 4 (2006). Title III of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 is the DTV Act (DTV Act). The DTV Act is codified at 47 U.S.C. §§ 309(j)(14)(A) and 337(e).
  On December 31, 2008, the Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc. (now part of the National Association of Broadcasters) (NAB/MSTV) filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the Report and Order. Petition for Reconsideration of the Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc., MB Docket No. 05-312 (filed Dec 31, 2008).

2. Due to the passage of time, NAB/MSTV has agreed to withdraw its petition.  Therefore, we are dismissing the petition without prejudice.    
3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the NAB/MSTV Petition for Reconsideration filed in this docket IS DISMISSED without prejudice.
4. This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by section 0.283 of the Commission’s rules. 47 CFR § 0.283.
  
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						Michelle M. Carey
         	                                                        	Chief, Media Bureau    




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