Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"


DA 20-169
Released:  February 19, 2020

COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES SET
FOR NPRM IMPLEMENTING SECTION 1003 OF THE 
TELEVISION VIEWER PROTECTION ACT OF 2019
MB Docket No. 20-31
Comment Date:  March 5, 2020
Reply Comment Date:  March 16, 2020
On January 31, 2020, the Commission adopted and released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to revise its retransmission consent rules to implement section 1003 of the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019 (TVPA). Implementation of Section 1003 of the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019, MB Docket No. 20-31, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 20-10 (rel. Jan. 31, 2020).  The NPRM is available on the Commission’s website.  See https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-10A1.docx.
  Among other things, the Commission proposed to adopt rules defining:  (i) the term “large station group” as used in section 1003 of the TVPA to mean, in relevant part, an entity whose individual television station members collectively have a national audience reach of more than 20 percent; and (ii) the term “qualified MVPD buying group” as used in section 1003 to mean, in relevant part, an entity that negotiates on behalf of MVPDs that collectively serve no more than 25 percent of all households receiving service from any MVPD in a given local market. See id.
  The NPRM set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 15 and 25 days, respectively, after publication of the NPRM in the Federal Register. Id. at 1.	


	By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces that the NPRM was published in the Federal Register on February 19, 2020. See https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/19/2020-02923/implementation-of-provisions-of-the-television-viewer-protection-act-of-2019-governing-negotiation.
  Accordingly, comments must be submitted no later than March 5, 2020.  Reply comments must be submitted no later than March 16, 2020.  Commenters must follow the filing instructions provided in paragraph 13 of the NPRM. See NPRM at 6, para. 13.    
  

For additional information on this proceeding, contact Raelynn Remy of the Media Bureau, Policy Division, at Raelynn.Remy@fcc.gov or (202) 418-2120.  Press inquiries should be directed to Janice Wise, (202) 418-8165.

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