Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"


DA 20-418
Released:  April 16, 2020

COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES SET FOR 
PROGRAM CARRIAGE DISPUTE RESOLUTION RULES FNPRM 

MB Docket Nos. 20-70, 17-105, 11-131
Comment Date:  May 18, 2020
Reply Comment Date:  June 1, 2020

On March 31, 2020, the Commission adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) seeking comment on proposed changes to its rules governing the resolution of program carriage disputes between video programming vendors and multichannel video programming distributors. Revision of the Commission’s Part 76 Review Procedures; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative; Revision of the Commission’s Program Carriage Rules, MB Docket Nos. 20-70, 17-105, 11-131, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in MB Docket No. 11-131 and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in MB Docket No. 20-70, FCC 20-39 (rel. Apr. 1, 2020) (FNRPM).  The FNPM is available on the Commission’s website.  See https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-39A1.pdf. 
  The FNPRM set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 45 days, respectively, after publication of the FNPRM in the Federal Register. Id. at 1.	

 
	By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces that the FNPRM was published in the Federal Register on April 16, 2020. Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative; Program Carriage, 85 Fed. Reg. 21131 (Apr. 16, 2020).
  Accordingly, comments must be submitted no later than May 18, 2020.  Reply Comments must be submitted no later than June 1, 2020.  Commenters should follow the filing instructions provided in paragraph 22 of the FNPRM. See FNPRM at 12, para. 22.    
  

For additional information on this proceeding, contact John Cobb, John.Cobb@fcc.gov, of the Media Bureau, Policy Division, (202) 418-2655.  Press inquiries should be directed to Janice Wise, Janice.Wise@fcc.gov, (202) 418-8165. 
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