Federal Communications Commission DA 21-795 DA 21-932 Released: July 30, 2021 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FOR CABLE TELEVISION PRICE SURVEY DATA The Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) has received the attached request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, for certain data, including price, subscriber, and locality information, submitted to the Commission in connection with the annual cable television price survey for the year 2020, which covers 2019 and 2020. The requestor sent a version of our survey instrument with the data requested highlighted. In the attached survey instrument, he seeks data for all respondents for the highlighted fields. The data were collected by the Media Bureau pursuant to section 623(k) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 543(k). While the Commission received requests for confidential treatment pursuant to sections 0.457(d) and 0.459(d) of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR §§ 0.457(d), 0.459(d), from survey participants when they submitted the data, these requests remain pending. Accordingly, consistent with section 0.461 of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR §0.461(d)(3), cable television system operators that participated in the survey conducted in 2020 may respond and/or object to the FOIA request within ten calendar days from the date of release of this Public Notice by August 9, 2021. The response should be sent by email to Andrew Wise (andrew.wise@fcc.gov) in OEA, with a copy to Michelle Schaefer (michelle.schaefer@fcc.gov). A copy also must be provided to the FOIA requester (amanucci@fsu.edu). Survey participants that contend that the requested data contains proprietary and commercially sensitive information that should be withheld from public disclosure must include in their response a showing that meets the requirements of sections 0.457(d) and 0.459(d). The requester will have ten calendar days from the date of receipt of a response to submit a reply to the Commission. Any questions concerning this Public Notice should be directed to Amaryllis Flores (amaryllis.flores@fcc.gov), with a copy to Andrew Wise and Michelle Schaefer. Press inquiries should be directed to Anne Veigle (anne.veigle@fcc.gov). - FCC - 2