,UCAo4 uc PUBLIC NOTICEus• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th STREET, S.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 DA 99-3026 News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Internet: httpi/www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov CABLE SERVICES BUREAU ACTION December30, 1999 Commission Confirms Comment Dates for Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 Retransmission Consent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking On December 22, 1999, the Commission released Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999: Retransmission Consent Issues, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, CS Docket No. 99-363, FCC 99-406 (rel. December 22, 1999) ("Notice"). In the Notice, the Commission stated that Comments on Section IV of the Notice (good faith and exclusivity issues) are due 14 days after publication of the Notice in the Federal Register and that Reply Comments on Section IV of the Notice are due 21 days after publication in the Federal Register. The Notice was published in the December 29, 1999 volume of the Federal Register. Accordingly, Comments on Section IV of the Notice are due on or before January 12, 2000 and Reply Comments to Section IV of the Notice are due on or before January 19, 2000. The Comment and Reply Comment dates set forth for Section III and V of the Notice(February 1, 2000 and February 20, 2000, respectively) remain unchanged. Media Contact: Michelle Russo at (202)418-2358. Cable Services Bureau Contact: Steve Broeckaert at (202)418-7200. TTY: (202)418-7172. --FCC-- 102