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 Commission  Meeting  Agenda 
 A  Public  Notice  of  the  Federal  Communications 
 Federal  Communications  Commission  Commission 
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 *The  summaries  listed  in  this  notice  are  intended  for  the  use  of  the  public  attending  open  Commission  meetings.  Information  not  summarized 
 may  also  be  considered  at  such  meetings.  Consequently  these  summaries  should  not  be  interpreted  to  limit  the  Commission's  authority  to 
 consider  any  relevant  information. 


 January  11,  2001 
 REVISED  DELETION  OF  AGENDA  ITEMS  FROM  JANUARY  11  TH  OPEN  MEETING 
 The  following  items  have  been  deleted  from  the  listed  of  agenda  items  scheduled  for  consideration 
 at  the  January  11,  2001,  Open  Meeting  and  previously  listed  in  the  Commission’s  Notice  of 
 January  4,  2001. 


 ITEM  NO.  BUREAU  SUBJECT 
 1  MASS  MEDIA  TITLE:  Implementation  of  Video  Description  of  Video  Programming  (MM  Docket  No.  99-  339). 


 SUMMARY:  The  Commission  will  consider  a  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  on 
 Reconsideration  concerning  rules  requiring 
 broadcasters  and  video  programming  distributors  to 
 provide  video  description  and  make  emergency 
 information  more  accessible  to  the  visually 
 impaired. 


 2  MASS  MEDIA  TITLE:  Review  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  and  Policies  Affecting  the  Conversion  to  Digital 
 Television  (MM  Docket  No.  00-  39). 
 SUMMARY:  The  Commission  will  consider  issues  regarding  the  conversion  of  broadcast 


 television  system  from  analog  to  digital,  and  DTV 
 reception  capability. 
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 3  CABLE  SERVICES  TITLE:  WHDT-  DT,  Channel  59,  Stuart,  Florida.  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  that  Digital 
 Broadcast  Stations  have  Mandatory  Carriage  Rights 
 (File  No.  CSR-  5562-  Z). 


 SUMMARY:  The  Commission  will  consider  the  cable  carriage  rights  of  DTV-  only  television 


 stations. 


 4  CABLE  SERVICES  TITLE:  Carriage  of  Digital  Television  Broadcast  Signals;  and  Amendments  to  Part  76  of  the 
 Commission’s  Rules  (CS  Docket  No.  98-  120); 
 Implementation  of  the  Satellite  Home  Viewer 
 Improvement  Act  of  1999;  and  Local  Broadcast 
 Signal  Carriage  Issues  (CS  Docket  No.  00-  96);  and 
 Application  of  Network  Non-  Duplication, 
 Syndicated  Exclusivity  and  Sports  Blackout  Rules 
 to  Satellite  Retransmission  of  Broadcast  Signals 
 (CS  Docket  No.  00-  2). 


 SUMMARY:  The  Commission  will  consider  the  carriage  of  digital  broadcast  television  signals  by 


 cable  operators  and  satellite  carriers. 


 6  COMMON  CARRIER  TITLE:  Developing  a  Unified  Intercarrier  Compensation  Regime. 
 SUMMARY:  The  Commission  will  consider  a  Notice  of  Inquiry  concerning  intercarrier 
 compensation  to  determine  whether  the  current 
 interconnection  regime  can  be  effectively  reformed, 
 or  whether  new  regimes  can  address  growing 
 problems  in  competitive  telecommunications 
 markets. 


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