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 June  20,  2001  Michelle  Russo  (202)  418-  2358 


 CARRIAGE  OF  DIGITAL  MUST  CARRY  SIGNALS  PROCEEDING: 
 Channel  Capacity  Survey  Responses  Placed  in  Docket 


 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC)  announced 
 it  has  added  voluntary  surveys  from  cable  operators  to  the  record  in  the  “Carriage  of  Digital 
 Must  Carry  Signals”  proceeding  (CS  Docket  No.  98-  120,  FCC  01-  22). 


 On  January  23,  2001,  the  FCC,  concurrent  with  its  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule 
 Making  (“  FNPRM”),  sent  out  surveys  to  several  cable  operators  seeking  voluntary  responses  to 
 questions  about  their  channel  capacity  and  retransmission  consent  negotiations.  The 
 Commission  indicated  that  the  responses  to  the  survey  would  be  used  to  supplement  general 
 comments  received  in  the  above  FNPRM  looking  towards  issues  regarding  cable  system  carriage 
 of  digital  television  signals.  Ten  out  of  16  survey  responses  have  been  received  and  placed  in  the 
 docket.  The  remaining  surveys  will  be  added  to  the  docket  as  received. 


 -FCC-CS 
 Docket  No.  98-  120;  FCC  01-  22 
 Cable  Services  Bureau  contact:  Ron  Parver  (202)  418-  7200 
 TTY:  (202)  418-  7172 
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