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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  STREET  S.  W.  WASHINGTON  D.  C.  20554 
 News  media  information  202-  418-  0500 
 Fax-  On-  Demand  202-  418-  2830;  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  (or  ftp.  fcc.  gov) 
 TTY  (202)  418-  2555 


 Tuesday  September  4,  2001  SAT-  00082  Report  No. 


 Applications  Accepted  for  Filing 
 SATELLITE  POLICY  BRANCH  INFORMATION 


 The  applications  listed  below  have  been  found,  upon  initial  review,  to  be  acceptable  for  filing.  The  Commission  reserves 
 the  right  to  return  any  of  the  applications  if,  upon  further  examination,  it  is  determined  the  application  is  not  in 
 conformance  with  the  Commission's  rules  or  its  policies.  Petitions,  oppositions  and  other  pleadings  filed  in  response  to 
 this  notice  should  conform  to  Section  25.154  of  the  Commission's  rules,  unless  otherwise  noted.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  25.154. 


 SAT-  MSC-  20010727-  00077  ECHOSTAR  SATELLITE  CORPORATION 
 Miscellaneous 


 EchoStar  Satellite  Corporation  has  a  filed  letter  concerning  DBS  Public  Interest  Programming  Carriage  of  UWTV,  a  non-  profit, 
 non-  commercial  educational  programming  service  administered  by  the  University  of  Washington.  EchoStar  plans  to  carry  UWTV  in 
 fulfillment  of  the  set-  aside  requirements  for  non-  commercial  programming  that  are  applicable  to  Direct  Broadcast  Satellite  providers. 
 (47  C.  F.  R.  §  100.5) 


 Currently,  as  part  of  its  non-  commercial  programming  line-  up,  EchoStar  carries  the  ResearchChannel.  The  ResearchChannel  is 
 provided  by  a  consortium  of  numerous  research  institutions  and  organizations.  The  University  of  Washington  is  one  of  20  research 
 universities  that  participate  in  the  ResearchChannel  consortium  and  is  represented  on  the  ResearchChannel  Board  of  Directors.  Under 
 the  Commission's  set-  aside  rules,  if  multiple  channels  are  under  common  control,  only  one  can  qualify  under  the  set-  aside  requirements 
 for  non-  commercial  programming.  EchoStar  believes  the  Commission's  rules  do  not  preclude  simultaneous  carriage  of  the 
 ResearchChannel  and  UWTV.  In  support,  EchoStar  submits  the  University  of  Washington  has  stated  that,  while  it  has  representation 
 on  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  ResearchChannel,  the  University  of  Washington  does  not  control  the  ResearchChannel,  which  is  a 
 separate  entity  from  the  University  of  Washington  and  is  under  independent  control. 


 Comments  may  be  filed  on  or  before  September  10,  2001.  Reply  Comments  may  be  filed  on  or  before  September  17,  2001. 


 For  more  information  concerning  this  Notice,  contact  the  Satellite  and  Radiocommunication  Division  at  202-  418-  0719; 
 TTY  202-  418-  2555. 


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