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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F.  2d  385  (D.  C.  Cir.  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  June  18,  2004  Janice  Wise  (202)  418-  7450 
 Janice.  Wise@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  PROPOSES  TO  FINE  DIRECTV,  INC.  $87,500  FOR  REPOSITIONING  SATELLITE  WITHOUT  AUTHORIZATION 
 Washington,  D.  C.—  Today,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  proposed  an  $87,500  forfeiture  against  DIRECTV,  Inc.,  for  repositioning  the  DIRECTV  3  satellite  without  FCC 
 authorization. 
 Section  25.117(  a)  of  the  FCC’s  Rules  required  DIRECTV  to  get  Commission  approval  before  repositioning  the  satellite  from  its  authorized  orbit  to  a  location  for  which  it  was  not  licensed. 
 DIRECTV  had  filed  a  request  with  the  FCC  for  special  temporary  authority  to  relocate  DIRECTV  3,  but  admits  that  its  employees  began  repositioning  the  satellite  the  next  day,  without 
 waiting  for  Commission  approval  of  its  request.  In  setting  the  amount  of  the  forfeiture,  the  Commission  noted  that  strict  adherence  to  the  rules  governing  modification  of  satellite 
 authorizations  is  critical  to  minimizing  the  risk  of  collisions  between  satellites. 


 Action  by  the  Commission,  June  14,  2004,  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability  for  Forfeiture  (FCC  04-  138).  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps,  Martin,  and  Adelstein. 
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 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  Janice  Wise  at  (202)  418-  7450  and  Jennifer  Burton  at  (202)  418-  7581. 
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