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September 4, 2013 Neil Grace, 202-418-0506
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STATEMENT FROM FCC ACTING CHAIRWOMAN MIGNON CLYBURN ON THE SECOND 
CIRCUIT DECISION - TIME WARNER CABLE V. FCC AND NCTA V. FCC
“I am pleased that the court of appeals upheld the Commission’s program carriage rules against 
constitutional challenge.  As the Commission pointed out – and the court agreed in rejecting the cable 
industry’s arguments – these rules remain necessary to prevent anticompetitive conduct by video 
programming distributors, and they empower consumers to access a rich and diverse mix of 
programming.  Although the court overturned the standstill rule on procedural grounds, it recognized that 
the Commission remains free to adopt the same rule in accordance with the requirements of the 
Administrative Procedure Act.”
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