(if i Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 \1MISS October 9, 2015 Via First Class/Electronic Mail William H. Johnson, Esq. Vice President & Associate General Counsel Verizon Corporation, Inc. 1320 North Courthouse Road 9th Floor Arlington, VA 22201 Re: Applications of Charter Communications, Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc., and Advance/Newhouse Partnership for Consent to Transfer Control of Licenses and Authorizations, MB Docket No. 15-149 Dear Mr. Johnson: On June 25, 2015, Charter Communications, Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc., and Advance/Newhouse Partnership submitted joint applications to the Commission seeking consent to transfer control of various Commission licenses and other authorizations pursuant to sections 214 and 310(d) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("Act").' In order to assist the Commission's understanding of the proposed transaction and its review of the applications under section 310(d) of the Communications Act, we seek additional information and data. Accordingly, pursuant to sections 4(i), 4(j), and 403 of the Act,2 we request that Verizon Corporation, Inc. ("Verizon") provide, by no later than Friday, October 23, 2015, written responses, supporting documentation, and data (as applicable) in response to the attached requests for information and data. Verizon's responses will be treated as confidential pursuant to the Protective Order issued in MB Docket No. 15-149 on September 11, 2015 ("Protective Order").3 For documents, data and narrative responses produced in response to this request (electronic or otherwise), each page should be marked with a corporate identification and consecutive document control number as specified in the attached instructions. Your responses should be filed with Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary of the Commission, under reference number MB Docket No. 15-149. For any responses that contain confidential or proprietary information, please follow the filing instructions set forth in the Protective Order.4 For all hand deliveries of documents subject to the Protective Order, please call Vanessa Lemmé (202- 1 47 U.S.C. § 214, 3 10(d); Applications of Charter Communications, Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc., and Advance/Newho use Partnership for Consent to Transfer Control of Licenses andAuthorizations, MB Docket No. 15- 149 (filed June 25, 2015), http://appsint.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id6000 1079178. 247 U.S.C. § 154(i), 154(j), and 403. See generally FCC v. Schreiber, 381 U.S. 279 (1965). See Applications of Charter Communications, Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc., and Advance/Newhouse Partnership for Consent to Assign or Transfer Control of Licenses and Authorizations, MB Docket No. 15-149, Order, FCC 15-110, Attachment Protective Order (rel. Sep. 11, 2015), http://appsint.fcc.gov/ecfs/cornrnent/view?id'60001299236. ' See Id. at Attachment Protective Order, paras. 3, 5-6, 13 (rel. Sep. 11, 2015). Verizon Corporation, Inc. October 8, 2015 Page 2 418-2611) to schedule receipt of such hand deliveries in accordance with the Protective Order.5 For any responses that are submitted on paper that do not contain confidential or proprietary information, please file in accordance with the instructions for paper filers set forth in the September 11, 2015 Public Notice in this proceeding.6 For any responses filed electronically, please submit them according to the instructions in the requests and coordinate with Commission staff, or designated information technology personnel, to ensure that any responsive electronic records are submitted to the Commission in a technological format that is compatible with Commission database systems and are processed and organized in a manner that is acceptable to the Commission. For any electronic filings made using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System, please also serve the documents via e-mail to Vanessa Lemmé at Vanessa.Lemmefcc.gov. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Michael Ray, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-0357. Sincerely, William T. Lake Chief, Media Bureau Attachments Id. at Attachment Protective Order, paras. 5, 13. 6 See Commission Seeks Comment on Applications of Charter Communications, Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc., and Advance/Newhouse Partnership for Consent to Transfer Control of Licenses andAuthorizations, MB Docket No. 15- 149, Public Notice, DA 15-1010 (Media Bur. rel. Sep. 11,2015), http://appsint.fcc. gov!ecfs/comment/view?id6000 1299235.