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 SEPARATE  STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONER  MICHAEL  J.  COPPS 
 RE:  Implementation  of  Section  25  of  the  Cable  Television  Consumer  Protection  and  Competition  Act  f  1992;  Direct  Broadcast  Satellite  Public  Interest  Obligations; 
 Second  Order  on  Reconsideration  of  the  First  Report  and  Order. 
 Although  not  ideal,  I  support  today’s  Second  Order  on  Reconsideration  because  it  corrects  two  glaring  deficiencies  of  our  First  Order  on  Reconsideration.  Today’s  action 
 adopts  rules  implementing  the  political  broadcasting  obligations  of  DBS  and  takes  steps  to  ensure  that  the  political  files  of  DBS  operators  are  readily  accessible.  In  addition,  the 
 Order  moves  forward  to  limit  the  over-  commercialization  of  children’s  programming  on  DBS.  I  dissented  to  the  First  Order  on  Reconsideration,  highlighting  these  areas  of 
 concern.  I  appreciate  my  colleagues’  willingness  to  remedy  these  problems.  I  look  forward  to  working  through  a  number  of  other  issues  with  respect  to  DBS  operators  in  the 
 near  future,  including  clarifying  that  DBS  providers  may  not  discriminate  against  some  local  broadcasters  in  a  market  by  requiring  consumers  to  obtain  a  second  dish  to  receive 
 those  signals. 
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