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The following items are important actions and rulemakings recently released.

8/5/08
Commission Approves Transaction Between Sirius Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. Subject to Conditions.
MO&O and R&O (8/5/08): Word | Acrobat
 - Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
 - Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
 - Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
 - Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
 - McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat
XM Radio, Inc. Order & Consent Decree (8/5/08): Word | Acrobat
 - Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
 - Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
 - Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. Order & Consent Decree (8/5/08): Word | Acrobat
 - Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
 - Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
 - Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
News Release (7/28/08): Word | Acrobat

7/31/08
Auction of LPTV and TV Translator Digital Companion Channels Scheduled for November 5, 2008. Settlement Period Extended to August 14, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/28/08
Commission Approves Transaction Between Sirius Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. And XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. Subject To Condition.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

7/25/08
FCC En Banc Hearing and Conference on Overcoming Barriers to Communications Financing, July 29, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/18/08
FCC Announces Agenda and Witness List for Public En Banc Hearing at Carnegie Mellon University on Broadband and the Digital Future.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

7/18/08
Testimony of Media Bureau Chief Monica Desai on DTV transition at Field Hearing of House Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement, Brooklyn, NY.
Desai Statement: Acrobat

7/14/08
Commission Lifts the Freeze on the Filing of Certain Class A Television Applications Effective August 4, 2008: Word | Acrobat

7/10/08
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
Order (James Cable, LLC.): Word | Acrobat

7/09/08
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
Order (Adams CATV Inc.): Word | Acrobat
Order (Waitsfield-Fayston Telephone Co, Inc.): Word | Acrobat

7/2/08
FCC En Banc Hearing and Conference on Overcoming Barriers to Communications Financing.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/2/08
First Quarter 2008 Inflation Adjustment Figures for Cable Operators Using FCC Form 1240 Now Available.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/2/08
Affirmed Modification of Construction Permit for KFME-FM, Garden City, MO.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

7/01/08
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
Order (Guam Cablevision, LLC.): Word | Acrobat
Order (Puerto Rico Cable Acquisition Corp.): Word | Acrobat

7/1/08
Time Warner Seeks FCC Consent to Assign or Transfer Control of Licenses and Authorizations in Connection With Time Warner Cable Separation. Petitions Due: 07/31/2008, Oppositions Due: 08/15/2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

6/30/08
FCC Announces Public En Banc Hearing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Broadband and the Digital Future.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

6/26/08
FCC Seeks Comment on Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertising Techniques.
NOI/NPRM: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

6/20/08
Comment and Reply Comment Deadline Dates Extended for MPAA's Petition for Waiver of the Prohibition on the Use of Selectable Output Controls. Extended Comment Date: 7/21/08; Extended Reply Comment Date: 7/31/08.
Order: Word | Acrobat

6/16/08
Revised the Location for Filing Form 388, DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report.
Order: Word | Acrobat
FCC 388 Report: Acrobat

6/16/08
Comment and Reply Comment Dates Extended for Rulemaking to Promote Diversification of Broadcast Ownership.
Order: Word | Acrobat

6/13/08
FCC Announces Agenda for Digital Television Consumer Education Workshop Focused on DTV Converter Boxes on June 19, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

6/12/08
FCC Denies the Petition for Partial Reconsideration Filed by Adelphia Cable Communications.
Order: Word | Acrobat

6/5/08
MPAA Files Petition for Waiver of the Prohibition on the Use of Selectable Output Controls
(47 C.F.R. § 76.1903).
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

6/5/08
Royce International Broadcasting Company, Request for Additional Time to Construct New Unbuilt Station KIEV(AM), Culver City, California.
Order: Word | Acrobat

5/30/08
Commission Lifts the Freeze on the Filing of Maximization Applications and Petitions for Digital Channel Substitutions, Effective Immediately.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

5/29/08
Comment Dates Set for Rulemaking to Promote Diversification of Broadcast Ownership.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

5/29/08
Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television.
Order: Word | Acrobat

5/29/08
Media Bureau Announces Effective Date for Revised Rules in the DTV Consumer Education Initiative and Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

5/22/08
The Commission Denies the Applications for Review of Idaho Wireless Corporation and Astounding Productions, Inc. Related to InterMart Broadcasting's Auction 25 Applications for New FM Stations in Pocatello and Twin Falls, Idaho.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

5/22/08
FCC Denies Application for Review of Sharon Berlin Ingles.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

5/16/08
Television Station Filing Procedures for Broadcast EEO Mid-Term Report (FCC Form 397).
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

5/15/08
Procedures for Obtaining Commission Approval for NCE Station Fundraising Efforts to Aid Mynamar and China Relief Efforts.
Notice: Acrobat

4/30/08
Media Bureau Extends the 2008 Filing Date for Leased Access Annual Reports and Voluntary Comments.
Order: Word | Acrobat

4/24/08
Media Bureau Releases Updated Version of "The Public and Broadcasting" and Announces That Broadcast Information Specialists are Available For Public Inquiries.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/24/08
Media Bureau Makes Available FM Allotment Finder Tool.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/23/08
FCC Releases Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on DTV Consumer Education Initiative.
Erratum: Word | Acrobat
Order & FNPRM: Word | Acrobat
Attachment: Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

4/11/08
Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Possible Changes to FCC Forms 395-A and 395-B.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Attachment: Acrobat

4/10/08
The Commission Dismisses the Application for Review of Texas Networking, Inc.
Order: Word | Acrobat

4/7/08
Media Bureau Suspends Dismissal of FM Translator Applications Related to Processing Cap.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/4/08
Media Bureau Grants Extension of Time to File Oppositions to Request for Stay of Leased Access Order.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/2/08
Comment Dates Set for Petition for Modification of Conditions Filed by News Corporation.
Public Notice: Word |Acrobat

3/28/08
Media Bureau Announces Effective Date for the Rules in the DTV Consumer Education Initiative.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat | DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report Form 388

3/27/08
The Commission Adopts Rules to Mandate DBS Digital Carry-one, Carry-all and Phase-in High Definition Carry-one, Carry-all.
R&O/NPRM: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/21/08
MO&O on Reconsideration in DTV Table of Allotments Proceeding and Eighth R&O Finalizing Post-Transition DTV Allotments Published in Federal Register Today.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/19/08
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

3/19/08
Media Bureau Conditionally Grants Innovative Cable TV, St. Thomas-St. John & St. Croix and Massillon Cable TV Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

3/19/08
The Commission Terminates Waiver of Section 73.3555(a)(1)(iii) Granted to Guderian Broadcasting, Inc. Effective in Ninety Days.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

3/14/08
FCC Denies Application for Review and Motion for Stay in Assignment of Construction Permit for WEHM(FM), Southampton, NY.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/14/08
Casa de Oracion Getsemani, Ephese French SDA Church, Et Al., Applications for Construction Permits for New LPFM Stations at Providence, RI.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

3/7/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Dates for Low Power FM NPRM.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/6/08
The Commission Adopts MO&O on Reconsideration in DTV Table of Allotments Proceeding and Eighth R&O Finalizing Post-Transition DTV Allotments.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Appendix B to DTV Table of Allotments: Excel | Acrobat

3/6/08
Media Bureau Grants Extension of Time to File Comments and Reply Comments in Response to Broadcast Localism Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/5/08
FCC Adopts Rules to Promote Diversification of Broadcast Ownership.
Erratum (4/23/08): Word | Acrobat
2nd Erratum (4/25/08): Word | Acrobat
R&O/NPRM: Word | Acrobat
News Release (12/18/07): Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/5/08
Media Bureau Proposes Amending Final DTV Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Riverside, California).
Erratum: Word | Acrobat
NPRM: Word | Acrobat

3/3/08
FCC Adopts Digital Television Consumer Education Order.
Erratum: Word | Acrobat
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Report & Order: Word | Acrobat
Attachment D: Acrobat
Attachment E: Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

2/27/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Cable and Broadcast Attribution and Cable Vertical Ownership Limits.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

2/26/08
FCC Approves Transfer of Control of DirecTV to Liberty Media Subject to Conditions.
Erratum: Word | Acrobat
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
News Release (2/25/08): Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

2/26/08
FCC Dismissed the Applications for Review filed by Johnson Broadcasting of Dallas, Inc.
Order: Word | Acrobat

2/25/08
FCC Denies Petition for Reconsideration of the Conditioned Approval of the News Corp-DirecTV Merger.
Order: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

2/22/08
Media Bureau Adopts Simplified Application Procedures for AM Nondirectional Valcom Antennas.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Engineering Statement: Acrobat
Valcom AM Antennas: Acrobat

2/20/08
FCC Denies Birach Broadcasting Corporation’s Application for Review Concerning Construction Period for WDMV(AM), Walkersville, Maryland.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/15/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Broadcast Localism Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

2/14/08
FCC Vacated Portion of FCC 08-20 Concerning Arguments of Americom Las Vegas Limited Partnership and Dismissed Americom's Petition for Reconsideration.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/12/08
Commission Modifies the Condition Set Forth in Paragraph 47 of the March 27, 2007 Order Approving the Acquisition of Univision Communications, Inc.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

2/11/08
FCC Adopts Rules to Promote Video Programming Diversity by Ensuring New Video Programmers Can Enter and Compete in Video Market.
R&O/NPRM: Word | Acrobat
News Release (12/18/07): Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

2/11/08
FCC Denies Petition for Reconsideration of Romar Communications, Inc.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/11/08
FCC Denies Application for Review of Northern Radio, Inc. and Grants David Tillotson’s Request for Declaratory Ruling.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/11/08
FCC Denies Petition for Reconsideration of KSBN Radio, Inc.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/8/08
Commission Grants Construction Permit for a New LPFM Station at Anchorage, AK.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/8/08
Commission Grants Construction Permit for a New LPFM Station at Grants Pass, OR.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/8/08
Commission Grants Construction Permit for a New LPFM Station at Lake City, ID.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/8/08
Applications for a Construction Permit for a New LPFM Station at Hendersonville, North Carolina.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/8/08
FCC Grants Construction Permit for a New LPFM Station at Missoula, MT.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/8/08
Application for a Construction Permit for a New LPFM Station at Naples, Florida.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/8/08
Commission Grants Construction Permit for a New LPFM Station at West Creek, NJ.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

2/4/08
FCC Releases Order on Revision to Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rule.
Order: Word | Acrobat
News Release (12/18/07): Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

2/4/08
FCC Denied Application for Review of Dismissal of Application for a New Low Power FM Station in Lorain, Ohio.
Order: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

2/4/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment And Reply Comment Dates For The Third FNPRM on Cable Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals.
Erratum: Word | Acrobat
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

2/1/08
FCC Adopts Rules to Promote Video Programming Diversity.
Order: Word | Acrobat
News Release (11/27/07): Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

1/30/08
Third DTV Periodic Report and Order Published in Federal Register Today; FCC Forms 301, 337, 340 and 387 Now Available For Filing.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

1/24/08
FCC Adopts Localism Proposals to Ensure Programming is Responsive to Needs of Local Communities.
Report: Word | Acrobat
News Release (12/18/07): Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

1/24/08
FCC Grants Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

1/24/08
FCC Requires Television Broadcasters to Provide More Local Programming Information to the Public.
Erratum: Word | Acrobat
R&O: Word | Acrobat
News Release (11/27/07): Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

1/18/08
Media Bureau Addresses Kucinich Complaint.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

1/17/08
Extension of Time to File Reply Comments on the Review of the Commission's Program Access Rules and Examination of Programming Tying Arrangements.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

1/14/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Exclusive Service Contracts for Provision of Video Service in Multiple Dwelling Units and Other Real Estate Developments.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat





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