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Policy Division Headlines Archive

11/1/06
Petition for Declaratory Ruling Regarding the Over-the-Air Reception Devices (OTARD) Rules.
Order: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

10/31/06
Media Bureau Acts on Requests to Extend Digital Testing Waivers Pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004.
Order: Word | Acrobat
Attachment: Excel | Acrobat

10/20/06
Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact upon the Existing Television Broadcast Service.
7th FNPRM: Word | Acrobat
Appendix B: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/24/06
FCC Releases Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Children's Television Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters. Comments Due: 04/24/2006; Reply Comments Due: 05/08/2006.
FNPRM: Word | Acrobat
Attachment (Joint Proposal of Industry & Advocates): Acrobat
News Release (3/17/06): Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/16/05
Commission extends effective date of certain children's television rules.
Order: Word | Acrobat

11/29/05
Media Bureau Reminds Digital Television Licensees to File Report on Ancillary or Supplementary DTV Services on or Before December 1, 2005.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Attachment: Acrobat

11/18/05
FCC Releases Rulemaking on Ensuring Reasonable Franchising Process for New Video Market Entrants.
NPRM: Word | Acrobat
News Release (11/3/05): Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Abernathy Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

11/17/05
TV Station Requests for Waiver of Digital Testing Pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 to be Filed by November 30, 2005 or February 15, 2007.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

11/4/05
FCC Initiates Rulemaking on Distributed Transmission Technology for Digital TV Stations.
Comment Date: Monday, February 6, 2006.
Reply Comment Date is Tuesday March 7, 2006.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
NPRM: Word | Acrobat

11/03/05
FCC Takes Further Steps To Implement SHVERA.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Report & Order: Word | Acrobat
Appendix C - Significantly Viewed List as of 11/2/05: Word | Acrobat

10/21/05
Deadline For Filing FCC Form 384, Digital Channel Election Form, Second Round Election Extended Until October 31, 2005.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

10/04/05
Tentative Digital Channel Designations for Stations Participating in the First Round of DTV Channel Elections and Second Round Election Filing Deadline.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Attachment: Excel | Acrobat

9/28/05
Media Bureau Extends Deadline for Television Broadcast Stations to Make Retransmission Consent/ Must Carry Elections on Cable and Satellite Systems in Certain Designated Market Areas Effected by Hurricane Rita.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

9/9/05
FCC Report to Congress on Retransmission Consent and Exclusivity Rules Pursuant to Section 208 of SHVERA.
Report To Congress: Word | Acrobat

8/23/05
FCC Implements Satellite Carriage of HDTV and Multicast Programming in Alaska and Hawaii.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order: Word | Acrobat

6/8/05
FCC Advances DTV Channel Election Process.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order: Word | Acrobat
Attachment 1: Excel | Acrobat
Attachment 2: Excel | Acrobat

6/7/05
FCC Extends Good Faith Bargaining Obligations to Cable and Satellite Providers.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order: Word | Acrobat

5/2/05
Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 ("SHVERA"), Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
NPRM: Word | Acrobat

4/29/05
FCC Takes Next Steps in Full Implementation of SHVERA.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

4/13/05
FCC Public Notice to Remind Broadcasters and Cable Operators of Video News Release (VNR) Requirements and Seeking Comment on VNR Use.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/30/05
Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 ("SHVERA"), Procedural Rules.
Order: Word | Acrobat

3/25/05
Comment and Reply Comment Dates Established for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Reciprocal Bargaining Obligations. Comments Due: April 25, 2005; Reply Comments Due: May 9, 2005.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Erratum (3/28/05): Word | Acrobat

3/7/05
Implementation of Section 207 of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, Reciprocal Bargaining Obligations.
NPRM: Word | Acrobat

3/1/05
DTV Channel Election Issues - Proposed Negotiated Channel Election Arrangements and Procedures for Filing Associated Pleadings.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Attachment: Excel | Acrobat

3/1/05
FCC Media Bureau Staff Report Concerning Over-The-Air Broadcast Television Viewers.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Report: Word | Acrobat

2/23/05
FCC Resolves Dual and Multicast Carriage Issues.
Report and Order: Word | Acrobat
News Release (2/10/05): Word | Acrobat

2/7/05
FCC Takes Steps Toward Implementation of SHVERA.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
NPRM: Word | Acrobat

1/31/05
Children's Television Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters.
Order: Word | Acrobat

11/23/04
FCC Adopts Children’s Programming Obligations for Digital Television Broadcasters.
Order: Word | Acrobat

11/22/04
Broadcast Localism. Media Bureau extended the date for filing reply comments to January 3, 2005.
Order: Word | Acrobat

11/19/04
Media Bureau Releases Report on Cable A La Carte Pricing Model.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Study: Acrobat

9/29/04
FCC Adopts a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Response to a Decision Issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Regarding Amendment of the Commission's Cable Television Inside Wiring Rules.
Order: Word | Acrobat

7/28/04
Violent Television Programming And Its Impact on Children.
NOI: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/19/04
Comment Sought On "Request for Expedited Declaratory Ruling" Concerning The Territorial Exclusivity Rule (Section 73.658(B) Of The Commission's Rules). "Permit But Disclose" Ex Parte Status Accorded.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Erratum: Word | Acrobat

12/10/03
The United States Supreme Court affirmed almost all portions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, including amendments to Section 315 of the Communications Act, 47 USC § 315, and the requirement that the FCC compile, maintain, and provide to the public on its website any information the Federal Election Commission may require to carry out Section 304(f) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended. For purposes of that section, the Electioneering Communications Database will allow you to determine whether a communication sent via a broadcast station, cable system and/or satellite system can or cannot reach 50,000 or more people in a particular Congressional District or State. Alternate site can be found here.

10/23/02
The Federal Election Commission Issued "Interim Final Rules with Requests for Comments" Regarding a Database to be Created and Maintained by the FCC.

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