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The Policy Division

The Policy Division conducts proceedings concerning broadcast, cable, and post-licensing Direct Broadcast Satellite issues, including the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act, Over-the-Air-Reception Devices, digital transition, customer premises equipment, access to programming and distribution platforms and other related matters. It also facilitates competition in the multichannel video programming marketplace by resolving carriage and other complaints involving access to facilities as well as petitions for findings of effective competition. In addition, the Division administers the FCC’s programs for political broadcasting and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) matters.

MB Policy Division

Policy Division	(202) 418-2120
Division Chief	Mary Beth Murphy
Senior Deputy Division Chief	Steven Broeckaert
Deputy Division Chief	John Norton
Assistant Division Chief	Robert Baker
Assistant Division Chief	David Konczal
Assistant Division Chief	Ronald Parver
Assistant Division Chief	Lewis Pulley

Issues and Topics

Division Issues
Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act (SHVERA)	Restrictions on Over-The-Air Reception Devices
Non-Reserved Channels	Digital Television
Equal Employment Opportunity	Children's TV
V-Chip	Class A TV
Low Power FM	Low Power TV
Closed Captioning	Video Description
Main Studio Rules	Public Broadcasting and DTV
Political Programming & Candidate Access Rules	Digital Audio Broadcasting/"DAB"

Headlines

9/26/08
Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals: Amendment to Part 76 of the Commission's Rules.
Declaratory Order: Word | Acrobat

9/12/08
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Notice of Inquiry Regarding the Development of Devices Capable of Supporting Multiple Audio Entertainment Services. Comment Date: 11/10/08, Reply Comment Date: 12/9/08.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

9/3/08
Commission Grants the Joint Request of Network Affiliated Stations Alliance and the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox Television Networks to Resolve NASA Petition.
Declaratory Ruling: Word | Acrobat
Attachment: Acrobat

8/28/08
Media Bureau Adopts DIRECTV, Inc. Order and Consent Decree.
Order: Word | Acrobat

8/26/08
Commission Proposes Revisions To FCC Forms 395-A and 395-B.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

8/25/08
Adopted Notice of Inquiry Regarding Development of Devices Capable of Supporting Multiple Audio Entertainment Services.
NOI: Word | Acrobat

8/21/08
FCC Proposes the Prohibition of Low Power Auxiliary Stations in the 700 MHz Band after the Digital Television Transition.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
NPRM and Order: Word | Acrobat

8/18/08
FCC Announces Extensive Nationwide Initiative for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

8/18/08
Wilmington North Carolina Broadcasters Will Provide Emergency Announcements and Informational Messages about the DTV Transition after September 8 on Traditional Analog Channels.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

8/12/08
Media Bureau Announces that Deadline for Filing Mandatory EEO FORM 396-C is September 30, 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

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

7/9/08
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

7/1/08
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

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

6/13/08
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

5/29/08
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

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

4/23/08
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

4/4/08
Media Bureau Grants Extension of Time to File Oppositions to Request for Stay of Leased Access Order.
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

3/6/08
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
Media Bureau Proposes Amending Final DTV Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Riverside, California).
Erratum: Word | Acrobat
NPRM: 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 Dismissed the Applications for Review filed by Johnson Broadcasting of Dallas, Inc.
Order: 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

2/11/08
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

2/4/08
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

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

1/18/08
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

11/20/07
Extension of Time to File Comments and Reply Comments on the Review of the Commission's Program Access Rules and Examination of Programming Typing Arrangements.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

11/01/07
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Review of the Commission's Program Access Rules and Examination of Programming Tying Arrangements.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

10/31/07
FCC Adopts Rules to Increase Choice and Competition Among Video Providers for Consumers Residing in Multiple Dwelling Units.
Order (11/13/07): Word | Acrobat
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

10/29/07
FCC Announces Panelists for Public Hearing on Localism at FCC Headquarters.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

10/18/07
Media Bureau Implements Mandatory Electronic Filing of Broadcast EEO Mid-Term Report (FCC Form 397).
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

9/27/07
Media Bureau Grants in Part and Denies in Part Baja Broadband's Request for Deferral of Enforcement of Ban on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
Order: Word | Acrobat

9/26/07
Request for Comment on Black Television News Channel, Inc.'s Request for Temporary Waiver of Ban on Advertising for DBS Public Interest Set-Aside Channels.
Order: Word | Acrobat

9/25/07
Commission Finds That TAC is an RSN Under Adelphia Merger Order, Suspends Condition Going Forward.
Order: Word | Acrobat

9/19/07
Media Bureau Grants Time Warner Cable Inc. an Additional Further Extension of Time to Comply With the Requirements of the Commission's Cable/SMATV Cross-Ownership Rule at Section 76.501.
Order: Word | Acrobat

9/13/07
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the DTV Eighth Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

9/11/07
FCC Adopts Rules to Ensure all Cable Customers Receive Local TV Stations After the Digital Television Transition.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

9/4/07
FCC Denies Comcast's Application for Review Requesting Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell & Adelstein Joint Statement: Word | Acrobat

9/4/07
Letter to Comcast.
Letter: Acrobat

8/24/07
Media Bureau Extends Comment Deadlines in Leased Access/Program Carriage Rulemaking Proceeding. Comments Due: 9/11/07; Reply Comments Due 10/12/07.
Order: Word | Acrobat

8/16/07
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the DTV Consumer Education Initiative.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

8/6/07
Media Bureau Extends Deadline for Comments in Third DTV Periodic NPRM to August 15, 2007; Reply Comments Due: 8/30/2007.
Order: Word | Acrobat

8/6/07
FCC Announces Final Assignment of Digital Television Channels.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order: Word | Acrobat
Appendix B: Excel | Acrobat
Appendix G: Excel | Acrobat

8/6/07
Media Bureau Announces Effective Date of Rules to Ensure Reasonable Franchising Process for New Video Market Entrants.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

8/6/07
Media Bureau Announces Extended Deadlines for Filing Oppositions and Replies to Opposition to National Cable and Telecommunications Association's Application for Review of the Bureau's Decision in CSR-7056-Z. Comments Due: 09/14/2007; Reply Comments Due: 10/09/2007.
Order: Word | Acrobat

8/1/07
Quadrennial Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
2nd FNPRM: Word | Acrobat
Copps & Adelstein Joint Statement: Word | Acrobat

7/30/07
FCC Seeks Comment on Proposed DTV Education Initiatives to Facilitate Transition to Digital.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
NPRM: Word | Acrobat
Appendix B: Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

7/27/07
Children's Television Obligations of Commercial Television Broadcasters August 1 Deadline for Filing Requests for Preemption Flexibility.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/23/07
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
Order (Great Plains Cable Television, et al.): Word | Acrobat
Order (Colo Telephone Company, et al.): Word | Acrobat
Order (ComSouth Telesys, Inc.): Word | Acrobat
Order (Innovative Cable TV St. Thomas-St. John & St. Croix): Word | Acrobat
Letter (JetBroadband VA, LLC and JetBroadband WV, LLC):
Word | Acrobat

7/20/07
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Notice of Proposed Rule Making Regarding Leased Commercial Access and the Development of Competition and Diversity in Video Programming Distribution and Carriage.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/9/07
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Third DTV Periodic Review NPRM. Comments Due: 08/08/2007; Reply Comments Due: 08/23/2007.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

6/29/07
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order (Armstrong Utilities, et al.): Word | Acrobat
Order (Crosslake Communications): Word | Acrobat
Order (Guam Cablevision): Word | Acrobat
Order (Massillon Cable TV): Word | Acrobat
Order (Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs) that will be all-digital by 2/17/09): Word | Acrobat
Order (National Cable & Telecom. Assoc.): Word | Acrobat
Martin Press Statement: Word | Acrobat

6/27/07
Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Licenses, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
NPRM: Word | Acrobat

6/27/07
Children's Television Obligations of Commercial Television Broadcasters - Applicability of the Filing Window for Revised FCC Form 398.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

6/25/07
FCC Announces Agenda for Public Hearing on Localism in Portland, Maine.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

6/15/07
The Commission Has Released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Which it Will Review the Program Carriage Complaint Process and the Commercial Leased Access Rules.
NPRM: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

6/13/07
Media Bureau Grants Time Warner Cable Inc. an Additional Further Extension of Time to Comply With the Requirements of the Commission's Cable/SMATV Cross-Ownership Rule at Section 76.501.
Order: Word | Acrobat

6/13/07
Extension of Time to File Comments on the Use of Exclusive Contracts for the Provision of Video Services to Multiple Dwelling Units.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

6/12/07
FCC Announces Details for Localism Hearing in Portland, Maine on June 28.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

5/31/07
Extension of Time to File Comments on the Status of Children's Television Programming.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/17/07
Commission Seeks Comment on the Status of Children's Television Programming.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

1/10/07
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes and Clarifies Compliance of Downloadable Conditional Access Security Solution.
Press Release: Word | Acrobat

1/10/07
Media Bureau Grants Cablevision a Temporary Waiver of Section 76.1204(a)(1) of the Commission's Rules.
Order: Word | Acrobat

1/10/07
Media Bureau Conditionally Grants BendBroadband's Request for Waiver of Section 76.1204(a)(1) of the Commission's Rules.
Order: Word | Acrobat

1/10/07
Media Bureau Denies Comcast's Request for Permanent Waiver of Section 76.1204(a)(1) of the Commission's Rules.
Order: Word | Acrobat

1/10/07
Commission Reiterates that Downloadable Security Technology Satisfies the Commission's Rules on Set-Top Boxes and Notes Beyond Broadband Technology's Development of Downloadable Security Solution.
Public Notice: Acrobat

1/8/07
Revisions to Proposed New DTV Table of Allotments.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Appendix A: Excel | Acrobat
Appendix B: Excel | Acrobat

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