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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection
Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission for
Extension Under Delegated Authority,
Comments Requested
January 11, 2011.
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
burdens, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Comments are requested concerning (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (e) ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before March 22,
2011. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contacts listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via fax at
(202) 395–5167, or via e-mail to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to Cathy Williams, FCC, via e-mail to
PRA@fcc.gov and to
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
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SUMMARY:
For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1043.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Title: Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03–
123, FCC 04–137.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 10 respondents and 19
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for the information collection
requirement is contained in section 225
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended [47 U.S.C. 225],
Telecommunications Services for
Hearing-Impaired and Speech-Impaired
Individuals; The Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Public
Law 101–336, 104 Stat. 327, 366–69,
was enacted on July 26, 1990.
Total Annual Burden: 190 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
An assurance of confidentiality is not
offered because this information
collection does not require the
collection of personally identifiable
information from individuals.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
Impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The reporting
requirements included under OMB
Control Number 3060–1043 enable the
Commission to collect waiver reports
from Telecommunications Relay Service
(TRS) providers requesting waivers from
certain TRS mandatory minimum
standards. On June 30, 2004, the
Commission released a Report and
Order and Order on Reconsideration in
Telecommunications Relay Services and
Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech
Disabilities, FCC 04–137, published at
69 FR 53346, September 1, 2004 and at
69 FR 53382, September 1, 2004. In the
Report and Order, the Commission
harmonized the expiration dates of
waivers for Video Relay Service and
Internet-Protocol (IP) Relay providers of
the following TRS mandatory minimum
requirements, amongst others: (1) 47
CFR 64.604(a)(3)(vi)—call release; and
(2) 47 CFR 64.604(b)(3)—equal access to
interexchange carriers. The Commission
also conditioned these waivers on
providers submitting annual reports to
the Commission, in a narrative form,
detailing: (1) The provider’s plan or
general approach to meet the waived
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standards; (2) any additional costs that
would be required to meet the
standards; (3) the development of any
new technology that may affect the
particular waivers; (4) the progress
made by the provider to meet the
standards; (5) the specific steps taken to
resolve any technical problems that
prohibit the provider from meeting the
standards; and (6) any other factors
relevant to whether the waiver should
continue in effect. On January 11, 2007,
the Commission released a Declaratory
Ruling in Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities; Internet-based
Captioned Telephone Service, FCC 06–
182, published at 72 FR 6960, February
14, 2007. The ruling applied several of
the waivers to IP captioned telephone
relay service, also conditioned on the
filing of annual reports, as described
above.
Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review and Approval to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
Comments Requested
January 11, 2011.
The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Comments are requested concerning:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (e) ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
SUMMARY:
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The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that
does not display a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before February 22,
2011. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting PRA comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202–
395–5167 or via e-mail to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov.
To view a copy of this information
collection request (ICR) submitted to
OMB: (1) Go to the Web page https://
reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2)
look for the section of the Web page
called ‘‘Currently Under Review’’, (3)
click on the downward-pointing arrow
in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading,
(4) select ‘‘Federal Communications
Commission’’ from the list of agencies
presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the right
of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, and
(6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the title
of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number,
if there is one) and then click on the ICR
Reference Number to view detailed
information about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collections, contact Cathy
Williams on (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0311.
Title: 47 CFR 76.54, Significantly
Viewed Signals, Method To Be
Followed for Special Showings.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 500 respondents and 1,274
responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; third party
disclosure requirement.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–60
hours.
Total Annual Burden: 20,610 hours.
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Total Annual Costs: $200,000.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections 4(i)
and 340 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
This collection of information does not
require confidentiality.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.54(b)
states significant viewing in a cable
television or satellite community for
signals not shown as significantly
viewed under 47 CFR 76.54(a) or (d)
may be demonstrated by an
independent professional audience
survey of over-the-air television homes
that covers at least two weekly periods
separated by at least thirty days but no
more than one of which shall be a week
between the months of April and
September. If two surveys are taken,
they shall include samples sufficient to
assure that the combined surveys result
in an average figure at least one
standard error above the required
viewing level.
47 CFR 76.54(c) is used to notify
interested parties, including licensees or
permittees of television broadcast
stations, about audience surveys that are
being conducted by an organization to
demonstrate that a particular broadcast
station is eligible for significantly
viewed status under the Commission’s
rules. The notifications provide
interested parties with an opportunity to
review survey methodologies and file
objections.
47 CFR 76.54(e) and (f), are used to
notify television broadcast stations
about the retransmission of significantly
viewed signals by a satellite carrier into
these stations’ local market.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0652.
Title: Section 76.309, Customer
Service Obligations; Section 76.1602;
Customer Service—General Information;
Section 76.1603, Customer Service—
Rate and Service Changes—General
Information, and Section 76.1619,
Information on Subscriber Bills.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 8,260 respondents and
117,510 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; third party
disclosure requirement.
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Total Annual Burden: 29,235 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature of Response: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in Sections 4(i) and 632 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.309 set
forth various customer service
obligations and notification
requirements for changes in rates,
programming services and channel
positions.
47 CFR 76.1602(a) states that
franchise authorities must provide
affected cable operators 90 days written
notice of their intent to enforce
customer services standards.
47 CFR 76.1603(b) states that
customers will be notified of any
changes in rates, programming services
or channel positions as soon as possible
in writing. Notice must be given to
subscribers a minimum of thirty (30)
days in advance of such changes if the
change is within the control of the cable
operator. In addition, the cable operator
shall notify subscribers 30 days in
advance of any significant changes in
the other information required by
Section 76.1602.
47 CFR 76.1603(c) states that in
addition to the requirement set forth in
Section 76.1603(b) regarding advance
notification to customers of any changes
in rates, programming services or
channel positions, cable systems shall
give 30 days written notice to both
subscribers and local franchising
authorities before implementing any
rate or service change. Such notice shall
state the precise amount of any rate
change and briefly explain in readily
understandable fashion the cause of the
rate change (e.g. inflation, changes in
external costs or the addition/deletion
of channels). When the change involves
the addition or deletion of channels,
each channel added or deleted must be
separately identified.
47 CFR 76.1619(b) states that in case
of a billing dispute, the cable operator
must respond to a written complaint
from a subscriber within 30 days. In
addition, Section 76.1619 sets forth
requirements for information on
subscriber bills.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0667.
Title: Section 76.630 Compatibility
with Consumer Electronic Equipment;
Section 76.1621 Equipment
compatibility offer; Section 76.1622
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Consumer Education of Equipment
Compatibility.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 8,250 respondents and
266,505 responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 1–3
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping and third party
disclosure requirements; On occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 266,515 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $5,800.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in Section 4(i) and 632 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.630(a)
states a cable system operator shall not
scramble or otherwise encrypt signals
carried on the basic service tier.
Requests for waivers of this prohibition
must demonstrate either a substantial
problem with theft of basic tier service
or a strong need to scramble basic
signals for other reasons. As part of this
showing, cable operators are required to
notify subscribers by mail of waiver
requests. The notice to subscribers must
be mailed no later than thirty calendar
days from the date the request waiver
was filed with the Commission, and
cable operators must inform the
Commission in writing, as soon as
possible, of that notification date.
Individuals who wish to comment on
this request for waiver should mail
comments to the Federal
Communications Commission by no
later than 30 days from (the date the
notification was mailed to subscribers).
Those comments should be addressed to
the: Federal Communications
Commission, Media Bureau,
Washington, DC 20554, and should
include the name of the cable operator
to whom the comments are applicable.
Individuals should also send a copy of
their comments to (the cable operator at
its local place of business). Cable
operators may file comments in reply no
later than 7 days from the date
subscriber comments must be filed.
47 CFR 76.1621 states that cable
system operators that use scrambling,
encryption or similar technologies in
conjunction with cable system terminal
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devices, as defined in § 15.3(e) of this
chapter, that may affect subscribers’
reception of signals shall offer to supply
each subscriber with special equipment
that will enable the simultaneous
reception of multiple signals. The
equipment offered shall include a single
terminal device with dual descramblers/
decoders and/or timers and bypass
switches. Other equipment, such as two
independent set-top terminal devices
may be offered at the same time that the
single terminal device with dual tuners/
descramblers is offered. For purposes of
this rule, two set-top devices linked by
a control system that provides
functionality equivalent to that of a
single device with dual descramblers is
considered to be the same as a terminal
device with dual descramblers/
decoders.
(a) The offer of special equipment
shall be made to new subscribers at the
time they subscribe and to all
subscribers at least once each year.
(b) Such special equipment shall, at a
minimum, have the capability:
(1) To allow simultaneous reception
of any two scrambled or encrypted
signals and to provide for tuning to
alternative channels on a preprogrammed schedule; and
(2) To allow direct reception of all
other signals that do not need to be
processed through descrambling or
decryption circuitry (this capability can
generally be provided through a
separate by-pass switch or through
internal by-pass circuitry in a cable
system terminal device).
(c) Cable system operators shall
determine the specific equipment
needed by individual subscribers on a
case-by-case basis, in consultation with
the subscriber. Cable system operators
are required to make a good faith effort
to provide subscribers with the amount
and types of special equipment needed
to resolve their individual compatibility
problems.
(d) Cable operators shall provide such
equipment at the request of individual
subscribers and may charge for purchase
or lease of the equipment and its
installation in accordance with the
provisions of the rate regulation rules
for customer premises equipment used
to receive the basic service tier, as set
forth in § 76.923. Notwithstanding the
required annual offering, cable operators
shall respond to subscriber requests for
special equipment for reception of
multiple signals that are made at any
time.
47 CFR 76.1622 states that Cable
system operators shall provide a
consumer education program on
compatibility matters to their
subscribers in writing, as follows:
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(a) The consumer information
program shall be provided to
subscribers at the time they first
subscribe and at least once a year
thereafter. Cable operators may choose
the time and means by which they
comply with the annual consumer
information requirement. This
requirement may be satisfied by a oncea-year mailing to all subscribers. The
information may be included in one of
the cable system’s regular subscriber
billings.
(b) The consumer information
program shall include the following
information:
(1) Cable system operators shall
inform their subscribers that some
models of TV receivers and
videocassette recorders may not be able
to receive all of the channels offered by
the cable system when connected
directly to the cable system. In
conjunction with this information, cable
system operators shall briefly explain,
the types of channel compatibility
problems that could occur if subscribers
connected their equipment directly to
the cable system and offer suggestions
for resolving those problems. Such
suggestions could include, for example,
the use of a cable system terminal
device such as a set-top channel
converter. Cable system operators shall
also indicate that channel compatibility
problems associated with reception of
programming that is not scrambled or
encrypted programming could be
resolved through use of simple
converter devices without descrambling
or decryption capabilities that can be
obtained from either the cable system or
a third party retail vendor.
(2) In cases where service is received
through a cable system terminal device,
cable system operators shall indicate
that subscribers may not be able to use
special features and functions of their
TV receivers and videocassette
recorders, including features that allow
the subscriber to: View a program on
one channel while simultaneously
recording a program on another
channel; record two or more
consecutive programs that appear on
different channels; and, use advanced
picture generation and display features
such as ‘‘Picture-in-Picture,’’ channel
review and other functions that
necessitate channel selection by the
consumer device.
(3) In cases where cable system
operators offer remote control capability
with cable system terminal devices and
other customer premises equipment that
is provided to subscribers, they shall
advise their subscribers that remote
control units that are compatible with
that equipment may be obtained from
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other sources, such as retail outlets.
Cable system operators shall also
provide a representative list of the
models of remote control units currently
available from retailers that are
compatible with the customer premises
equipment they employ. Cable system
operators are required to make a good
faith effort in compiling this list and
will not be liable for inadvertent
omissions. This list shall be current as
of no more than six months before the
date the consumer education program is
distributed to subscribers. Cable
operators are also required to encourage
subscribers to contact the cable operator
to inquire about whether a particular
remote control unit the subscriber might
be considering for purchase would be
compatible with the subscriber’s
customer premises equipment.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0960.
Title: 47 CFR 76.122, Satellite
Network Non-duplication Protection
Rules; 47 CFR 76.123, Satellite
Syndicated Program Exclusivity Rules;
47 CFR 76.124, Requirements for
Invocation of Non-duplication and
Syndicated Exclusivity Protection; 47
CFR 76.127, Satellite Sports Blackout
Rules.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 12,686 respondents and
12,402 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–1
hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 12,402 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in Sections 4(i), 4(j), 303(r), 339 and 340
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.122,
76.123, 76.124 and 76.127 are used to
protect exclusive contract rights
negotiated between broadcasters,
distributors, and rights holders for the
transmission of network, syndicated,
and sports programming in the
broadcasters’ recognized market areas.
Rule sections 76.122 and 76.123
implement statutory requirements to
provide rights for in-market stations to
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assert non-duplication and exclusivity
rights.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director, Federal
Communications Commission.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
January 12, 2011.
The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Comments are requested concerning:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, and (e) ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that
does not display a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before March 22, 2011.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting PRA comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at
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202–395–5167 or via e-mail to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov
and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, contact Cathy
Williams (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0707.
Title: Over-the-Air Reception Devices
(OTARD).
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: State or Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 77 respondents; 77
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2–5
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in Section 207 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 288 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $17,100.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: Section 207 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (‘‘1996
Act’’) directs the Commission to
promulgate rules prohibiting restrictions
on viewers’ ability to receive over-theair signals by television broadcast,
multichannel multipoint distribution, or
direct broadcast satellite services.
In a Report and Order, Memorandum
Opinion and Order and Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking, CS Docket No.
96–83, FCC 96–328, released August 6,
1996, the Commission fully
implemented Section 207 of the 1996
Act by adopting final rules for a
preemption of State, local and nongovernmental regulations that impair
viewers’ ability to receive over-the-air
signals. In doing so, the FCC
acknowledged the necessity of allowing
State, local and non-governmental
entities to continue to enforce certain
regulations and restrictions, such as
those serving safety purposes, and
therefore exempted them from its
prohibition. Also, State, local and nongovernmental entities were permitted to
file petitions for waivers.
On September 25, 1998, the
Commission released an Order on
Reconsideration, FCC 98–214, in this
proceeding that further modified and
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Comments Requested
January 11, 2011.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection(s), as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. Comments
are requested concerning: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e)
ways to further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
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The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not
display a currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before February 22, 2011. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within
the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via e-mail to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this
information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the
Web page https://reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section
of the Web page called ``Currently Under Review'', (3) click on the
downward-pointing arrow in the ``Select Agency'' box below the
``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) select ``Federal Communications
Commission'' from the list of agencies presented in the ``Select
Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button to the right of the
``Select Agency'' box, and (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB
Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference
Number to view detailed information about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collections, contact Cathy Williams on (202) 418-
2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0311.
Title: 47 CFR 76.54, Significantly Viewed Signals, Method To Be
Followed for Special Showings.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 500 respondents and 1,274
responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; third
party disclosure requirement.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-60 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 20,610 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $200,000.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 4(i) and 340 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: This collection of
information does not require confidentiality.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.54(b) states significant viewing in a
cable television or satellite community for signals not shown as
significantly viewed under 47 CFR 76.54(a) or (d) may be demonstrated
by an independent professional audience survey of over-the-air
television homes that covers at least two weekly periods separated by
at least thirty days but no more than one of which shall be a week
between the months of April and September. If two surveys are taken,
they shall include samples sufficient to assure that the combined
surveys result in an average figure at least one standard error above
the required viewing level.
47 CFR 76.54(c) is used to notify interested parties, including
licensees or permittees of television broadcast stations, about
audience surveys that are being conducted by an organization to
demonstrate that a particular broadcast station is eligible for
significantly viewed status under the Commission's rules. The
notifications provide interested parties with an opportunity to review
survey methodologies and file objections.
47 CFR 76.54(e) and (f), are used to notify television broadcast
stations about the retransmission of significantly viewed signals by a
satellite carrier into these stations' local market.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0652.
Title: Section 76.309, Customer Service Obligations; Section
76.1602; Customer Service--General Information; Section 76.1603,
Customer Service--Rate and Service Changes--General Information, and
Section 76.1619, Information on Subscriber Bills.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 8,260 respondents and 117,510
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 29,235 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 4(i)
and 632 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.309 set forth various customer service
obligations and notification requirements for changes in rates,
programming services and channel positions.
47 CFR 76.1602(a) states that franchise authorities must provide
affected cable operators 90 days written notice of their intent to
enforce customer services standards.
47 CFR 76.1603(b) states that customers will be notified of any
changes in rates, programming services or channel positions as soon as
possible in writing. Notice must be given to subscribers a minimum of
thirty (30) days in advance of such changes if the change is within the
control of the cable operator. In addition, the cable operator shall
notify subscribers 30 days in advance of any significant changes in the
other information required by Section 76.1602.
47 CFR 76.1603(c) states that in addition to the requirement set
forth in Section 76.1603(b) regarding advance notification to customers
of any changes in rates, programming services or channel positions,
cable systems shall give 30 days written notice to both subscribers and
local franchising authorities before implementing any rate or service
change. Such notice shall state the precise amount of any rate change
and briefly explain in readily understandable fashion the cause of the
rate change (e.g. inflation, changes in external costs or the addition/
deletion of channels). When the change involves the addition or
deletion of channels, each channel added or deleted must be separately
identified.
47 CFR 76.1619(b) states that in case of a billing dispute, the
cable operator must respond to a written complaint from a subscriber
within 30 days. In addition, Section 76.1619 sets forth requirements
for information on subscriber bills.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0667.
Title: Section 76.630 Compatibility with Consumer Electronic
Equipment; Section 76.1621 Equipment compatibility offer; Section
76.1622
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Consumer Education of Equipment Compatibility.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 8,250 respondents and 266,505
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 1-3 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping and third party disclosure
requirements; On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 266,515 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $5,800.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Section 4(i)
and 632 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.630(a) states a cable system operator
shall not scramble or otherwise encrypt signals carried on the basic
service tier. Requests for waivers of this prohibition must demonstrate
either a substantial problem with theft of basic tier service or a
strong need to scramble basic signals for other reasons. As part of
this showing, cable operators are required to notify subscribers by
mail of waiver requests. The notice to subscribers must be mailed no
later than thirty calendar days from the date the request waiver was
filed with the Commission, and cable operators must inform the
Commission in writing, as soon as possible, of that notification date.
Individuals who wish to comment on this request for waiver should
mail comments to the Federal Communications Commission by no later than
30 days from (the date the notification was mailed to subscribers).
Those comments should be addressed to the: Federal Communications
Commission, Media Bureau, Washington, DC 20554, and should include the
name of the cable operator to whom the comments are applicable.
Individuals should also send a copy of their comments to (the cable
operator at its local place of business). Cable operators may file
comments in reply no later than 7 days from the date subscriber
comments must be filed.
47 CFR 76.1621 states that cable system operators that use
scrambling, encryption or similar technologies in conjunction with
cable system terminal devices, as defined in Sec. 15.3(e) of this
chapter, that may affect subscribers' reception of signals shall offer
to supply each subscriber with special equipment that will enable the
simultaneous reception of multiple signals. The equipment offered shall
include a single terminal device with dual descramblers/decoders and/or
timers and bypass switches. Other equipment, such as two independent
set-top terminal devices may be offered at the same time that the
single terminal device with dual tuners/descramblers is offered. For
purposes of this rule, two set-top devices linked by a control system
that provides functionality equivalent to that of a single device with
dual descramblers is considered to be the same as a terminal device
with dual descramblers/decoders.
(a) The offer of special equipment shall be made to new subscribers
at the time they subscribe and to all subscribers at least once each
year.
(b) Such special equipment shall, at a minimum, have the
capability:
(1) To allow simultaneous reception of any two scrambled or
encrypted signals and to provide for tuning to alternative channels on
a pre-programmed schedule; and
(2) To allow direct reception of all other signals that do not need
to be processed through descrambling or decryption circuitry (this
capability can generally be provided through a separate by-pass switch
or through internal by-pass circuitry in a cable system terminal
device).
(c) Cable system operators shall determine the specific equipment
needed by individual subscribers on a case-by-case basis, in
consultation with the subscriber. Cable system operators are required
to make a good faith effort to provide subscribers with the amount and
types of special equipment needed to resolve their individual
compatibility problems.
(d) Cable operators shall provide such equipment at the request of
individual subscribers and may charge for purchase or lease of the
equipment and its installation in accordance with the provisions of the
rate regulation rules for customer premises equipment used to receive
the basic service tier, as set forth in Sec. 76.923. Notwithstanding
the required annual offering, cable operators shall respond to
subscriber requests for special equipment for reception of multiple
signals that are made at any time.
47 CFR 76.1622 states that Cable system operators shall provide a
consumer education program on compatibility matters to their
subscribers in writing, as follows:
(a) The consumer information program shall be provided to
subscribers at the time they first subscribe and at least once a year
thereafter. Cable operators may choose the time and means by which they
comply with the annual consumer information requirement. This
requirement may be satisfied by a once-a-year mailing to all
subscribers. The information may be included in one of the cable
system's regular subscriber billings.
(b) The consumer information program shall include the following
information:
(1) Cable system operators shall inform their subscribers that some
models of TV receivers and videocassette recorders may not be able to
receive all of the channels offered by the cable system when connected
directly to the cable system. In conjunction with this information,
cable system operators shall briefly explain, the types of channel
compatibility problems that could occur if subscribers connected their
equipment directly to the cable system and offer suggestions for
resolving those problems. Such suggestions could include, for example,
the use of a cable system terminal device such as a set-top channel
converter. Cable system operators shall also indicate that channel
compatibility problems associated with reception of programming that is
not scrambled or encrypted programming could be resolved through use of
simple converter devices without descrambling or decryption
capabilities that can be obtained from either the cable system or a
third party retail vendor.
(2) In cases where service is received through a cable system
terminal device, cable system operators shall indicate that subscribers
may not be able to use special features and functions of their TV
receivers and videocassette recorders, including features that allow
the subscriber to: View a program on one channel while simultaneously
recording a program on another channel; record two or more consecutive
programs that appear on different channels; and, use advanced picture
generation and display features such as ``Picture-in-Picture,'' channel
review and other functions that necessitate channel selection by the
consumer device.
(3) In cases where cable system operators offer remote control
capability with cable system terminal devices and other customer
premises equipment that is provided to subscribers, they shall advise
their subscribers that remote control units that are compatible with
that equipment may be obtained from
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other sources, such as retail outlets. Cable system operators shall
also provide a representative list of the models of remote control
units currently available from retailers that are compatible with the
customer premises equipment they employ. Cable system operators are
required to make a good faith effort in compiling this list and will
not be liable for inadvertent omissions. This list shall be current as
of no more than six months before the date the consumer education
program is distributed to subscribers. Cable operators are also
required to encourage subscribers to contact the cable operator to
inquire about whether a particular remote control unit the subscriber
might be considering for purchase would be compatible with the
subscriber's customer premises equipment.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0960.
Title: 47 CFR 76.122, Satellite Network Non-duplication Protection
Rules; 47 CFR 76.123, Satellite Syndicated Program Exclusivity Rules;
47 CFR 76.124, Requirements for Invocation of Non-duplication and
Syndicated Exclusivity Protection; 47 CFR 76.127, Satellite Sports
Blackout Rules.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 12,686 respondents and 12,402
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 12,402 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 4(i),
4(j), 303(r), 339 and 340 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.122, 76.123, 76.124 and 76.127 are used
to protect exclusive contract rights negotiated between broadcasters,
distributors, and rights holders for the transmission of network,
syndicated, and sports programming in the broadcasters' recognized
market areas. Rule sections 76.122 and 76.123 implement statutory
requirements to provide rights for in-market stations to assert non-
duplication and exclusivity rights.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director,
Federal Communications Commission.
[FR Doc. 2011-1207 Filed 1-20-11; 8:45 am]
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