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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
April 26, 2011.
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).
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 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 OMB 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 valid OMB control
number.
SUMMARY:
Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before July 5, 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: Submit your PRA comments
to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202–
395–5167 or via Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to Benish Shah, Federal
Communications Commission, via the
Internet at Benish.Shah@fcc.gov. To
submit your PRA comments by email
send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benish Shah, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418–7866.
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OMB Control Number: 3060–1087.
Title: Section 90.477(a), (b)(2), (d)(2),
and (d)(3), Interconnected Systems.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions and
state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 10,294
respondents; 10, 294 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25
hours for 9,768 responses and 2 hours
for 526 responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, recordkeeping
requirement and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 332(a).
Total Annual Burden: 3,494 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
No questions of a confidential nature are
asked.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) after this comment
period to obtain the regular three year
clearance. There is no change in the
Commission’s reporting, recordkeeping
and/or third party disclosure
requirements. There is no change in the
Commission’s burden estimates (since
this information collection was
approved by OMB in 2008).
This rule section governs
interconnection of private land mobile
radio service stations with the public
switched telephone network as follows:
(1) Pursuant to 47 CFR section
90.477(a), licensees of interconnected
land stations must maintain as part of
their station records a detailed
description of how interconnection is
accomplished.
(2) Pursuant to 47 CFR section
90.477(b)(2) and (d)(2), at least one
licensee participating in any cost
sharing arrangement for telephone
service must maintain cost sharing
records, the costs must be distributed at
least once a year, and a report of the
distribution must be placed in the
licensee’s station records and made
available to participants in the sharing
arrangement and the Commission upon
request.
(3) Pursuant to 47 CFR 90.477(d)(3),
licensees in the Industrial/Business Pool
and those licensees who establish
eligibility pursuant to 90.20(a)(2), other
than persons or organizations charged
with specific fire protection activities,
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persons or organizations charged with
specific forestry-conservation activities,
or medical emergency systems in the
450–470 MHz band, and who seek to
connect within 120 km (75 miles) of 25
cities specified in 90.477(d)(3), must
obtain the consent of all co-channel
licensees located both within 120 km of
the center of the city, and with 120 km
of the interconnected base station
transmitter. Consensual agreements
must specifically state the terms agreed
upon and a statement must be submitted
to the Commission indicating that all
co-channel licensees have consented to
the use of interconnection.
In a December 1998 Report and Order
in WT Docket Nos. 98–20 and 96–188,
the Commission consolidated, revised
and streamlined the Commission’s rules
governing the licensing application
procedures for radio services licensed
by the Commission’s Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau in order to
fully implement the Universal Licensing
System (ULS). As a result of the ULS
rule conversions in connection with this
information collection, 47 CFR
90.477(a), interconnected systems now
file all information (100 percent)
electronically via ULS. Pursuant to 47
CFR 90.477(d)(3), interconnected
systems were changed to reflect NAD83
coordinates
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
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
April 26, 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
SUMMARY:
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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 June 2, 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
and Cathy.Williams@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 collection(s), contact Cathy
Williams on (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0419.
Title: Sections 76.94, Notification;
76.95, Exceptions; 76.105, Notification;
76.106, Exceptions; 76.107, Exclusivity
contracts; and 76.1609, Non duplication
and Syndicated Exclusivity.
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Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 5,555 respondents; 199,304
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–2.0
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; One time
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in Section 4(i) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 183,856.
Total Annual Cost: None.
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: 47 CFR 76.94(a) and
76.105(a) require television stations and
program distributors to notify cable
television system operators of nonduplication protection and exclusivity
rights being sought. The notification
shall include (1) The name and address
of the party requesting non-duplication
protection/exclusivity rights and the
television broadcast station holding the
non-duplication right; (2) the name of
the program or series for which
protection is sought; and (3) the dates
on which protection is to begin and end.
47 CFR 76.94(b) requires broadcasters
entering into contracts providing for
network non-duplication protection to
notify cable systems within 60 days of
the signing of such a contract. If they are
unable to provide notices as provided
for in Section 74.94(a), they must
provide modified notices that contain
the name of the network which has
extended non-duplication protection,
the time periods by time of day and by
network for each day of the week that
the broadcaster will be broadcasting
programs from that network, and the
duration and extent of the protection.
47 CFR 76.94(d) requires broadcasters
to provide the following information to
cable television systems under the
following circumstances: (1) In the
event the protection specified in the
notices described in 47 CFR 76.94(a) or
(b) has been limited or ended prior to
the time specified in the notice, or in
the event a time period, as identified to
the cable system in a notice pursuant to
Section 76.94(b) for which a broadcaster
has obtained protection is shifted to
another time of day or another day (but
not expanded), the broadcaster shall, as
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soon as possible, inform each cable
television system operator that has
previously received the notice of all
changes from the original notice. Notice
to be furnished ‘‘as soon as possible’’
under this subsection shall be furnished
by telephone, telegraph, facsimile,
overnight mail or other similar
expedient means. (2) In the event the
protection specified in the modified
notices described in Section 76.94(b)
has been expanded, the broadcaster
shall, at least 60 calendar days prior to
broadcast of a protected program
entitled to such expanded protection,
notify each cable system operator that
has previously received notice of all
changes from the original notice.
47 CFR 76.94(e)(2) and 76.105(c)(2)
state that if a cable television system
asks a television station for information
about its program schedule, the
television station shall answer the
request.
47 CFR 76.94(f) and 76.107 require a
distributor or broadcaster exercising
exclusivity to provide to the cable
system, upon request, an exact copy of
those portions of the contracts, such
portions to be signed by both the
network and the broadcaster, setting
forth in full the provisions pertinent to
the duration, nature, and extent of the
non-duplication terms concerning
broadcast signal exhibition to which the
parties have agreed. Providing copies of
relevant portions of the contracts is
assumed to be accomplished in the
notification process set forth in Sections
76.94 and 76.105.
47 CFR 76.95 states that the
provisions of Sections 76.92 through
76.94 (including the notification
provisions of Section 76.94 shall not
apply to a cable system serving fewer
than 1,000 subscribers. Within 60 days
following the provision of service to
1,000 subscribers, the operator of each
such system shall file a notice to that
effect with the Commission, and serve a
copy of that notice on every television
station that would be entitled to
exercise network non-duplication
protection against it.
47 CFR 76.105(d) requires that in the
event the exclusivity specified in
Section 76.94(a) has been limited or has
ended prior to the time specified in the
notice, the distributor or broadcaster
who has supplied the original notice
shall, as soon as possible, inform each
cable television system operator that has
previously received the notice of all
changes from the original notice. In the
event the original notice specified
contingent dates on which exclusivity is
to begin and/or end, the distributor or
broadcaster shall, as soon as possible,
notify the cable television system
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*10030 operator of the occurrence of the
relevant contingency. Notice to be
furnished ‘‘as soon as possible’’ under
this subsection shall be furnished by
telephone, telegraph, facsimile,
overnight mail or other similar
expedient means.
47 CFR 76.106(b) states that the
provisions of Sections 76.101 through
76.105 (including the notification
provisions of Section 76.105 shall not
apply to a cable system serving fewer
than 1,000 subscribers. Within 60 days
following the provision of service to
1,000 subscribers, the operator of each
such system shall file a notice to effect
with the Commission, and serve a copy
of that notice on every television station
that would be entitled to exercise
syndicated exclusivity protection
against it.
47 CFR 76.1609 states that network
non-duplication provisions of Sections
76.92 through 76.94 shall not apply to
cable systems serving fewer than 1,000
subscribers. Within 60 days following
the provision of service to 1,000
subscribers, the operator of each system
shall file a notice to that effect with the
Commission, and serve a copy of that
notice on every television station that
would be entitled to exercise network
non-duplication or syndicated
exclusivity protection against it.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0863.
Title: Satellite Delivery of Network
Signals to Unserved Households for
Purposes of the Satellite Home Viewer
Act.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 848 respondents; 250,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; On
occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is the Satellite Home
Viewer Act, 17 U.S.C. 119.
Total Annual Burden: 125,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
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: On November 23,
2010, the Commission’s Office of
Engineering and Technology, released a
Report and Order, Measurement
Standards for Digital Television Signals
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Pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer
Extension and Reauthorization Act of
2004, ET Docket No. 06–94; FCC 10–
195. The Report and Order adopted
rules establishing measurement
procedures for determining the strength
of a digital broadcast television (DTV)
signal at any specific location. These
procedures will be used for determining
whether households are eligible to
receive distant DTV network signals
retransmitted by satellite carriers,
pursuant to the provisions of the
Satellite Television Extension and
Localism Act of 2010 (STELA). This
Report and Order implements DTV
signal measurement procedures
proposed in the Commission’s Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (SHVERA NPRM)
and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (STELA FNRPM) in this
proceeding with minor modifications.
Therefore, the information collection
requirements that require approval by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) are as follows:
47 CFR 73.686(e) describes the
procedures for measuring the field
strength of digital television signals.
These procedures will be used to
determine whether a household is
eligible to receive a distant digital
network signal from a satellite television
provider, largely rely on existing,
proven methods the Commission has
already established for measuring
analog television signal strength at any
individual location, as set forth in
Section 73.686(d) of the existing rules,
but include modifications as necessary
to accommodate the inherent
differences between analog and digital
TV signals. The new digital signal
measurement procedures include
provisions for the location of the
measurement antenna, antenna height,
signal measurement method, antenna
orientation and polarization, and data
recording.
Therefore, satellite and broadcast
industries making field strength
measurements shall maintain written
records and include the following
information: (a) A list of calibrated
equipment used in the field strength
survey, which for each instrument
specifies the manufacturer, type, serial
number and rated accuracy, and the
date of the most recent calibration by
the manufacturer or by a laboratory.
Include complete details of any
instrument not of standard manufacture;
(b) a detailed description of the
calibration of the measuring equipment,
including field strength meters,
measuring antenna, and connecting
cable; (c) for each spot at the measuring
site, all factors which may affect the
recorded field, such as topography,
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height and types of vegetation,
buildings, obstacles, weather, and other
local features; (d) a description of where
the cluster measurements were made;
(e) time and date of the measurements
and signature of the person making the
measurements; (f) for each channel
being measured, a list of the measured
value of field strength (in units of dB)
after adjustment for line loss and
antenna factor) of the five readings
made during the cluster measurement
process, with the median value
highlighted.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection
Renewals; Comment Request
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC).
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
The FDIC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on renewal of an existing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the
FDIC is soliciting comments on renewal
of the information collection titled:
Flood Insurance (OMB Number: 3064–
0120).
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted on
or before July 5, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments to
the FDIC by any of the following
methods:
• https://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/
laws/federal/notices.html.
• E-mail: comments@fdic.gov.
Include the name of the collection in the
subject line of the message.
• Mail: Gary A. Kuiper
(202.898.3877), Counsel, Room F–1086,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20429.
• Hand Delivery: Comments may be
hand-delivered to the guard station at
the rear of the 17th Street Building
(located on F Street), on business days
between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
DATES:
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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
April 26, 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
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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 June 2, 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 and Cathy.Williams@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 collection(s), contact Cathy Williams on (202) 418-
2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0419.
Title: Sections 76.94, Notification; 76.95, Exceptions; 76.105,
Notification; 76.106, Exceptions; 76.107, Exclusivity contracts; and
76.1609, Non duplication and Syndicated Exclusivity.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,555 respondents; 199,304
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-2.0 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; One time
reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
Section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 183,856.
Total Annual Cost: None.
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: 47 CFR 76.94(a) and 76.105(a) require television
stations and program distributors to notify cable television system
operators of non-duplication protection and exclusivity rights being
sought. The notification shall include (1) The name and address of the
party requesting non-duplication protection/exclusivity rights and the
television broadcast station holding the non-duplication right; (2) the
name of the program or series for which protection is sought; and (3)
the dates on which protection is to begin and end.
47 CFR 76.94(b) requires broadcasters entering into contracts
providing for network non-duplication protection to notify cable
systems within 60 days of the signing of such a contract. If they are
unable to provide notices as provided for in Section 74.94(a), they
must provide modified notices that contain the name of the network
which has extended non-duplication protection, the time periods by time
of day and by network for each day of the week that the broadcaster
will be broadcasting programs from that network, and the duration and
extent of the protection.
47 CFR 76.94(d) requires broadcasters to provide the following
information to cable television systems under the following
circumstances: (1) In the event the protection specified in the notices
described in 47 CFR 76.94(a) or (b) has been limited or ended prior to
the time specified in the notice, or in the event a time period, as
identified to the cable system in a notice pursuant to Section 76.94(b)
for which a broadcaster has obtained protection is shifted to another
time of day or another day (but not expanded), the broadcaster shall,
as soon as possible, inform each cable television system operator that
has previously received the notice of all changes from the original
notice. Notice to be furnished ``as soon as possible'' under this
subsection shall be furnished by telephone, telegraph, facsimile,
overnight mail or other similar expedient means. (2) In the event the
protection specified in the modified notices described in Section
76.94(b) has been expanded, the broadcaster shall, at least 60 calendar
days prior to broadcast of a protected program entitled to such
expanded protection, notify each cable system operator that has
previously received notice of all changes from the original notice.
47 CFR 76.94(e)(2) and 76.105(c)(2) state that if a cable
television system asks a television station for information about its
program schedule, the television station shall answer the request.
47 CFR 76.94(f) and 76.107 require a distributor or broadcaster
exercising exclusivity to provide to the cable system, upon request, an
exact copy of those portions of the contracts, such portions to be
signed by both the network and the broadcaster, setting forth in full
the provisions pertinent to the duration, nature, and extent of the
non-duplication terms concerning broadcast signal exhibition to which
the parties have agreed. Providing copies of relevant portions of the
contracts is assumed to be accomplished in the notification process set
forth in Sections 76.94 and 76.105.
47 CFR 76.95 states that the provisions of Sections 76.92 through
76.94 (including the notification provisions of Section 76.94 shall not
apply to a cable system serving fewer than 1,000 subscribers. Within 60
days following the provision of service to 1,000 subscribers, the
operator of each such system shall file a notice to that effect with
the Commission, and serve a copy of that notice on every television
station that would be entitled to exercise network non-duplication
protection against it.
47 CFR 76.105(d) requires that in the event the exclusivity
specified in Section 76.94(a) has been limited or has ended prior to
the time specified in the notice, the distributor or broadcaster who
has supplied the original notice shall, as soon as possible, inform
each cable television system operator that has previously received the
notice of all changes from the original notice. In the event the
original notice specified contingent dates on which exclusivity is to
begin and/or end, the distributor or broadcaster shall, as soon as
possible, notify the cable television system
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*10030 operator of the occurrence of the relevant contingency. Notice
to be furnished ``as soon as possible'' under this subsection shall be
furnished by telephone, telegraph, facsimile, overnight mail or other
similar expedient means.
47 CFR 76.106(b) states that the provisions of Sections 76.101
through 76.105 (including the notification provisions of Section 76.105
shall not apply to a cable system serving fewer than 1,000 subscribers.
Within 60 days following the provision of service to 1,000 subscribers,
the operator of each such system shall file a notice to effect with the
Commission, and serve a copy of that notice on every television station
that would be entitled to exercise syndicated exclusivity protection
against it.
47 CFR 76.1609 states that network non-duplication provisions of
Sections 76.92 through 76.94 shall not apply to cable systems serving
fewer than 1,000 subscribers. Within 60 days following the provision of
service to 1,000 subscribers, the operator of each system shall file a
notice to that effect with the Commission, and serve a copy of that
notice on every television station that would be entitled to exercise
network non-duplication or syndicated exclusivity protection against
it.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0863.
Title: Satellite Delivery of Network Signals to Unserved Households
for Purposes of the Satellite Home Viewer Act.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 848 respondents; 250,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is the Satellite
Home Viewer Act, 17 U.S.C. 119.
Total Annual Burden: 125,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
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: On November 23, 2010, the Commission's Office of
Engineering and Technology, released a Report and Order, Measurement
Standards for Digital Television Signals Pursuant to the Satellite Home
Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, ET Docket No. 06-94;
FCC 10-195. The Report and Order adopted rules establishing measurement
procedures for determining the strength of a digital broadcast
television (DTV) signal at any specific location. These procedures will
be used for determining whether households are eligible to receive
distant DTV network signals retransmitted by satellite carriers,
pursuant to the provisions of the Satellite Television Extension and
Localism Act of 2010 (STELA). This Report and Order implements DTV
signal measurement procedures proposed in the Commission's Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (SHVERA NPRM) and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (STELA FNRPM) in this proceeding with minor modifications.
Therefore, the information collection requirements that require
approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are as follows:
47 CFR 73.686(e) describes the procedures for measuring the field
strength of digital television signals. These procedures will be used
to determine whether a household is eligible to receive a distant
digital network signal from a satellite television provider, largely
rely on existing, proven methods the Commission has already established
for measuring analog television signal strength at any individual
location, as set forth in Section 73.686(d) of the existing rules, but
include modifications as necessary to accommodate the inherent
differences between analog and digital TV signals. The new digital
signal measurement procedures include provisions for the location of
the measurement antenna, antenna height, signal measurement method,
antenna orientation and polarization, and data recording.
Therefore, satellite and broadcast industries making field strength
measurements shall maintain written records and include the following
information: (a) A list of calibrated equipment used in the field
strength survey, which for each instrument specifies the manufacturer,
type, serial number and rated accuracy, and the date of the most recent
calibration by the manufacturer or by a laboratory. Include complete
details of any instrument not of standard manufacture; (b) a detailed
description of the calibration of the measuring equipment, including
field strength meters, measuring antenna, and connecting cable; (c) for
each spot at the measuring site, all factors which may affect the
recorded field, such as topography, height and types of vegetation,
buildings, obstacles, weather, and other local features; (d) a
description of where the cluster measurements were made; (e) time and
date of the measurements and signature of the person making the
measurements; (f) for each channel being measured, a list of the
measured value of field strength (in units of dB) after adjustment for
line loss and antenna factor) of the five readings made during the
cluster measurement process, with the median value highlighted.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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