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right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the Title
of this ICR and then click on the ICR
Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) 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 OMB control number.
As part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork burdens, as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC
invited the general public and other
Federal Agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
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 estimates; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (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. Pursuant to the
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific
comment on how it might ‘‘further
reduce the information collection
burden for small business concerns with
fewer than 25 employees.’’
OMB Control No.: 3060–0850.
Title: Quick-Form Application for
Authorization in the Ship, Aircraft,
Amateur, Restricted and Commercial
Operator, and General Mobile Radio
Services, FCC Form 605.
Form No.: FCC Form 605.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit;
not-for-profit institutions; state, local or
tribal government.
Number of Respondents/Responses:
130,000 respondents; 130,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.17
hours–0.44 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; third party
disclosure requirement, recordkeeping
and other (5 and 10 years).
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Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in 47 CFR 1.913(a)(4).
Total Annual Burden: 57,218 hours.
Total Respondent Cost: $2,676,700.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In general, there is no need for
confidentiality. The Commission is
required to withhold from disclosure
certain information about the individual
such as date of birth or telephone
number.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 605
application is a consolidated
application form for Ship, Aircraft,
Amateur, Restricted and Commercial
Radio Operators, and General Mobile
Radio Services and is used to collect
licensing data for the Universal
Licensing System. The Commission is
requesting OMB approval for an
extension (no change in the reporting,
recordkeeping and/or third-party
disclosure requirements). The
Commission is making minor
clarifications to the instructions on the
main form and schedule B as well as a
clarification to Item 3 on the main form.
The data collected on this form
includes the Date of Birth for
Commercial Operator licensees however
this information will be redacted from
public view.
The FCC uses the information in FCC
Form 605 to determine whether the
applicant is legally, technically, and
financially qualified to obtain a license.
Without such information, the
Commission cannot determine whether
to issue the licenses to the applicants
that provide telecommunication
services to the public, and therefore, to
fulfill its statutory responsibilities in
accordance with the C communications
Act of 1934, as amended. Information
provided on this form will also be used
to update the database and to provide
for proper use of the frequency
spectrum as well as enforcement
purposes.
OMB Approval Number: 3060–0896.
Title: Broadcast Auction Form
Exhibits.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other-for
profit entities, not-for-profit institutions,
State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,000 respondents and 5,350
responses.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5
hours–2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
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Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections
154(i) and 309 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Annual Hour Burden: 6,663 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $12,332,500.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission’s
rules require that broadcast auction
participants submit exhibits disclosing
ownership, bidding agreements, bidding
credit eligibility and engineering data.
These data are used by Commission staff
to ensure that applicants are qualified to
participate in Commission auctions and
to ensure that license winners are
entitled to receive the new entrant
bidding credit, if applicable. Exhibits
regarding joint bidding agreements are
designed to prevent collusion.
Submission of engineering exhibits for
non-table services enables the
Commission to determine which
applications are mutually exclusive.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
SUMMARY:
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information collected; 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 ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted on or before July 20, 2020. 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 below as soon as
possible.
Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) 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 OMB control
number.
As part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501–3520), the FCC invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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 ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0849.
Title: Commercial Availability of
Navigation Devices.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
ADDRESSES:
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Number of Respondents and
Responses: 962 respondents; 65,252
responses.
Estimated Time per Response:
0.00278 hours–40 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement; Annual reporting
requirement; Semi-annual reporting
requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority is contained in Sections 4(i),
303(r) and 629 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 15,921 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,990.
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: The information
collection requirements contained in the
collection are as follows: 47 CFR
15.123(c)(3) states subsequent to the
testing of its initial unidirectional
digital cable product model, a
manufacturer or importer is not required
to have other models of unidirectional
digital cable products tested at a
qualified test facility for compliance
with the procedures of Uni–Dir–PICS–
I01–030903: ‘‘Uni-Directional Receiving
Device: Conformance Checklist: PICS
Proforma’’ (incorporated by reference,
see § 15.38) unless the first model tested
was not a television, in which event the
first television shall be tested as
provided in § 15.123(c)(1). The
manufacturer or importer shall ensure
that all subsequent models of
unidirectional digital cable products
comply with the procedures in the Uni–
Dir–PICS–I01–030903: ‘‘Uni-Directional
Receiving Device: Conformance
Checklist: PICS Proforma’’ (incorporated
by reference, see § 15.38) and all other
applicable rules and standards. The
manufacturer or importer shall maintain
records indicating such compliance in
accordance with the verification
procedure requirements in part 2,
subpart J of this chapter. The
manufacturer or importer shall further
submit documentation verifying
compliance with the procedures in the
Uni–Dir–PICS–I01–030903: ‘‘UniDirectional Receiving Device:
Conformance Checklist: PICS Proforma’’
(incorporated by reference, see § 15.38)
to the testing laboratory representing
cable television system operators
serving a majority of the cable television
subscribers in the United States.
47 CFR 15.123(c)(5)(iii) states
subsequent to the successful testing of
its initial M–UDCP, a manufacturer or
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importer is not required to have other
M–UDCP models tested at a qualified
test facility for compliance with M-Host
UNI–DIR–PICS–IOI–061101
(incorporated by reference, see § 15.38)
unless the first model tested was not a
television, in which event the first
television shall be tested as provided in
§ 15.123(c)(5)(i). The manufacturer or
importer shall ensure that all
subsequent models of M–UDCPs comply
with M-Host UNI–DIR–PICS–IOI–
061101 (incorporated by reference, see
§ 15.38) and all other applicable rules
and standards. The manufacturer or
importer shall maintain records
indicating such compliance in
accordance with the verification
procedure requirements in part 2,
subpart J of this chapter. For each M–
UDCP model, the manufacturer or
importer shall further submit
documentation verifying compliance
with M-Host UNI–DIR–PICS–IOI–
061101 to the testing laboratory
representing cable television system
operators serving a majority of the cable
television subscribers in the United
States.
47 CFR 76.1203 provides that a
multichannel video programming
distributor may restrict the attachment
or use of navigation devices with its
system in those circumstances where
electronic or physical harm would be
caused by the attachment or operation
of such devices or such devices that
assist or are intended or designed to
assist in the unauthorized receipt of
service. Such restrictions may be
accomplished by publishing and
providing to subscribers standards and
descriptions of devices that may not be
used with or attached to its system.
Such standards shall foreclose the
attachment or use only of such devices
as raise reasonable and legitimate
concerns of electronic or physical harm
or theft of service.
47 CFR 76.1205(a) states that
technical information concerning
interface parameters which are needed
to permit navigation devices to operate
with multichannel video programming
systems shall be provided by the system
operator upon request.
47 CFR 76.1205(b)(1) states a
multichannel video programming
provider that is subject to the
requirements of Section 76.1204(a)(1)
must provide the means to allow
subscribers to self-install the
CableCARD in a CableCARD-reliant
device purchased at retail and inform a
subscriber of this option when the
subscriber requests a CableCARD. This
requirement shall be effective August 1,
2011, if the MVPD allows its subscribers
to self-install any cable modems or
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operator-leased set-top boxes and
November 1, 2011 if the MVPD does not
allow its subscribers to self-install any
cable modems or operator-leased set-top
boxes.
47 CFR 76.1205(b)(1)(A) states that
this requirement shall not apply to cases
in which neither the manufacturer nor
the vendor of the CableCARD-reliant
device furnishes to purchasers
appropriate instructions for selfinstallation of a CableCARD, and a
manned toll-free telephone number to
answer consumer questions regarding
CableCARD installation but only for so
long as such instructions are not
furnished and the call center is not
offered.
The requirements contained in
Section 76.1205 are intended to ensure
that consumers are able to install
CableCARDs in the devices they
purchase because we have determined
this is essential to a functioning retail
market.
47 CFR 76.1205(b)(2) states effective
August 1, 2011, provide multi-stream
CableCARDs to subscribers, unless the
subscriber requests a single-stream
CableCARD. This requirement will
ensure that consumers have access to
CableCARDs that are compatible with
their retail devices, and can request
such devices from their cable operators.
47 CFR 76.1205(b)(5) requires to
separately disclose to consumers in a
conspicuous manner with written
information provided to customers in
accordance with Section 76.1602, with
written or oral information at consumer
request, and on websites or billing
inserts. This requirement is intended to
ensure that consumers understand that
retail options are available and that
cable operators are not subsidizing their
own devices with service fees in
violation of Section 629 of the Act.
47 CFR 76.1207 states that the
Commission may waive a regulation
related to Subpart P (‘‘Competitive
Availability of Navigation Devices’’) for
a limited time, upon an appropriate
showing by a provider of multichannel
video programming and other services
offered over multichannel video
programming systems, or an equipment
provider that such a waiver is necessary
to assist the development or
introduction of a new or improved
multichannel video programming or
other service offered over multichannel
video programming systems,
technology, or products. Such waiver
requests are to be made pursuant to 47
CFR 76.7.
47 CFR 76.1208 states that any
interested party may file a petition to
the Commission for a determination to
provide for a sunset of the navigation
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devices regulations on the basis that (1)
the market for multichannel video
distributors is fully competitive; (2) the
market for converter boxes, and
interactive communications equipment,
used in conjunction with that service is
fully competitive; and (3) elimination of
the regulations would promote
competition and the public interest.
47 CFR 15.118(a) and 47 CFR 15.19(d)
(label and information disclosure)—The
U.S. Bureau of the Census reports that,
at the end of 2002, there were 571 U.S.
establishments that manufacture audio
and visual equipment. These
manufacturers already have in place
mechanisms for labeling equipment and
including consumer disclosures in the
form of owners’ manuals and brochures
in equipment packaging. The
Commission estimate that
manufacturers who voluntarily decide
to label their equipment will need no
more than 5 hours to develop a label or
to develop wording for a consumer
disclosure for owners’ manuals/
brochures to be included with the
device. Once developed, we do not
anticipate any ongoing burden
associated with the revision/
modification of the label, if used, or the
disclosure.
Status Reports—Periodic reports are
required from large cable multiple
system operators detailing CableCARD
deployment/support for navigation
devices. (This requirement is specified
in FCC 05–76, CS Docket No. 97–80).
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1199; FRS 16778]
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
SUMMARY:
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Comments are requested concerning:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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 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 July 20, 2020.
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 contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1199.
Title: Section 15.407(j), U–NII
Operator Filing Requirement.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 9 respondents; 9 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 32
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
one-time reporting requirement,
recordkeeping and third-party
disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this Information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections
154(i), 302, 303, 303(r), and 307.
Total Annual Burden: 288 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0849, FR No. 16769]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collections. Comments are requested
concerning: 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; the
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
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information collected; 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
ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before July 20, 2020.
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 below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) 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 OMB
control number.
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and
as required by the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invites
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity
to comment on the following information collections. Comments are
requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
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 ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0849.
Title: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices.
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: 962 respondents; 65,252
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.00278 hours-40 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement; Annual
reporting requirement; Semi-annual reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority is contained in Sections 4(i), 303(r) and 629 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 15,921 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,990.
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: The information collection requirements contained
in the collection are as follows: 47 CFR 15.123(c)(3) states subsequent
to the testing of its initial unidirectional digital cable product
model, a manufacturer or importer is not required to have other models
of unidirectional digital cable products tested at a qualified test
facility for compliance with the procedures of Uni-Dir-PICS-I01-030903:
``Uni-Directional Receiving Device: Conformance Checklist: PICS
Proforma'' (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 15.38) unless the
first model tested was not a television, in which event the first
television shall be tested as provided in Sec. 15.123(c)(1). The
manufacturer or importer shall ensure that all subsequent models of
unidirectional digital cable products comply with the procedures in the
Uni-Dir-PICS-I01-030903: ``Uni-Directional Receiving Device:
Conformance Checklist: PICS Proforma'' (incorporated by reference, see
Sec. 15.38) and all other applicable rules and standards. The
manufacturer or importer shall maintain records indicating such
compliance in accordance with the verification procedure requirements
in part 2, subpart J of this chapter. The manufacturer or importer
shall further submit documentation verifying compliance with the
procedures in the Uni-Dir-PICS-I01-030903: ``Uni-Directional Receiving
Device: Conformance Checklist: PICS Proforma'' (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 15.38) to the testing laboratory representing
cable television system operators serving a majority of the cable
television subscribers in the United States.
47 CFR 15.123(c)(5)(iii) states subsequent to the successful
testing of its initial M-UDCP, a manufacturer or importer is not
required to have other M-UDCP models tested at a qualified test
facility for compliance with M-Host UNI-DIR-PICS-IOI-061101
(incorporated by reference, see Sec. 15.38) unless the first model
tested was not a television, in which event the first television shall
be tested as provided in Sec. 15.123(c)(5)(i). The manufacturer or
importer shall ensure that all subsequent models of M-UDCPs comply with
M-Host UNI-DIR-PICS-IOI-061101 (incorporated by reference, see Sec.
15.38) and all other applicable rules and standards. The manufacturer
or importer shall maintain records indicating such compliance in
accordance with the verification procedure requirements in part 2,
subpart J of this chapter. For each M-UDCP model, the manufacturer or
importer shall further submit documentation verifying compliance with
M-Host UNI-DIR-PICS-IOI-061101 to the testing laboratory representing
cable television system operators serving a majority of the cable
television subscribers in the United States.
47 CFR 76.1203 provides that a multichannel video programming
distributor may restrict the attachment or use of navigation devices
with its system in those circumstances where electronic or physical
harm would be caused by the attachment or operation of such devices or
such devices that assist or are intended or designed to assist in the
unauthorized receipt of service. Such restrictions may be accomplished
by publishing and providing to subscribers standards and descriptions
of devices that may not be used with or attached to its system. Such
standards shall foreclose the attachment or use only of such devices as
raise reasonable and legitimate concerns of electronic or physical harm
or theft of service.
47 CFR 76.1205(a) states that technical information concerning
interface parameters which are needed to permit navigation devices to
operate with multichannel video programming systems shall be provided
by the system operator upon request.
47 CFR 76.1205(b)(1) states a multichannel video programming
provider that is subject to the requirements of Section 76.1204(a)(1)
must provide the means to allow subscribers to self-install the
CableCARD in a CableCARD-reliant device purchased at retail and inform
a subscriber of this option when the subscriber requests a CableCARD.
This requirement shall be effective August 1, 2011, if the MVPD allows
its subscribers to self-install any cable modems or
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operator-leased set-top boxes and November 1, 2011 if the MVPD does not
allow its subscribers to self-install any cable modems or operator-
leased set-top boxes.
47 CFR 76.1205(b)(1)(A) states that this requirement shall not
apply to cases in which neither the manufacturer nor the vendor of the
CableCARD-reliant device furnishes to purchasers appropriate
instructions for self-installation of a CableCARD, and a manned toll-
free telephone number to answer consumer questions regarding CableCARD
installation but only for so long as such instructions are not
furnished and the call center is not offered.
The requirements contained in Section 76.1205 are intended to
ensure that consumers are able to install CableCARDs in the devices
they purchase because we have determined this is essential to a
functioning retail market.
47 CFR 76.1205(b)(2) states effective August 1, 2011, provide
multi-stream CableCARDs to subscribers, unless the subscriber requests
a single-stream CableCARD. This requirement will ensure that consumers
have access to CableCARDs that are compatible with their retail
devices, and can request such devices from their cable operators.
47 CFR 76.1205(b)(5) requires to separately disclose to consumers
in a conspicuous manner with written information provided to customers
in accordance with Section 76.1602, with written or oral information at
consumer request, and on websites or billing inserts. This requirement
is intended to ensure that consumers understand that retail options are
available and that cable operators are not subsidizing their own
devices with service fees in violation of Section 629 of the Act.
47 CFR 76.1207 states that the Commission may waive a regulation
related to Subpart P (``Competitive Availability of Navigation
Devices'') for a limited time, upon an appropriate showing by a
provider of multichannel video programming and other services offered
over multichannel video programming systems, or an equipment provider
that such a waiver is necessary to assist the development or
introduction of a new or improved multichannel video programming or
other service offered over multichannel video programming systems,
technology, or products. Such waiver requests are to be made pursuant
to 47 CFR 76.7.
47 CFR 76.1208 states that any interested party may file a petition
to the Commission for a determination to provide for a sunset of the
navigation devices regulations on the basis that (1) the market for
multichannel video distributors is fully competitive; (2) the market
for converter boxes, and interactive communications equipment, used in
conjunction with that service is fully competitive; and (3) elimination
of the regulations would promote competition and the public interest.
47 CFR 15.118(a) and 47 CFR 15.19(d) (label and information
disclosure)--The U.S. Bureau of the Census reports that, at the end of
2002, there were 571 U.S. establishments that manufacture audio and
visual equipment. These manufacturers already have in place mechanisms
for labeling equipment and including consumer disclosures in the form
of owners' manuals and brochures in equipment packaging. The Commission
estimate that manufacturers who voluntarily decide to label their
equipment will need no more than 5 hours to develop a label or to
develop wording for a consumer disclosure for owners' manuals/brochures
to be included with the device. Once developed, we do not anticipate
any ongoing burden associated with the revision/modification of the
label, if used, or the disclosure.
Status Reports--Periodic reports are required from large cable
multiple system operators detailing CableCARD deployment/support for
navigation devices. (This requirement is specified in FCC 05-76, CS
Docket No. 97-80).
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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