In this document, the Commission initiates a review to determine whether the prohibition on exclusive programming contracts continues to be necessary to preserve and protect competition and diversity in the distribution of video programming. Previously, the Commission retained for five years, until October 5, 2007, the prohibition on exclusive

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In this document, the Commission adopts rules and provides guidance to implement section 621(a)(1) of the Communications Act. The Commission solicited and reviewed comments on this section and found that to promote the federal goals of enhanced cable competition and accelerated broadband development, the Commission's rules regarding the local

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In this document, the Commission adopts rules and provides guidance to implement section 621(a)(1) of the Communications Act. The Commission solicited and reviewed comments on this section and found [[Page 13190]]
that the current operation of the local franchising process in many jurisdictions constitutes an unreasonable barrier to entry that

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The Media Bureau extends the comment and reply comment deadlines on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPRM'') on revisions to the Commission's program access and retransmission consent rules and whether it may be appropriate to preclude the practice of programmers to tie desired programming with undesired
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programming. To

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In this document, the Commission seeks comment on its proposal to apply the findings in Implementation of Section 621(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 as amended by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, MB Docket No. 05311, FCC 06180, Report & Order, (``Order'') to cable operators that have

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In this document, the Commission takes steps to encourage greater competition in the market for the delivery of multichannel video programming by soliciting comment on the use of exclusive contracts for the provision of video services to multiple dwelling units (``MDUs'') or other real estate developments. The Commission also seeks comment on

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In this document, the Commission seeks comment on the obligations of cable operators under Sections 614 (establishing mandatory carriage rights for local commercial television stations) and 615 (establishing mandatory carriage rights for noncommercial educational television stations) of the Communications Act of 1934 concerning the carriage of

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In this document, the Commission seeks comment on proposed rules and guidance to
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implement sections 612 and 616 of the Communications Act. In the context of its review of recent merger transactions and comments filed in its Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, the

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In this document, the Commission takes steps to ensure that equipment used to access video programming and other services offered by cable television systems are available to consumers at retail. Specifically, the Commission seeks comment on proposed standards for this bidirectional capability, the absence of which may discourage some consumers

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This document announces the effective dates of rules published in the Federal Register on March 21, 2007. The rules relate to section 621 of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 541, which prohibits franchising authorities from unreasonably refusing to award competitive franchises for the provision of cable services.

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In this document, the Commission eliminates barriers to competitive entry in multiple dwelling units (MDUs) and in multiunit premises, when a new entrant seeks to compete against an incumbent provider. The Commission concluded that cutting and repairing sheet rock adds significantly to the physical difficulty and cost of wiring an MDU. In this

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In this document, the Commission retains for five years the prohibition on exclusive contracts for satellite cable programming and satellite broadcast programming between vertically integrated programming vendors and cable operators and modifies the procedures for resolving program access disputes.

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In this document, the Commission seeks comment on revisions to the Commission's program access and retransmission consent rules and whether it may be appropriate to preclude the practice of programmers to tie desired programming with undesired programming. In the NPRM, the Commission also seeks comment on whether to revise its procedures for

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