Media Bureau 2007 Headline Archives

12/31/07
Granted Transfer of TV Licensee Subsidiaries of ION Media Networks From Paxson to CIG Media.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/18/07
FCC Adopts Localism Proposals to Ensure Programming Is Responsive to Needs of Local Communities.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

12/18/07
FCC Adopts Rules to Promote Video Programming Diversity By Ensuring New Video Programmers Can Enter And Compete in Video Market.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

11/30/07
WGN Continental Broadcasting Company.
Text (LETTER): Word | Acrobat

11/27/07
FCC Adopts 13th Annual Report to Congress on Video Competition and Notice of Inquiry for the 14th Annual Report.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement (on Annual Report): Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement (on NOI): Word | Acrobat

11/27/07
FCC Requires Television Broadcasters to Provide More Local Programming Information to the Public.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

11/23/07
Media Bureau Announces Agenda and Witnesses for Public Forum on WWOR-TV License Renewal in New Jersey.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Transcript of Public Forum Comments: Word | Acrobat

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

11/13/07
Joint Statement by Commissioners Copps and Adelstein on Chairman Martin's Cross-Ownership Proposal.
Word | Acrobat

11/13/07
Chairman Martin Proposes Revision to the Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rule.
News Release: Acrobat

11/08/07
FCC Announces Public Forum on WWOR-TV License Renewal in New Jersey.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

11/08/07
FCC Announces Agenda and Witnesses for Public Hearing on Media Ownership in Seattle, Washington.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

11/2/07
FCC Announces Public Hearing on Media Ownership in Seattle, Washington.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Copps & Adelstein Joint Statement: Word | Acrobat

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

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

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

10/19/07
Media Bureau to Extend Window for NCE FM New Station and Major Change Applications.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

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

10/16/07
Media Bureau Issued a Second Protective Order Expanding Scope of Access to Materials Relating to Study 6 of the Commission's Media Ownership Studies.
Order: Word | Acrobat

10/12/07
Media Bureau Denies Motions of the Diversity and Competition Supporters and of the National Association of Broadcasters to Extend Deadline for Filing Reply Comments in Response to Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Media Ownership Proceeding.
Order: Word | Acrobat

10/10/07
FCC Adopts Limit for NCE FM New Station Applications in October 12 - October 19, 2007 Window.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

10/5/07
Citicasters Licenses, L.P.
Letter: Word | Acrobat

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

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

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

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

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

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

9/5/07
FCC's Media Bureau Adopts Procedures for Public Access to Data Sets Underlying Economic Studies for 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review of Commission's Media Ownership Rules.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Order: Word | Acrobat

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

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

9/4/07
FCC Announces Details for Public Hearing on Media Ownership in Chicago, Illinois.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

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

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

8/15/07
Amendment of Service and Eligibility Rules for FM Broadcast Translators.
NPRM: Word | Acrobat

8/9/07
FCC Seeks Comment on Proposed Application Limit for NCE FM New Station Applications in October 12 - October 19, 2007, Window.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

8/9/07
Media Bureau Announces NCE FM New Station and Major Change Filing Procedures for October 12 - October 19, 2007 Window; Limited Application Filing Freeze to Commence on September 8, 2007.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

8/6/07
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Reference Information Center Petition for Rulemakings Filed. Nature of Petition: In the Matter of Petition for Rulemaking of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council; to Facilitate the Entry of Small Businesses into Local Radio Markets.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

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

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

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

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

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

7/31/07
FCC Seeks Comment on Research Studies on Media Ownership.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Studies: Links to All 10 Studies

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

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

7/26/07
Media Bureau Announces Permit-But-Disclose Ex Parte Status for License Application Filed by Marcia Cohen.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

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

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

7/19/07
FCC Announces Public Hearing On Media Ownership In Chicago, Illinois.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

7/13/07
Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the NPRM Regarding Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Licenses, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. Comments Due: 08/13/2007. Reply Comments Due: 08/27/2007.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

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

7/5/07
Comment Sought Concerning Application of Political Programming Regulations to Internet "Airtime Sales Programs."
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6/8/07
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., Pleading Cycle Established.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

6/8/07
FCC Announces Localism Hearing in Portland, Maine on June 28.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

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

5/18/07
Commission Acts on Requests Filed by 145 Television Stations Seeking Additional Time to Complete Construction of Their DTV Facilities.
Order: Word | Acrobat

5/18/07
Commission Acts on 192 DTV Build-Out-Requests for Waiver of the July 1, 2005 and July 1, 2006 "Use or Lose" Deadlines.
Order: Word | Acrobat

5/4/07
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on Integrated Set-Top Boxes.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order (Charter Communications): Word | Acrobat
Order (GCI Cable): Word | Acrobat
Order (Millennium Telcom): Word | Acrobat

5/3/07
FCC Requires Retailers to Fully Inform Consumers about Analog TV Equipment Limitations as Transition to Digital Approaches.
Order: Word | Acrobat
News Release (4/25/07): Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

4/26/07
REVISED - FCC Announces Agenda for Public Hearing on Media Ownership in Tampa-St. Petersburg Florida
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/25/07
FCC Requires Retailers to Fully Inform Consumers about Analog TV Equipment Limitations as Transition to Digital Approaches.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order: (5/3/07) Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

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

4/13/07
FCC Announces Details for Public Hearing on Media Ownership in Tampa-St. Petersburg Florida.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

4/4/07
Media Bureau Announces NCE FM New Station and Major Modification Application Filing Window for New and Certain Pending Proposals; Window to Open on October 12, 2007.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/30/07
Media Bureau Grants Time Warner Cable Inc. an Additional Extension of Time to Comply with the Requirements of the Commission's Cable/SMATV Cross-Ownership Rule at Section 76.501.
Order: Word | Acrobat

3/28/07
AM and FM Lists of Community of License Minor Change Radio Applications Are Now Available. Click on the AM or FM links for lists of applications filed pursuant to the new streamlined procedures adopted by the Commission in Revision of Procedures Governing Amendments to FM Table of Allotments and Changes of Community of License in the Radio Broadcast Services. MB Docket 05-210.
R&O: Word | Acrobat

3/27/07
FCC Approves Transfer of Univision Communications Inc., and Enters into $24 Million Consent Decree with Univision Concerning Children's Programming Requirements.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/22/07
FCC Approves Citadel/Disney Radio Transaction.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/22/07
FCC Evaluates 76 Noncommercial Educational FM Application Groups.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/20/07
Children's Television Obligations of Commercial Television Broadcasters-Postponement of the Filing Window for Revised FCC Form 398 for the First Quarter of 2007.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/19/07
Task Force on Media and Child Obesity Announces Agenda for March 21, 2007 Meeting at 325 Russell Senate Office Building.

News Release: Word | Acrobat

3/13/07
FCC Announces Public Hearing on Media Ownership in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida Area.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/9/07
Electronic Filing of FCC Form 397 Is Now Available.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/2/07
FCC Denies Application for Review Opposing Assignment of KTFF(TV), Porterville, California from Paxson to Univision.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/1/07
FCC Revises the National Television Ownership Limit Contained in Section 73.3555 of the Commission’s Rules to Reflect Statutory 39% Cap.
Order: Word | Acrobat

2/21/07
News Corporation, The DIRECTV Group, Inc. and Liberty Media Corporation, Pleading Cycle Established.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

2/20/07
FCC Seeks Comment on Sunset of Program Access Exclusive Contract Prohibition.
NPRM: Word | Acrobat

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

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

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

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

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

1/9/07
Order Granting Extension of Time for Filing Comments and Reply Comments.
Order: Word | Acrobat

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

1/5/07
Media Bureau Grants Time Warner Cable Inc. a Further Extension of Time to Comply with the Requirements of the Commission's Cable/SMATV Cross-Ownership Rule at Section 76.501.
Order: Word | Acrobat

1/4/07
Media Bureau Denies Mediacom’s Emergency Retransmission Consent Complaint and Complaint for Enforcement for Failure to Negotiate Retransmission Consent Rights in Good Faith against Sinclair.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat

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