Report No. CS 97-29              CABLE SERVICES ACTION           October 31, 1997 

      COMMISSION ADOPTS RESOLUTION OF CABLE RATE COMPLAINTS
           INVOLVING CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
           SYSTEMS IN THE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AREA

     The Commission has adopted a Resolution covering 280 cable television rate complaints
involving Century Communications Corporation ("Century") systems operating in the Los Angeles
area.  The Resolution covers the period from September 1, 1993 to August 31, 1997 and affects
approximately 177,000 subscribers.

     Century will adjust its rates for both basic service and cable programming service and
provide refunds for past overcharges, subject to the right of local franchising authorities to opt out
of the basic service refunds and rate reductions.  Under the Resolution:

         Century will make $4.592 million in refunds for its systems serving Beverly Hills, Los
     Angeles, Santa Monica, and West Hollywood, California.  This refund liability is
     calculated through August 1997.  Additional amounts continue to accrue until Century
     adjusts its rates as provided in the Resolution.

         Century must convert its a la carte Century Select services to fully regulated cable
     programming service tiers and include all but four of the Century Select channels in the
     count of regulated channels.  The four excluded channels would be priced at the regulated
     rate for the duration of rate regulation.

         Century will reduce the rates for its basic service tiers in Bell Canyon, Beverly Hills, Los
     Angeles, Marina Del Rey, Santa Monica, and West Hollywood, California.  Century will
     also defer some of otherwise permitted rate increases for 12 months for its cable
     programming service tiers.  For most subscribers the combined rates for basic and cable
     programming service tiers will decrease.  The combined rates will decrease by $1.76 for
     Beverly Hills; $0.29 for Los Angeles Area F; $1.01 for Marina Del Rey; $1.86 for Santa
     Monica; and $3.27 for West Hollywood.

         Local franchising authorities may elect to opt out of the refunds.  The opt out provision
     is included because the Resolution involves rates and refunds for the basic service tier as
     well as for the cable programming service tier.  If a franchising authority opts out, basic
     service tier rate decreases for that franchise area will not take effect without a local rate
     order.  Franchising authorities are bound by the channel counts agreed to under the
     Resolution.

         While not yielding opt out rights, local franchising authorities elected to participate in the
     Resolution.

         Century is entitled to increase prices in the future to include increases in external costs and
     inflation adjustments allowed by the Commission's rules.

     Cable Services Bureau Chief Meredith J. Jones said, "I am pleased that we are able to
resolve the issues in these cases with refunds and lower rates for consumers."

     Action by the Commission, October 29, 1997, by Order (FCC 97-393).  Chairman Hundt,
Commissioners Quello, Ness, and Chong.

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