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Washington, D.C. 200365304 Dear Mr. Ruger: This letter is in response to your inquiry of January 3, 1994 on behalf of Home and Garden  Y-Television Network ("HGTV") requesting clarification of the new "going forward" rules XY-ԍ See Sixth Order on Reconsideration, Fifth Report and Order, and Seventh Notice of  XD-Proposed Rulemaking (the "Going Forward Order"), MM Docket Nos. 92266 and 93215, FCC 94286 (released November 18, 1994).  as they relate to new product tiers ("NPTs"). You note that, subject to certain conditions, the Cable Services Bureau has waived the notice requirements contained in Sections 76.964 and 76.309(c)(3)(i)(B) of the Commission's rules for new programming channels added to cable  Y-programming service tiers ("CPSTs") in the first quarter of 1995.O X-ԍ See In re Cox Communications, DA 941568 (Cable Services Bureau, adopted December 20, 1994). You ask whether that waiver is applicable to channels added to NPTs during the same period. You suggest that extending the waiver to NPTs would be justified because Section 76.987(a) of the Commission's rules defines an NPT as a type of CPST. You also suggest that since Section 76.987(c) expressly contemplates offering a programming service on both a CPST and an NPT, it would be incongruous for an operator to be able to utilize the above Y-described waiver for channels added to CPSTs, X$-ԍxSee In re Cox Communications, DA 941568 (Cable Services Bureau, adopted December 20, 1994). but not when the same channels are added to NPTs. We find these arguments persuasive. " *C'C'"Ԍ " ***v "ԌWe therefore waive the notice requirements contained in Sections 76.964 and 76.309(c)(3)(i)(B) of the Commission's rules with respect to the addition of new programming channels to NPTs in the first quarter of 1995. We condition this waiver, however, on the company providing notice through alternative means substantially similar to  Y-those described in the Disney Letter,v X-ԍxSee In re The Disney Channel, DA 941346 (Cable Services Bureau, adopted November 30, 1994). which incorporates by reference conditions in the  Y-November 23 letter from Disney to Cable Services Bureau,ydv Y -ԍ#Xw PE37}XP# Letter from Frederick Kuperberg, Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, the Disney Channel, to Meredith J. Jones, Chief, Cable Services Bureau (November 23, 1994). Subsequent to our issuance of the Disney letter, the Bureau issued a blanket waiver for the addition of new channels before January 1, 1995, so long as the terms and  YG -conditions set forth in the Disney letter were met.  See In re E! Entertainment Television,  Y2-Inc., DA 941474 (Cable Services Bureau, adopted December 13, 1994). and no less likely to come to the attention of a substantial number of viewers. Those conditions are weekly newspaper  Y_-advertisements in a major newspaper or newspapers with circulation throughout each affected cable community, onscreen messages on a daily basis, notifying local franchising authorities as soon as practicable, and written notice to subscribers beginning no later than 15 days after  Y -the channel addition. v Yp- #Xw PE37}XP# We note that we have previously granted waivers of our notice provisions in transitional situations where the cable operator provides similar substitute advance notice.  YC-See, e.g., In re fX (released May 9, 1994) (providing limited waiver of notice provisions in 47 C.F.R.  76.964 and 76.309(c)(3) as applied to the launch of the new fX channel).  Our notification rules are intended in part to provide subscribers with the opportunity to cancel any service they no longer wish to receive due to a rate or service change. Therefore as a further condition of the waiver, we require that if any subscriber cancels his or her subscription to the relevant NPT within thirty days after the date of the first bill reflecting the increased rate, the operator must refund to that subscriber the incremental dollar amount attributable to the addition of new programming channel(s) to the NPT added pursuant to this waiver through the date the subscriber cancels the NPT. This waiver applies to new channels added to a system's offerings, as well as to channels previously offered on the system on an a la carte basis. This is a blanket waiver which is applicable to all similarly situated operators seeking to add services to NPTs as described above. xFinally, we note that this waiver does not affect obligations of cable operators other than those specifically included in this letter. Thus, for example, operators adding channels to NPTs remain obligated (a) to affirmatively market the NPTs where required pursuant to "*C'C'"Ԍ Section 76.987(b)(3) of the Commission's rules and (b) to file rate cards and copies of customer notifications with the Commission pursuant to Section 76.987(g). x` `  hh@Sincerely, x` `  hh@Meredith J. Jones x` `  hh@Chief  Y -x` `  hh@Cable Services Bureau