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Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of:                  )
                              )
Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast     )    CS Docket No. 98-120
Signals                            )
                                                            )
                              Amendments to Part 76                   )
of the Commission's Rules               )
                              )
Implementation of the Satellite Home         ) 
Viewer Improvement Act of 1999:         ) 
                              )
Local Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues       )    CS Docket No. 00-96 
                              )
Application of Network Non-Duplication, )    CS Docket No. 00-2 
Syndicated Exclusivity and Sports Blackout   ) 
Rules to Satellite Retransmission of         ) 
Broadcast Signals                  ) 


                                  ERRATUM

                                                       Released:  February 20, 2001

By the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau:

1.   This erratum corrects an error in the text and in Appendix D of the Report and Order
and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 01-22) in this proceeding released on January 23,
2001.  The text will be published as corrected in the Federal Register and in the FCC Record.

     2.   The released text of paragraph 103 is replaced with the following: 
          103. Rates.  As noted above, digital broadcast signal carriage also has
          potential consequences for the cable television rate regulation process.  In
          communities where there has not been a finding of effective competition or
          where there is local rate enforcement, rates for the basic service tier ("BST") are
          subject to regulation by local franchise authorities.  Regulated cable systems
          have established initial regulated rates using either the "benchmark" or "cost of
          service" methodologies pursuant to the Commission's rules.  Once initial rates
          are established, cable operators are permitted to adjust rates for changes in
          external costs and inflation.  Regulated cable operators seeking to adjust their
          BST rates to reflect these changes must justify rate increases using the applicable
          forms.  There are also cost pass-through mechanisms for defined categories of
          "external" costs, including franchise fees and certain local franchise costs, as
          well as fees paid for programming, retransmission consent, and copyright. 
          Compliance costs associated with must carry are not covered by the definition of
          external costs. 
     
3.   Appendix D is revised as shown on the attached.


                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                         William H. Johnson
                         Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau


                   APPENDIX D - Rule Changes

For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends Part
76  of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows: PART 76 --  Multichannel Video
and Cable Television Service.

1. The authority citation for Part 76 reads as follows:
AUTHORITY:  47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315, 317, 325,
336, 338, 339, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554,
556, 558, 560, 561, 571, 572, 573.

2. Section 76.5 is revised to read as follows:

 76.5 Definitions
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     (b) Television station; television broadcast station. Any television broadcast station operating on a
channel regularly assigned to its community by  73.606 or  73.622 of this chapter, and any television broadcast
station licensed by a foreign government: Provided, however, That a television broadcast station licensed by a
foreign government shall not be entitled to assert a claim to carriage, program exclusivity, or retransmission
consent authorization pursuant to subpart D or F of this part, but may otherwise be carried if consistent with the
rules on any service tier. Further provided that a television broadcast station operating on channels regularly
assigned to its community by both  73.606 and 73.622 of this chapter may assert a claim for carriage pursuant
to subpart D of this part only for a channel assigned pursuant to 73.606.

* * * * *

3.  Section 76.56 is revised to read as follows:    

76.56 Signal carriage obligations.

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(e) Carriage of additional broadcast television signals on such system shall be at the discretion of
the cable operator, subject to the retransmission consent rules,  76.64.  A cable system may also
carry any ancillary or other transmission contained in the broadcast television signal.
                                
4.  Section 76.57 is amended by redesignating paragraphs (c), (d), (e) as paragraphs (d), (e), (f);
adding a new paragraph (c); revising the newly redesignated paragraph (e), and the Note that
follows paragraph d is designated as "Note to  76.57" to read as follows:

76.57 Channel positioning

* * * * *

(c) With respect to digital signals of a television station carried in fulfillment of the must-carry obligations,
a cable operator shall carry the information necessary to identify and tune to the broadcast television signal.

* * * * *

(e) At the time a local commercial station elects must-carry status pursuant to  76.64, such station shall
notify the cable system of its choice of channel position as specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of this
section. A qualified NCE stations shall notify the cable system of its choice of channel position when it
requests carriage. Channel positioning requests from local commercial stations shall be fulfilled by the
cable operator no later than October 6, 1993.

* * * * *

5.  Section 76.62 is amended by revising paragraph (b) and adding paragraph (g) to read as follows:

76.62 Manner of carriage.

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(b) Each such television broadcast signal carried shall be carried without material degradation, and, for
analog signals, in compliance with technical standards set forth in subpart K of this part.

* * * * *

(g) With respect to carriage of digital signals, operators are not required to carry ancillary or supplementary
transmissions or non-program related video material.

6.  Section 76.64 is amended by revising paragraphs (f), (f)(4) and (k) to read as follows:    

 76.64 Retransmission consent.

* * * * *

(f) Commercial television stations are required to make elections between retransmission consent and must-
carry status according to the following schedule:

* * * * *
  
  . .(4) New television stations and stations that return their analog spectrum allocation and broadcast in
  digital only shall make their initial election any time between 60 days prior to commencing broadcast
  and 30 days after commencing broadcast or commencing broadcasting in digital only; such initial
  election shall take effect 90 days after it is made.

* * * * *

(k) Retransmission consent agreements between a broadcast station and a multichannel video programming
distributor shall be in writing and shall specify the extent of the consent being granted, whether for the
entire signal or any portion of the signal. This rule applies for either the analog or the digital signal of a
television station.

* * * * *

7.  Section 76.922 is amended by adding paragraph (f)(1)(vii) and revising paragraph (j)(1)  to read
as follows:

 76.922 Rates for the basic service tier and cable programming service tiers 

* * * * *

(f) * * * 
(vii) Headend equipment costs necessary for the carriage of digital broadcast signals.

* * * * * 

(j) Network upgrade rate increase. (1) Cable operators that undertake significant network upgrades
requiring added capital investment may justify an increase in rates for regulated services by demonstrating
that the capital investment will benefit subscribers, including providing television broadcast programming
in a digital format.

* * * * *

8.  Section 76.1603 is revised to read as follows:

76.1603    Customer service -- rate and service changes.

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     (c) In addition to the requirement of paragraph (b) of this section regarding advance notification to
customers of any changes in rates, programming services or channel positions, cable systems shall give 30
days written notice to both subscribers and local franchising authorities before implementing any rate or
service change.  Such notice shall state the precise amount of any rate change and briefly explain in readily
understandable fashion the cause of the rate change (e.g., inflation, change in external costs or the
addition/deletion of channels).  When the change involves the addition or deletion of channels, each channel
added or deleted must be separately identified.  For purposes of the carriage of digital broadcast signals, the
operator need only identify for subscribers, the television signal added and not whether that signal may be
multiplexed during certain dayparts.

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