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                       CABLE SERVICES BUREAU ACTION          March 24, 2000

      PETITION FOR SPECIAL RELIEF SEEKING COMMISSION ORDER
    TO DISCONTINUE STRIPPING INFORMATION FROM BROADCAST VBI
                           CSR 5528-Z

Pursuant to Section 76.7 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  76.7, Gemstar International Group,
Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Gemstar Development Corp. (collectively "Gemstar") filed a petition for
special relief asking the Commission to order Time Warner Cable ("Time Warner") to discontinue removing
data provided by Gemstar in the vertical blanking interval (VBI) of local broadcast television stations carried
on Time Warner's cable systems. 

     For purposes of the Commission's ex parte rules, this proceeding will be considered as non-restricted
pursuant to Section 1.1206 of the Commission's rules ("Permit-but-disclose proceeding")

Comments and oppositions to Gemstar's petition must be filed within 20 days of the release of this
public notice.  Replies are due 10 days thereafter.  All filings should reference the case identifier assigned to
this proceeding, CSR 5528-Z.

The petition is available for public inspection in the Commission's Reference Information Center: 

445 12th Street, S.W.
Room CY A-257
Washington, D.C. 20554
202-418-7092

Copies of the Petition and other pleadings are available for purchase from:

     ITS, Inc. 
     1231 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
202-857-3800 (p)
202-857-3805 (f)
http://www/itsdoc.com

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