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                                                     DA 01-2239
                                  Released:  September 26, 2001
                                                               
                                                               
                  CABLE SERVICES BUREAU ACTION
Effective Date of Cable Digital Must Carry Rule Provisions                                                       
                Requiring OMB Approval          
CS Docket Nos. 98-120, 00-96, 00-2                                                         

     On January 23, 2001, the Commission, in CS Docket Nos. 98-120, 00-96 and 00-2, released a
Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 01-22, 16 FCC Rcd 2598 (2001))
adopting rules to require cable systems to carry digital-only local television broadcast stations and
provide for retransmission consent agreements covering digital signals.  The rules were published in the
Federal Register at 66 FR 16533 (Mar. 26, 2001). The new rule provisions include:  carriage obligations
for new digital-only stations and stations that return analog spectrum; retransmission consent agreements
involving digital signals; cable channel capacity calculations; determination of "good quality signal" in
the digital context; and channel positioning for digital signals.  The new and amended rule sections
contained information collection requirements that required approval from the Office of Management
and Budget ("OMB") before they could become effective.  OMB approved the information collection
requirements on September 14, 2001 (see OMB No. 3060-0844).  Accordingly, the revised provisions of
Sections 76.5(b), 76.56(e), 76.57, 76.62, 76.64, 76.922, and 76.1603(c) became effective upon
publication of the notice of OMB approval in the Federal Register on September 25, 2001 (66 FR
48981). 


Media Contact:  Michelle Russo 202-418-2358 
Cable Services Bureau Contact:  Eloise Gore 202-418-7200, TTY 202-418-7172.         
 
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