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FOR RECORD ONLY                         
                                                  DA 95-398
                                Before the
                     Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C.  20554

     
In the Matter of                        )
                                   )
TELEPHONE COMPANY-                 )         CC Docket No. 87-266
CABLE TELEVISION                   )
Cross-Ownership Rules,                  )    
Sections 63.54-63.58                    )


                                   ORDER

Adopted:  March 1, 1995                                       Released:   March 1, 1995

Comment Date:  March 21, 1995

Reply Date:  April 11, 1995

By the Chief, Policy and Program Planning Division:  


          1.   On February 28, 1995, Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., and National
Broadcasting Company, Inc. (Joint Parties) filed a request for extension of time to file comments
in response to the Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the above-captioned
proceeding.  Comments are scheduled to be filed by March 6, 1995, and reply comments are
scheduled to be filed by March 27, 1995.  The Joint Parties request that the deadline for filing
comments be extended thirty days, until April 6, 1995. 

          2.   The Joint Parties state that additional time is necessary to allow them to
fully address the issues raised in this proceeding.  The Joint Parties state that they have not
previously participated in the video dialtone proceedings, and that the NPRM raises issues that
now require their participation.  They argue that in view of the complexity of the questions
raised by the NPRM and the importance of developing a complete record, an extension of thirty
days will permit them to more fully address the issues, which they will be addressing for the
first time.  

          3.   We do not routinely grant extensions of time.    In this case, however,
we believe that the Joint Parties' input in this proceeding is important.  Therefore, in the interest
of allowing all parties to more fully address the issues raised in this proceeding,  we are willing
to grant parties an extension of time in which to file comments and replies.  Given that a number
of Section 214 applicants propose to provide programming over their video dialtone systems,
however, it is critical that we resolve the issues raised in the NPRM as expeditiously as possible. 
We consequently believe that a thirty-day extension would result in excessive  delay.  Thus, we
grant all parties a fifteen-day extension of time for filing of comments, and extend the filing
dates for  comments until March 21, 1995, and  for reply comments until April 11, 1995. 

          4.   According, IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Parties' Request for Extension
of Time IS GRANTED to the extent provided herein, and otherwise IS DENIED.    

                                   Federal Communications Commission



                                   James D. Schlichting
                                   Chief, Policy and Program
                                   Planning Division
                                   Common Carrier Bureau