Goto Section: 76.1301 | 76.1400 | Table of Contents
FCC 76.1302
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 76.1302 Carriage agreement proceedings.
(a) Complaints. Any video programming vendor or multichannel video
programming distributor aggrieved by conduct that it believes constitute a
violation of the regulations set forth in this subpart may commence an
adjudicatory proceeding at the Commission to obtain enforcement of the rules
through the filing of a complaint. The complaint shall be filed and
responded to in accordance with the procedures specified in Sec. 76.7 of this
part with the following additions or changes:
(b) Prefiling notice required. Any aggrieved video programming vendor or
multichannel video programming distributor intending to file a complaint
under this section must first notify the potential defendant multichannel
video programming distributor that it intends to file a complaint with the
Commission based on actions alleged to violate one or more of the provisions
contained in Sec. 76.1301 of this part. The notice must be sufficiently detailed
so that its recipient(s) can determine the specific nature of the potential
complaint. The potential complainant must allow a minimum of ten (10) days
for the potential defendant(s) to respond before filing a complaint with the
Commission.
(c) Contents of complaint. In addition to the requirements of Sec. 76.7 of this
part, a carriage agreement complaint shall contain:
(1) The type of multichannel video programming distributor that describes
complainant, the address and telephone number of the complainant, and the
address and telephone number of each defendant;
(2) Evidence that supports complainant's belief that the defendant, where
necessary, meets the attribution standards for application of the carriage
agreement regulations;
(3) For complaints alleging a violation of Sec. 76.1301(c) of this part,
evidence that supports complainant's claim that the effect of the conduct
complained of is to unreasonably restrain the ability of the complainant to
compete fairly.
(4) The complaint must be accompanied by appropriate evidence demonstrating
that the required notification pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section has
been made.
(d) Answer. (1) Any multichannel video programming distributor upon which a
carriage agreement complaint is served under this section shall answer
within thirty (30) days of service of the complaint, unless otherwise
directed by the Commission.
(2) The answer shall address the relief requested in the complaint,
including legal and documentary support, for such response, and may include
an alternative relief proposal without any prejudice to any denials or
defenses raised.
(e) Reply. Within twenty (20) days after service of an answer, unless
otherwise directed by the Commission, the complainant may file and serve a
reply which shall be responsive to matters contained in the answer and shall
not contain new matters.
(f) Time limit on filing of complaints. Any complaint filed pursuant to this
subsection must be filed within one year of the date on which one of the
following events occurs:
(1) The multichannel video programming distributor enters into a contract
with a video programming distributor that a party alleges to violate one or
more of the rules contained in this section; or
(2) The multichannel video programming distributor offers to carry the video
programming vendor's programming pursuant to terms that a party alleges to
violate one or more of the rules contained in this section, and such offer
to carry programming is unrelated to any existing contract between the
complainant and the multichannel video programming distributor; or
(3) A party has notified a multichannel video programming distributor that
it intends to file a complaint with the Commission based on violations of
one or more of the rules contained in this section.
(g) Remedies for violations —(1) Remedies authorized. Upon completion of
such adjudicatory proceeding, the Commission shall order appropriate
remedies, including, if necessary, mandatory carriage of a video programming
vendor's programming on defendant's video distribution system, or the
establishment of prices, terms, and conditions for the carriage of a video
programming vendor's programming. Such order shall set forth a timetable for
compliance, and shall become effective upon release, unless any order of
mandatory carriage would require the defendant multichannel video
programming distributor to delete existing programming from its system to
accommodate carriage of a video programming vendor's programming. In such
instances, if the defendant seeks review of the staff, or administrative law
judge decision, the order for carriage of a video programming vendor's
programming will not become effective unless and until the decision of the
staff or administrative law judge is upheld by the Commission. If the
Commission upholds the remedy ordered by the staff or administrative law
judge in its entirety, the defendant will be required to carry the video
programming vendor's programming for an additional period equal to the time
elapsed between the staff or administrative law judge decision and the
Commission's ruling, on the terms and conditions approved by the Commission.
(2) Additional sanctions. The remedies provided in paragraph (g)(1) of this
section are in addition to and not in lieu of the sanctions available under
title V or any other provision of the Communications Act.
[ 64 FR 6574 , Feb. 10, 1999]
Goto Section: 76.1301 | 76.1400
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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