FCC Web Documents citing 76.901

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  • 1995). 13 C.F.R. �121.201. 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 & 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV
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  • villages, school districts, and special districts with populations of less than 50,000). 5 U.S.C. �� 601(4)-(6). We do not collect annual revenue data on ITFS licensees. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization),'' Table 4 (issued October 2000). Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc.,
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  • Second Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 16436, 62 FR 55348 (October 24,1997). 13 CFR � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization),'' Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • industrial, or safety operations. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS codes 513322 (changed to 517212 in October of 2002). 13 CFR � 121.201, NAICS code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)'', Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Jackson, Assistant Administrator, Small Business Administration, dated July 28, 2000. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 517410. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 121.201, NAICS code 517110. Trends in Telephone Service, Table 5.3. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Establishment and Firm Size (including Legal Form of Organization), Table 4, NAICS code 513220. Id. See U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Industry Series: ``Information,'' Table 2, Comparative Statistics for the United States (1997 NAICS Basis): 2002 and 1997, NAICS code 513220 (issued Nov. 2004). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution''; http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution''; http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • (This category will be changed for purposes of the 2007 Census to ``Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' NAICS code 517110.). U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 21.103(a)(1). . See generally 5 U.S.C. �� 601(4), (6). . . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • visited July 25, 2007). See Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, Thirteenth Annual Report, 24 FCC Rcd 542, 684, Table B-1 (2009) (``13th Annual Report''). OPASTCO reports that fewer than 3 percent of its members provide service under OVS certification. See id. at 607, � 135 n.473. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • visited July 25, 2007). See Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, Thirteenth Annual Report, 24 FCC Rcd 542, 684, Table B-1 (2009) (``13th Annual Report''). OPASTCO reports that fewer than 3 percent of its members provide service under OVS certification. See id. at 607, � 135 n.473. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Id. See http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?code=517919&search=200 7%20NAICS%20Search (last visited May 11, 2011). See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en (last visited May 11, 2011). See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en (last visited May 11, 2011). See U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110 (last visited May 11, 2011). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (NAICS code 517110). See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en (last visited May 11, 2011). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). See Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 at C-2 (2009) (data current as of Dec.
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  • 13 C.F.R 121.201. 15. USC 632. Id. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110 (2007). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS code 5171102 (issued Nov. 2010). See id. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 para. 28 (1995). These
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  • that there are 67.7 million cable subscribers in the United States using the most reliable source publicly available. See Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, CS Docket No. 00-132, Seventh Annual Report, FCC 01-1 (released January 8, 2001), Table C-1. For purposes of defining a small cable operator under section 76.901(f), 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f), a cable operator that serves fewer than 677,000 subscribers, either directly or through affiliates, will meet the definition of a small cable operator. Section 76.901(f) of the Commission's rules defines a small cable operator as an operator that, directly or through an affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than 1 percent of all subscribers in the
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  • See 47 C.F.R. � 76.12. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. �� 76.605(a)(11) & 76.610-76.617. 47 C.F.R. � 76.5(a). We also treat, for certain CLI testing purposes, as a single system multiple coaxial cable strands that are not mechanically connected to, but technically integrated with a common headend; for example, those connected by microwave link. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.5(kk), 76.601(c)(1), & 76.901(c). 3. Id. Id. Petition, at 4. Time Warner Cable � 6. 47 C.F.R. � 76.1610. (...continued from previous page) (continued...) Federal Communications Commission DA 01-1778 Federal Communications Commission DA 01-1778 � � � � @& �0� �0� �0� �0� �0� �0� ��� � �
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  • See 47 C.F.R. � 76.12. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. �� 76.605(a)(11) & 76.610-76.617. 47 C.F.R. � 76.5(a). We also treat, for certain CLI testing purposes, as a single system multiple coaxial cable strands that are not mechanically connected to, but technically integrated with a common headend; for example, those connected by microwave link. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.5(kk), 76.601(c)(1), & 76.901(c). 3. Id. Petition, at 3. Time Warner Cable � 6. 47 C.F.R. � 76.1610. (...continued from previous page) (continued...) Federal Communications Commission DA 01-1779 Federal Communications Commission DA 01-1779 � � � � @& �0� �0� �0� �0� �0� �0� ��� � �
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  • See 47 C.F.R. � 76.12. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. �� 76.605(a)(11) & 76.610-76.617. 47 C.F.R. � 76.5(a). We also treat, for certain CLI testing purposes, as a single system multiple coaxial cable strands that are not mechanically connected to, but technically integrated with a common headend; for example, those connected by microwave link. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.5(kk), 76.601(c)(1), & 76.901(c). Petition, at 2. Petition, at 3. Id. Id. Petition, at 1-2. Charter acknowledges the importance, as expressed by us in Time Warner Cable, when calculating CLI that ``it must `combine distinct cable service areas that are contiguous and served by the the same generation equipment.''' Petition, at n. 4. 47 C.F.R. � 76.1610. (...continued from previous page) (continued...) Federal Communications
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  • See 47 C.F.R. � 76.12. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. �� 76.605(a)(11) & 76.610-76.617. 47 C.F.R. � 76.5(a). We also treat, for certain CLI testing purposes, as a single system multiple coaxial cable strands that are not mechanically connected to, but technically integrated with a common headend; for example, those connected by microwave link. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.5(kk), 76.601(c)(1), & 76.901(c). Petition, at 3. Id. Id. Petition, at 4. Time Warner Cable � 6. 47 C.F.R. � 76.1610. (...continued from previous page) (continued...) Federal Communications Commission DA 01-1781 Federal Communications Commission DA 01-1781 � � � � @& �0� �0� �0� �0� �0� �0� ��� � h t" xTru� �.E EXg �.E ID="{E59D7D4B-80E4-11D5-915F-B7836A0AB801}" Document=ThisDocument/&H00000000 HelpFile="C:\Program Files\Dymo Label\Dymolbl.hlp" Name="Project" HelpContextID="0" CMG="4E4C9266AEFAF8FEF8FEF8FEF8FE" DPB="9C9E4034C083C183C183"
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  • 76.615(a). See 47 C.F.R. � 76.12. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. �� 76.605(a)(11) & 76.610-76.617. 47 C.F.R. � 76.5(a). We also treat, for certain CLI testing purposes, as a single system multiple coaxial cable strands that are not mechanically connected to, but technically integrated with a common headend; for example, those connected by microwave link. See 47 C.F.R. ��76.5(kk), 76.601(c)(1), & 76.901(c). 3. Petition, at 3. Id.. Time Warner Cable � 6. 47 C.F.R. � 76.1610. (...continued from previous page) (continued...) Federal Communications Commission DA 01-1782 Federal Communications Commission DA 01-1782 � � � � @& �0� �0� �0� �0� �0� �0� ��� � ` (c) � � �
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  • See 47 C.F.R. � 76.12. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. �� 76.605(a)(11) & 76.610-76.617. 47 C.F.R. � 76.5(a). We also treat, for certain CLI testing purposes, as a single system multiple coaxial cable strands that are not mechanically connected to, but technically integrated with a common headend; for example, those connected by microwave link. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.5(kk), 76.601(c)(1), & 76.901(c). Petition, at 2. Petition, at 3. Id. Petition, at 1-2. Time Warner Cable � 6. See Petition, note 3. AT&T acknowledges the importance, as expressed by us in Time Warner Cable, when calculating CLI that ``it must `combine distinct cable service areas that are contiguous and served by the the same generation equipment.''' Petition, at n. 3. 47 C.F.R. �
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  • amendment, the rate regulation requirements of Sections 623(a), (b) and (c) do not apply to a small cable operator with respect to "(A) cable programming services, or (B) a basic service tier that was the only service tier subject to regulation as of December 31, 1994," in areas where the operator serves 50,000 or fewer subscribers. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.901(f); 76.990. Small System Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 7406. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.901(c); 76.934. Id. at 7408. Id. Id. A small system is deemed affiliated with a larger cable company if the company "holds more than a 20 percent equity interest (active or passive) in the system or exercises de jure control (such as through a general partnership or
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  • 76.611(a). Id. � 76.1804. See id. � 76.1801. See, e.g., id. �� 76.605(a)(11) & 76.610-76.617. Id. � 76.5(a). We also treat, for certain CLI testing purposes, as a single system multiple coaxial cable strands that are not mechanically connected to, but technically integrated with a common headend; for example, those connected by microwave link. See id. �� 76.5(kk), 76.601(b)(1), & 76.901(c). 47 C.F.R. � 76.1610. (...continued from previous page) (continued...) Federal Communications Commission DA 02-3199 Federal Communications Commission DA 02-3199 r s � � � @& � �
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  • amendment, the rate regulation requirements of Sections 623(a), (b) and (c) do not apply to a small cable operator with respect to "(A) cable programming services, or (B) a basic service tier that was the only service tier subject to regulation as of December 31, 1994," in areas where the operator serves 50,000 or fewer subscribers. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.901(f); 76.990. Small System Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 7406. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.901(c); 76.934. Id. at 7408. Id. Id. A small system is deemed affiliated with a larger cable company if the company "holds more than a 20 percent equity interest (active or passive) in the system or exercises de jure control (such as through a general partnership or
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  • Reconsideration, Fourth Report and Order, and Fifth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 9 FCC Rcd 4119 (1994); Fifth Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 9 FCC Rcd 5327 (1994); Eighth Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 5179 (1995). Small System Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 7406. Small System Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 7406. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.901(c); 76.934. Small System Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 7408. Id. Id. at 7407. In 1996, Congress amended Section 623 of the Communications Act to allow greater deregulation for "small cable operators," defined as operators that "directly or through an affiliate, [serve] in the aggregate fewer than 1 percent of all subscribers in the United States and [are] not affiliated with
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  • Act of 1992. . Section Number and Title: 76.801 Scope. SUBPART N -- CABLE RATE REGULATION Brief Description: These rules provides for regulation of cable rates by local franchising authorities and the Commission. Need: The rules ensure that subscribers pay reasonable rates for regulated cable services with minimum regulatory and administrative burden on cable entities. . Section Number and Title: 76.901 Definitions. 76.905 Standards for identification of cable systems subject to effective competition. 76.906 Presumption of no effective competition. 76.907 Petition for a determination of effective competition. 76.910 Franchising authority certification. 76.911 Petition for reconsideration of certification. 76.912 Joint certification. 76.913 Assumption of jurisdiction by the Commission. 76.914 Revocation of certification. 76.916 Petition for recertification. 76.917 Notification of certification withdrawal. 76.920
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  • Reconsideration, Fourth Report & Order, & Fifth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 9 FCC Rcd 4119 (1994); Fifth Order on Reconsideration & Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 9 FCC Rcd 5327 (1994); Eighth Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 5179 (1995). Small System Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 7406 � 25. Id. at 7406 � 25; see also 47 C.F.R. �� 76.901(c), 76.934. Small System Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 7408 � 27. Id. Id. at 7407 � 26. In 1996, Congress amended Section 623 of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. �� 151 et seq. (the ``Communications Act''), to allow greater deregulation for "small cable operators," defined as operators that "directly or through an affiliate, [serve] in the aggregate fewer
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  • deprive Time Warner customers of popular Fox network programming after February 4, 2008. Despite the parties' intention to establish an interim arrangement providing for short-term carriage of KUQI, Time Warner states that, in most of the relevant Communities, there currently are ``no empty slots on the [s]ystem's Basic Service Tier (``BST'') where KUQI may be positioned,'' as required by Section 76.901(a) of the Commission's rules. Consequently, Time Warner asserts, it will be forced to relocate a non-broadcast programming service, Weather Radar, to a different channel in order to accommodate KUQI on the BST in almost all of the relevant communities. Although Time Warner acknowledges that it is required by Section 76.1603(b) of the rules to alert customers at least thirty days
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  • No. 102-862, 102d Cong., 2d Sess. (1992), reprinted at 138 Cong. Rec. H8308, at 2 (Sept. 14, 1992) (Conference Report). Conference Report at 3. Cable operators that are subject to rate regulation are required to provide subscribers with a basic service tier and to carry local broadcast stations on that tier. 47 U.S.C. � 543(b)(7); see also 47 C.F.R. � 76.901. See n. 9, supra. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.64. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.55(c)(3); 47 C.F.R. � 76.56(b)(5). 47 U.S.C. � 325; see also 47 C.F.R. � 76.64 (retransmission consent). However, such carriage arrangements may be limited by other contractual restrictions, such as network affiliation agreements. 47 U.S.C. � 325(b)(2)(A). Pursuant to Commission rules, a qualified NCE station is one
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  • throughout Subpart N. Need: Subsection (F) defines a small cable operator. Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315, 317, 325, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 561, 571, 572 and 573. Section Number and Title: 76.901 (f) Definitions. Brief Description: These rules set forth the standards for affiliation and attributable interest for the purposes of the conditions in 76.905(b). Need: This rule clarifies the attribution and affiliation standards. Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315, 317, 325, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536,
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  • 2007 NAICS Code 517919'' (issued Nov. 2010). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. See 13 C.F.R � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS code 5171102 (issued Nov. 2010). See id. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 para. 28 (1995). These
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  • 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. * * * * * 47 U.S.C. �543(b)(7)(B); see also 47 C.F.R. �76.901 et seq. The rates of cable programming service tiers ("CPST") were subject to Commission regulation on a complaint basis, but these regulations sunsetted on March 31, 1999. See 47 U.S.C. �543(c)(4). See 47 C.F.R. �76.922(a). Initial rates recover the costs of the cable network and are adjusted for inflation. A "cost of service" mechanism is also available to cable system
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  • DBS service pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999, DBS subscribers in approximately 158 DMA's are not provided with local broadcast network signals via satellite. DBS can offer distant network signals, but only to a portion of DBS households (only those households unserved by local network affiliates over the air). 47 U.S.C. � 543(b)(7); 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(a). 47 U.S.C. � 534(a), (b)(1), 47 C.F.R � 76.56(b) (obligations to carry local commercial stations); 47 U.S.C. � 535(a), (b); 47 C.F.R. � 76.56(a) (obligations to carry qualified noncommercial stations). Under these statutory provisions and the Commission's rules, commercial broadcast television stations may elect whether they will be carried by local cable television systems. 47 U.S.C. � 325(b)(3)(B); 47 C.F.R.
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  • publication of television data). Local markets for purposes of cable carriage tend to be larger, on average, than the areas served by a station's over-the-air signal. Cable operators that are subject to rate regulation are required to provide subscribers with a basic service tier and to carry local broadcast stations on that tier. 47 U.S.C. � 543(b)(7), 47 C.F.R. � 76.901. In order to receive mandatory carriage on a cable system, a station must provide the cable system with a good quality signal, and its programming must not be substantially duplicative of the programming of another station carried by the cable system. 47 C.F.R. � 76.55(c)(3); 47 C.F.R. � 76.56 (b)(5). 47 U.S.C. � 325. Noncommercial television stations have a right
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  • subscribers, and we have based our fee revenue estimates on that figure. 17. Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance Requirements.640 This Report and Order mandates the following information collection: All carriers that receive numbering resources from the NANPA (code holders), or that receive numbering resources from a pooling administrator in thousands-blocks (block holders), must 634 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). 635 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc.,
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  • TheextensionoftheOTARDrulesadoptedtodaywillaffectneighborhoodassociations.The term"smallgovernmentaljurisdiction"isdefinedas"governmentsof...districts,withapopulationof lessthan50,000.,,491Asof1992,therewereapproximately85,006governmentalentitiesintheUnited States.492Thisnumberincludessuchentitiesasstates,counties,cities,utilitydistrictsandschool districts.Ofthe85,006governmentalentities,38,978arecounties,citiesandtowns.Theremainderare primarilyutilitydistricts,schooldistricts,andstates.Ofthe38,978counties,citiesandtowns,37,566,or 96%,havepopulationsoffewerthan50,000.493TheCensusBureauestimatesthatthisratiois approximatelyaccurateforallgovernmentalentities.Thus,ofthe85,006governmentalentities,we estimatethat81,606(96%)aresmallentities. f. CableServicesorSystems 4861992EconomicCensusofFinancial,InsuranceandRealEstateIndustries,EstablishmentandFirmSizeReport, Table4,SIC6513. 487 1987SICManual. 48813C.F.R.�121.201. 489 See 5U.S.c.�601(4). 490 CAlIRFAResponseat5(filedAug.27,1999). 491 5U.S.c.�601(5). 492 U.S.DepartmentofCommerce,BureauoftheCensus,"1992CensusofGovemments." 4931d. 23097 FederalCommunicationsCommission FCC00-366 TheSBAhasdevelopedadefinitionofsmallentitiesforcableandotherpaytelevisionservices, whichincludesallsuchcompaniesgenerating$11millionorlessinrevenueannually.494Thisdefinition includescablesystemsoperators,closedcircuittelevisionservices,directbroadcastsatelliteservices, multipointdistributionsystems,satellitemasterantennasystemsandsubscriptiontelevisionservices. AccordingtotheCensusBureaudatafrom1992,therewere1,788totalcableandotherpaytelevision servicesand1,423hadlessthan$11millioninrevenue.495 TheCommissionhasdevelopeditsowndefinitionofasmallcablesystemoperatorforpurposes ofrateregulation.UndertheCommission'srules,a"smallcablecompany"isoneservingfewerthan 400,000subscribersnationwide.496Basedonourmostrecentinformation,weestimatethattherewere 1,439cableoperatorsthatqualifiedassmallcablesystemoperatorsattheendof1995.497Sincethen, someofthosecompaniesmayhavegrowntoserveover400,000subscribers,andothersmayhavebeen involvedintransactionsthatcausedthemtobecombinedwithothercableoperators.Consequently,we estimatethattherearefewerthan1,439smallentitycablesystemoperators. TheCommunicationsActalsocontainsadefinitionofasmallcablesystemoperator,whichis"a cableoperatorthat,directlyorthroughanaffiliate,servesintheaggregatefewerthan1percentofall subscribersintheUnitedStatesandisnotaffiliatedwithanyentityorentitieswhosegrossannual revenuesintheaggregateexceed$250,000,000.,,498TheCommissionhasdeterminedthatthereare 66,690,000subscribersintheUnitedStates.Therefore,wefoundthatanoperatorservingfewerthan 666,900subscribersshallbedeemedasmalloperator,ifitsannualrevenues,whencombinedwiththe totalannualrevenuesofallofitsaffiliates,donotexceed$250millionintheaggregate.499Basedon availabledata,wefindthatthenumberofcableoperatorsserving666,900subscribersorlesstotals 1,450.500Wedonotrequestnordowecollectinformationconcerningwhethercablesystemoperators areaffiliatedwithentitieswhosegrossannualrevenuesexceed$250,000,000/�1andthusareunableat thistimetoestimatewithgreaterprecisionthenumberofcablesystemoperatorsthatwouldqualifyas smallcableoperatorsunderthedefinitionintheCommunicationsAct. g. InternationalServices 49413C.F.R.�121.201,SICcode4841. 495 i992EconomicCensusIndustryandEnterpriseReceiptsSizeReport,Table2D,SICcode4841(U.S.Bureauofthe CensusdataundercontracttotheOfficeofAdvocacyoftheU.S.SmallBusinessAdministration). 49647C.F.R.�76.901(e).TheCommissiondevelopedthisdefmitionbasedonitsdeterminationthatasmallcable systemoperatorisonewithannualrevenuesof$100millionorless.ImplementationofSectionsofthe1992CableAct: RateRegulation, SixthReportandOrderandEleventhOrderonReconsideration,10FCCRcd7393(1995),60FR 10534(Feb.27,1995). 497PaulKaganAssociates,Inc.,CableTVInvestor,Feb.29,1996(basedonfiguresforDec.30,1995). 49847U.S.c.�543(m)(2). 49947C.F.R.�76.1403(b). 500PaulKaganAssociates,Inc.,CableTVinvestor,Feb.29,1996(basedonfiguresforDec.30,1995). 501Wedoreceivesuchinformationonacase-by-casebasisonlyifacableoperatorappealsalocalfrancpjseauthority's fmdingthattheoperatordoesnotqualifyasasmallcableoperatorpursuanttoSection76.1403(b)oftheCommission's Rules. See47CFR �76.1403(d). 23098 TheCommissionhasnotdevelopedadefinitionofsmallentitiesapplicabletolicenseesinthe internationalservices.Therefore,theapplicabledefinitionofsmallentityisgenerallythedefinition undertheSBArulesapplicabletoCorrununicationsServices,NotElsewhereClassified(l..rEC).502This definitionprovidesthatasmallentityisexpressedasonewith$11.0millionorlessinannualreceipts.503 AccordingtotheCensusBureau,therewereatotalof848communicationsservicesproviders,NEC,in operationin1992,andatotalof775hadannualreceiptsoflessthan$9.999million.504TheCensus reportdoesnotprovidemoreprecisedata. InternationalBroadcastStations.Commissionrecordsshowthatthereare20international broadcaststationlicensees.Wedonotrequestorcollectannualrevenueinfonnation,andthusareunable toestimatethenumberofinternationalbroadcastlicenseesthatwouldconstituteasmallbusinessunder theSBAdefinition.However,theCommissionestimatesthatonlysixinternationalbroadcaststations aresubjecttoregulatoryfeepayments. InternationalPublicFixedRadio(PublicandControlStations).Thereare3licenseesinthis servicesubjecttopaymentofregulatoryfees.Wedonotrequestorcollectannualrevenueinfonnation, andthusareunabletoestimatethenumberofinternationalbroadcastlicenseesthatwouldconstitutea smallbusinessundertheSBAdefinition. FixedSatelliteTransmitlReceiveEarthStations.Thereareapproximately2,679earthstation authorizations,aportionofwhichareFixedSatelliteTransmitlReceiveEarthStations.Wedonot requestorcollectannualrevenueinfonnation,andthusareunabletoestimatethenumberoftheearth stationsthatwouldconstituteasmallbusinessundertheSBAdefinition. FixedSatelliteSmallTransmitlReceiveEarthStations.Thereareapproximately2,679earth stationauthorizations,aportionofwhichareFixedSatelliteSmallTransmitlReceiveEarthStations.We donotrequestorcollectannualrevenueinfonnation,andthusareunabletoestimatethenumberoffixed satellitetransmit/receiveearthstationsthatwouldconstituteasmallbusinessundertheSBAdefinition. MobileSatelliteEarthStations.Thereare11licensees.Wedonotrequestorcollectannual revenueinfonnation,andthusareunabletoestimatethenumberofmobilesatelliteearthstationsthat wouldconstituteasmallbusinessundertheSBAdefinition. RadioDetenninationSatelliteEarthStations.Therearefourlicensees.Wedonotrequestor collectannualrevenueinfonnation,andthusareunabletoestimatethe ofradiodetermination sateUiteearthstationsthatwouldconstituteasmallbusinessundertheSBAdefinition. DirectBroadcastSatellites.BecauseDBSprovidessubscriptionservices, fallswithinthe SBA-recognizeddefinitionof"CableandOtherPayTelevisionServices."505Thisdefinitionprovides 502 An exceptionistheDirectBroadcastSatellite(DBS)Service, infra. 50',13C.F.R.�120.121,SICcode4899. 504 1992 EconomicCensusIndustryandEnterpriseReceiptsSizeReport,Table2D,SICcode4899(U.S.Bureauofthe CensusdataundercontracttotheOfficeofAdvocacyoftheU.S.SmallBusinessAdrni.J.istration). 505 13C.F.R.�120.121,SICcode4841. 23099
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  • U.S.C. � 601(3). Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632 (1996). 5 U.S.C. � 601(4). 1992 Economic Census, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Table 6 (special tabulation of data under contract to Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 5 U.S.C. � 601(5). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration. 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • � 601(3). Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632 (1996). 5 U.S.C. � 601(4). 1992 Economic Census, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Table 6 (special tabulation of data under contract to Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 5 U.S.C. � 601(5). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration. 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • 76.504 (prohibiting cable operators from devoting more than 40 percent of their first 75 channels to affiliated content); 47 C.F.R. � 76.1300 et seq. (``Regulation of Carriage Agreements,'' prohibiting various cable operator practices, including requiring grant of a financial interest in a channel or an exclusive distribution agreement in exchange for carriage). 47 C.F.R � 76.905. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901 (``A small cable operator is an operator that, directly or through an affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than 1 percent of all subscribers in the United States and is not affiliated with any entity or entities whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed $250,000,000. For purposes of this definition, an operator shall be deemed affiliated with another entity
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  • Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 51321 and 51322. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, NAICS codes 51321 and 51322 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration.) 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • of the 1992 Cable Act. See Time Warner v. FCC, 56 F.3d 151, 199 (D.C. Cir. 1995). See 47 U.S.C. �543(a)(3). See 47 U.S.C. �543(l)(1). Time Warner, 56 F.3d at 192 (holding that other provisions of Section 623, such as the Act's tier buy-through requirements, apply only in the absence of effective competition). 47 U.S.C. �543(b)(7)(B); see also 47 C.F.R. �76.901 et seq. The rates of cable programming service tiers ("CPST") were subject to Commission regulation on a complaint basis, but these regulations sunsetted on March 31, 1999. See 47 U.S.C. �543(c)(4). See 47 C.F.R. �76.922(a). Initial rates recover the costs of the cable network and are adjusted for inflation. A "cost of service" mechanism is also available to cable system
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  • � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (``NAICS'') Codes 51321 and 51322. See U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, NAICS Codes 51321 and 51322 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register.'' 15 U.S.C. �632. 13 C.F.R. �121.201 (SIC 4841). See U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC 4841 (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). 47 C.F.R. �76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • fewer subscribers over one or more cable systems.'' A small cable operator is defined as ``an operator that, directly or through an affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than one percent of all subscribers in the United States and is not affiliated with any entity or entities whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed $250,000,000.'' See 47 CFR � 76.901. See also Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995) ("Small System Order"). See Footnote 23 for the rationale of using system versus CUID size. See Footnote 11, supra. In order to be included in the statistical analysis,
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  • EAS message on all programmed channels or install EAS equipment and provide a video interrupt and audio alert on all programmed channels and EAS audio and video messages on at least one programmed channel by October 1, 2002. See 47 C.F.R. � 11.11. Television and Cable Factbook, Warren Publishing, Inc., at I-98 (2000). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996 (based on figures for December 30, 1995). We do receive such information on a case-by-case basis only if a cable operator appeals a local franchise authority's finding that the operator does not qualify as a small cable operator pursuant to Section 76.901(f) of the Commission's Rules. See 47 C.F.R. �
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  • 47 CFR 1.1162 5 U.S.C. 601(5). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, SIC code 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • U.S.C. � 601(3). Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632 (1996). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (Cable Networks (NAICS 513210) Cable and Other Program Distribution (NAICS 513220)). Id. (U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table) (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 6393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2). FCC Announces New Subscriber Count for the Definition of Small Cable Operator, Public Notice, DA 01-158 (January 24, 2001). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). See 5 U.S.C. � 603(c)(1)-(c)(4). See supra para. 58. 47 C.F.R. �� 1.415, 1.419. (...continued from previous page) (continued....) Federal Communications Comission FCC 02-122 Federal Communications Commission FCC 02-122 - ` � � �� - ` � � �� �� � �� ��
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  • AND FIRM SIZE, Series UC92-S-1, Firm Size 1-123 (1995) (``1992 Census''). See Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket No. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for
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  • in the Federal Register.'' 15 U.S.C. � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (``NAICS'') code 513220. See U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC 4841 (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Dkt. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • or eliminated. Are there, for example, linkages between the BST and CPST rules or forms that might not readily be recognized and that would need to be accounted for? Regardless of the rule changes made in this proceeding, the existing rules would continue to apply to all pending CPST matters. We propose to delete the following rule sections or paragraphs: 76.901(d); 76.922(c)(4); 76.924(e)(1)(ii); 76.924(e)(2)(ii); 76.934(c)(2); 76.934(d); 76.934(h)(3)(iii); 76.934(h)(6); 76.934(h)(10); 76.950; 76.951; 76.953; 76.954; 76.955; 76.956; 76.957; 76.960; 76.961; 76.962; 76.963(b); 76.980(b), (d)-(f); 76.985 (FCC Form 329 and Instructions); 76.986; 76.987; 76.1402; 76.1605; and 76.1606. Other rules continue to be applicable to BST rate making but should be updated or amended to eliminate references to CPST or to reflect the end of
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  • Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 51321 and 51322. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, NAICS codes 51321 and 51322 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 33 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). 34 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). Federal Communications Commission
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2).
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  • such definition(s) in the Federal Register." 15 U.S.C. � 632. 5 U.S.C. � 601(4). 1992 Economic Census, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Table 6 (special tabulation of data under contract to Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 5 U.S.C. � 601(5). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393,
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  • such definition(s) in the Federal Register." 15 U.S.C. � 632. 5 U.S.C. � 601(4). 1992 Economic Census, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Table 6 (special tabulation of data under contract to Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 5 U.S.C. � 601(5). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393,
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  • Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 6393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2). FCC Announces New Subscriber Count for the Definition of Small Cable Operator, Public Notice, DA 01-158 (January 24, 2001). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 5 U.S.C. � 603(c). See, e.g., Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council, Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits at 24-25, 167-177; Computer Systems Policy Project, Building the Foundation of the Networked World; TechNet, A National Imperative: Universal Availability of Broadband by 2010:
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  • Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. See 13 CFR � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 51321 and 51322. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, NAICS codes 51321 and 51322 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). See 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • programmed channels and EAS audio and video messages on at least one programmed channel by October 1, 2002. See 47 C.F.R. � 11.11. Television and Cable Factbook, Warren Publishing, Inc., at I-98 (2000). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2). See FCC Announces New Subscriber Count for the Definition of Small Cable Operator, Public Notice DA 01-158 (January 24, 2001). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f). See FCC Announces New Subscriber Count for the Definition of Small Cable Operator, Public Notice DA 01-158 (January 24, 2001). We do receive such information on a case-by-case basis only if a cable operator appeals a local franchise authority's finding that the operator does not qualify as a small cable operator pursuant to Section 76.901(f) of the Commission's Rules. See
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  • the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). These data have been updated for 1997, but without the small business breakout. See Summary, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, at 24 (issued April 2001). By 1997, the census total for firms in this category had increased to 4,185. Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393,
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  • Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 51321 and 51322. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, NAICS codes 51321 and 51322 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • villages, school districts, and special districts with populations of less than 50,000). 5 U.S.C. �� 601(4)-(6). We do not collect annual revenue data on ITFS licensees. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization),'' Table 4 (issued October 2000). Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc.,
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  • villages, school districts, and special districts with populations of less than 50,000). 5 U.S.C. �� 601(4)-(6). We do not collect annual revenue data on ITFS licensees. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization),'' Table 4 (issued October 2000). Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc.,
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  • such definition(s) in the Federal Register.'' 5 U.S.C. � 601(3). Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632 (1996). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, "Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)", Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • such definition(s) in the Federal Register.'' 5 U.S.C. � 601(3). Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632 (1996). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, "Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)", Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • establishments in the telecommunications and broadcasting industries by forwarding and receiving communications signals via a system of satellites or reselling satellite telecommunications." Small Business Administration, 1997 NAICS Definitions, NAICS 513340. 13 C.F.R. � 120.121, NAICS code 513340. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Service: Information, "Establishment and Firm Size," Table 4, NAICS 513340 (Issued Oct. 2000). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393,
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  • establishments in the telecommunications and broadcasting industries by forwarding and receiving communications signals via a system of satellites or reselling satellite telecommunications." Small Business Administration, 1997 NAICS Definitions, NAICS 513340. 13 C.F.R. � 120.121, NAICS code 513340. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Service: Information, "Establishment and Firm Size," Table 4, NAICS 513340 (Issued Oct. 2000). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393,
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2).
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. �� 151, 154(i), 155(c), 405, 534(h)(1)(C). FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Letter from Meredith J. Jones, Chief, Cable Service Bureau, to Omnicom Cablevision of Illinois, Inc. c/o Stuart F. Feldstein, Esq., Fleischman and Walsh, L.L.P., 11 FCC Rcd 2492 (1996) (``Opinion Letter''). See 47 U.S.C. � 543 et seq.; 47 C.F.R. 76.901 et seq. See Greenberg v. Post Newsweek Cable, 95 CH 1212 (Cir. Ct. Cook Co., IL Feb. 8, 1995). The applicable Illinois statute is the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, 815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. Opposition to Application for Review at 4 (``Omnicom Opposition''). Opinion Letter, 11 FCC Rcd at 2492; see 47 U.S.C. � 543(f); 47 C.F.R.
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2).
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2).
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  • U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000, Section 9, pages 299-300, Tables 490 and 492. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510 (changed from 513220 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)'', Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • win-back or retention offers because, at the time it enacted Section 8, cable operators in virtually every region of the country were monopoly providers. We take no position on whether discrete types of win-back behavior would run afoul of customer service standards for communicating with subscribers or other provisions of the Act. See 47 U.S.C. � 543(d); 47 C.F.R. �� 76.901-990 (requiring inter alia cable operators to have geographically uniform rates under certain circumstances, with a stated objective ``to prevent cable operators from dropping the rates in one portion of a franchise area to undercut a competitor temporarily.''). WOW Reply to Commission Questions at 16-17, citing Senate Report at 27. 47 U.S.C. � 552(b). Indeed, with respect to rates and bills
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  • villages, school districts, and special districts with populations of less than 50,000). 5 U.S.C. �� 601(4)-(6). We do not collect annual revenue data on ITFS licensees. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization),'' Table 4 (issued October 2000). Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc.,
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  • AND FIRM SIZE, Series UC92-S-1, Firm Size 1-123 (1995) (``1992 Census''). See Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket No. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2).
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  • AND FIRM SIZE, Series UC92-S-1, Firm Size 1-123 (1995) (``1992 Census''). See Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket No. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for
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  • Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 51321 and 51322. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, NAICS codes 51321 and 51322 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • U.S.C. � 601(3). Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632 (1996). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (Cable Networks (NAICS 513210) Cable and Other Program Distribution (NAICS 513220)). Id. (U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table) (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2).
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc. Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996 (based on figures for December 30, 1995.) 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2).
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  • of less than 50,000). 5 U.S.C. �� 601(4)-(6). We do not collect annual revenue data on ITFS licensees. 13 CFR � 121.201, NAICS code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)'', Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Second Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 16436, 62 FR 55348 (October 24,1997). 13 CFR � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization),'' Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • and 22.759. 44 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517212. 45 13 CFR � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). 46 U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)'', Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket No. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 Fed. Reg. 10534 (February
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2).
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • NAICS Code 512199. ``Concerns are affiliates of each other when one concern controls or has the power to control the other or a third party or parties controls or has to power to control both.'' 13 C.F.R. � 121.103(a)(1). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. This NAICS code applies to all services listed in this paragraph. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2).
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  • to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register.'' 15 U.S.C. � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization),'' Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • and ITFS. Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) systems, often referred to as "wireless cable," transmit video programming to subscribers using the microwave frequencies of the Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) and Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS).139 In connection with the 1996 MDS auction, the Commission established a small business size standard as an entity that had annual 132 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 and 93- 215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2).
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  • of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register. 15 U.S.C. � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510 U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)'', Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket No. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27,
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  • industrial, or safety operations. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS codes 513322 (changed to 517212 in October of 2002). 13 CFR � 121.201, NAICS code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)'', Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Telecommunications Bureau, FCC, from Gary M. Jackson, Assistant Administrator, SBA (July 28, 2000). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization),'' Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. For ``regulatory simplicity,'' the Commission established the company size standard in terms of subscribers, rather than dollars; in the cable context, $100 million in annual regulated revenues equates to approximately 400,000 subscribers. See Implementation of
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  • codes 513111 and 513112. FCC News Release, ``Broadcast Station Totals as of September 30, 2004.'' 15 U.S.C. 632. 13 CFR � 121.201, NAICS code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)'', Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • to 714. In this context, the number of establishments is a less helpful indicator of small business prevalence than is the number of ``firms,'' because the latter number takes into account the concept of common ownership or control. The more helpful 2002 census data on firms, including employment and receipts numbers, will be issued in late 2005. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV
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  • Telecommunications Bureau, FCC, from Gary M. Jackson, Assistant Administrator, SBA (July 28, 2000). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization),'' Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • to 6,118. In this context, the number of establishments is a less helpful indicator of small business prevalence than is the number of ``firms,'' because the latter number takes into account the concept of common ownership or control. The more helpful 2002 census data on firms, including employment and receipts numbers, will be issued in late 2005. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. For ``regulatory simplicity,'' the Commission established the company size standard in terms of subscribers, rather than dollars; in the cable context, $100 million in annual regulated revenues equates to approximately 400,000 subscribers. See Implementation of
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  • of the United States: 2000, Section 9, pages 299-300, Tables 490 and 492. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization),'' Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996
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  • to 6,118. In this context, the number of establishments is a less helpful indicator of small business prevalence than is the number of ``firms,'' because the latter number takes into account the concept of common ownership or control. The more helpful 2002 census data on firms, including employment and receipts numbers, will be issued in late 2005. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • to 6,118. In this context, the number of establishments is a less helpful indicator of small business prevalence than is the number of ``firms,'' because the latter number takes into account the concept of common ownership or control. The more helpful 2002 census data on firms, including employment and receipts numbers, will be issued in late 2005. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • to 6,118. In this context, the number of establishments is a less helpful indicator of small business prevalence than is the number of ``firms,'' because the latter number takes into account the concept of common ownership or control. The more helpful 2002 census data on firms, including employment and receipts numbers, will be issued in late 2005. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. For ``regulatory simplicity,'' the Commission established the company size standard in terms of subscribers, rather than dollars; in the cable context, $100 million in annual regulated revenues equates to approximately 400,000 subscribers. See Implementation of
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  • to 6,118. In this context, the number of establishments is a less helpful indicator of small business prevalence than is the number of ``firms,'' because the latter number takes into account the concept of common ownership or control. The more helpful 2002 census data on firms, including employment and receipts numbers, will be issued in late 2005. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. For ``regulatory simplicity,'' the Commission established the company size standard in terms of subscribers, rather than dollars; in the cable context, $100 million in annual regulated revenues equates to approximately 400,000 subscribers. See Implementation of
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  • of less than 50,000). 5 U.S.C. �� 601(4)-(6). We do not collect annual revenue data on ITFS licensees. 13 CFR � 121.201, NAICS code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)'', Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. For ``regulatory simplicity,'' the Commission established the company size standard in terms of subscribers, rather than dollars; in the cable context, $100 million in annual regulated revenues equates to approximately 400,000 subscribers. See Implementation of
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  • of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register." 5 U.S.C. � 601(3). Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632 (1996). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, "Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)," Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393,
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  • of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register." 5 U.S.C. � 601(3). Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632 (1996). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, "Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)," Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393,
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  • appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register." 5 U.S.C. � 601(3). 15 U.S.C. � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, "Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)," Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393,
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  • appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register." 5 U.S.C. � 601(3). 15 U.S.C. � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, "Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)," Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393,
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate, given the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. For ``regulatory simplicity,'' the Commission established the company size standard in terms of subscribers, rather than dollars; in the cable context, 400,000 subscribers equates to approximately $100 million in annual regulated revenues. See Implementation of
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393,
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  • codes 513111 and 513112. FCC News Release, ``Broadcast Station Totals as of December 31, 2005.'' 15 U.S.C. 632. 13 CFR � 121.201, NAICS code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)'', Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996 (based
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  • Comcast; (3) the exchange of certain cable systems and assets between affiliates or subsidiaries of Time Warner and Comcast; and (4) the redemption of Comcast's interests in Time Warner and TWE. See Order at para. 1. This definition of a small cable company was developed, with the Small Business Administration's approval, for purposes of rate regulation. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). For example, prices can be differentiated based on cost differentials. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.1002(b). In addition, the rules do not cover programming that is delivered to the headend entirely by terrestrial means. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.1000(h)-(i); 76.1002(b). Therefore, the uniform price increase analysis does not apply to such programming. DIRECTV Surreply, Ex. A at 12-16. . For this
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  • 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(c). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2); see 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f) &
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  • Jackson, Assistant Administrator, Small Business Administration, dated July 28, 2000. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc. Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996 (based on figures for December 30, 1995.) 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2).
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  • has to power to control both.'' 13 C.F.R. � 121.103(a)(1). . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • � 601(5). U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000, Section 9, pages 299-300, Tables 490 and 492. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization),'' Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996
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  • Form of Organization),'' Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). The Order under review in this proceeding includes a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and IRFA to determine whether the definition of ``commercial matter'', a matter at issue in the proceeding, should apply to Direct Broadcast Satellite service providers. See Order at 22967 and Appendix D. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996
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  • codes 513111 and 513112. FCC News Release, ``Broadcast Station Totals as of September 30, 2004.'' 15 U.S.C. 632. 13 CFR � 121.201, NAICS code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, ``Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)'', Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996 (based
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  • � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 517410. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • rules apply to Multipoint Distribution Systems (MDS) operated as part of a wireless cable system. The Commission has defined "small entity" for purposes of the auction of MDS frequencies as an entity that, together with its affiliates, has average gross annual revenues that are not more than $40 million for the preceding three calendar years.73 This 65 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 66 These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, "Top
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  • 121.201, NAICS code 517110. Trends in Telephone Service, Table 5.3. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 14 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Establishment and Firm Size (including Legal Form of Organization), Table 4, NAICS code 513220. Id. See U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Industry Series: ``Information,'' Table 2, Comparative Statistics for the United States (1997 NAICS Basis): 2002 and 1997, NAICS code 513220 (issued Nov. 2004). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • from Gary M. Jackson, Assistant Administrator, SBA (July 28, 2000). . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution''; http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $13.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd. 7393 (1995). 74 Television and Cable Factbook F-2 (Warren Comm. News eds., 2006); Top 25 MSOs - NCTA.com, available at http://www.ncta.com/ContentView.aspx?contentId=73 (last visited
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  • Information Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996
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  • Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution;'' http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued Nov. 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution''; http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • NAICS U.S. Matched to 2002 NAICS U.S.'' (available at http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/n07-n02.xls). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (2002 NAICS code 517510). U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002 (NAICS code 517510) (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 74 Television and Cable Factbook F-2 (Warren Comm. News eds., 2006); Top 25 MSOs
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  • code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. On this point, we note that the rules do not, for example, apply to DBS services. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution''; http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • (This category will be changed for purposes of the 2007 Census to ``Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' NAICS code 517110.). U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition); http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting &
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  • Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition); http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting &
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  • to replace or modify the invalid or unenforceable provision" but any party may terminate the Agreement upon 60 days notice if such efforts are unsuccessful). Lafayette Comments at 10; see also ShenTel Comments at 17 (advocating allowing exclusivity for 20 years for new real estate developments in which the beneficiary of exclusivity installs fiber to the home). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f) (definition of ``small cable operator''); Hotwire Comments at 5-7; MSTI Comments at 2. ShenTel Comments passim. ACA Comments passim; Comcast Comments at 12; GSPC Comments at 10; IMCC Comments at 5-6, 25; OpenBand Comments at 2, 7-8 (advocating a lack of ``effective competition,'' 47 U.S.C. � 543(l)(1), as the measure of effective competition); Qwest Comments at ii (advocating a prohibition
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  • Form of Organization),'' Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). The Order under review in this proceeding includes a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and IRFA to determine whether the definition of ``commercial matter'', a matter at issue in the proceeding, should apply to Direct Broadcast Satellite service providers. See Order at 22967 and Appendix D. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996
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  • Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution''; http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Sections 76.972(a) or 76.972(e). (g) (1) Operators of systems subject to small system relief shall provide the information required in paragraph (b) of this section within 30 calendar days of a bona fide request from a prospective leased access programmer. For these purposes, systems subject to small system relief are systems that either: (i) Qualify as small systems under � 76.901(c) and are owned by a small cable company as defined under � 76.901(e); or (ii) Have been granted special relief. (2) Bona fide requests, as used in this section, are defined as requests from potential leased access programmers that have provided the following information: (i) The desired length of a contract term; (ii) The time slot desired; (iii) The anticipated
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  • � 121.201 (2007), NAICS code 517110 U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, 517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (2002), NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2); see 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f) & nn. 1-3. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f); see FCC Announces New Subscriber Count for the Definition of Small Cable Operator, Public Notice, 16 FCC Rcd 2225 (CSB Jan. 24, 2001). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2007, ``Top 25 Cable/Satellite Operators,'' pages A-8 & C-2 (data current as of Mar. 30, 2006); Warren Communications News,
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  • as of December 31, 2006'' (rel. Jan. 26, 2007) (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-269784A1.doc). . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • � 121.201 (2007), NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, 517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (2002), NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2); see 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f) & nn. 1-3. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f); see Public Notice, FCC Announces New Subscriber Count for the Definition of Small Cable Operator, DA 01-158 (Cable Services Bureau, Jan. 24, 2001). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2007, ``Top 25 Cable/Satellite Operators,'' pages A-8 & C-2 (data current as of March 30, 2006); Warren Communications News,
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  • 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(c). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2); see 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f) &
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  • governments nationwide was 38,967, of which 35,819 were small. Id. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution''; http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • to 6,118. In this context, the number of establishments is a less helpful indicator of small business prevalence than is the number of ``firms,'' because the latter number takes into account the concept of common ownership or control. The more helpful 2002 census data on firms, including employment and receipts numbers, will be issued in late 2005. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. For ``regulatory simplicity,'' the Commission established the company size standard in terms of subscribers, rather than dollars; in the cable context, $100 million in annual regulated revenues equates to approximately 400,000 subscribers. See Implementation of
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  • Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. The proposals would also apply to OVS operators. On this point, we note that the proposals do not, for example, apply to DBS services. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-72A1_Erratum.doc
  • 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • such definition(s) in the Federal Register.'' 15 U.S.C. � 632. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • FCC, Wireline Competition Bureau, Industry Analysis and Technology Division, ``Trends in Telephone Service'' at Table 5.3, page 5-5 (Feb. 2007) (Trends in Telephone Service). This source uses data that are current as of October 20, 2005. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. Trends in Telephone Service at Table 5.3. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (NAICS Code 517210). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996
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  • 632. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution''; http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510. Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • (This category will be changed for purposes of the 2007 Census to ``Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' NAICS code 517110.). U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 21.103(a)(1). . See generally 5 U.S.C. � 601(4), (6). . . 13 C.FR. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAIC code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of 25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 632. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution;'' http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510. Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 21.103(a)(1). . See generally 5 U.S.C. �� 601(4), (6). . . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • ``unless an agency, after consultation with the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration and after opportunity for public comment, establishes one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register.''. 15 U.S.C. � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (NAICS Code 517210). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • (This category will be changed for purposes of the 2007 Census to ``Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' NAICS code 517110.). U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • (This category will be changed for purposes of the 2007 Census to ``Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' NAICS code 517110.). U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register." 5 U.S.C. � 601(3). 15 U.S.C. � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, "Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)," Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). Id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393,
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  • Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition); http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting &
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  • http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. The NAICS Code associated with this size standard is 517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • � 121.201. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution''; http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. See 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510 (This category will be changed for purposes of the 2007 Census to ``Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' NAICS code 517110.). See id. Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 at para. 28 (1995). These data are derived from
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  • (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (NAICS Code 517210). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996
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  • 16-18. ACA Reply Comments at 2. ACA Comments at 11-12. Id. at 12. Id. Liberty Media Opposition of Apr. 9, 2007 at 25. ACA Comments at 14. Those provisions are available to any ``small cable company,'' defined in our rules as one that ``serves a total of 400,000 or fewer subscribers over one or more cable systems.'' 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e); see also News Corp.-Hughes Order, 19 FCC Rcd at 679 App. F; Adelphia Order, 21 FCC Rcd at 8339 App. B. ACA Comments at 15. ACA Comments at 14-15. Liberty Media Opposition of Apr. 9, 2007 at 256 (citing Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, 21 FCC Rcd 2503, 2620
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  • (This category will be changed for purposes of the 2007 Census to ``Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' NAICS code 517110.). U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 632. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 NAICS Definitions, ``517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution''; http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF517.HTM. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517510. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510. Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition); http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting &
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  • Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition); http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting &
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  • Carriers'' (partial definition); http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 515120. See supra note 242. See 15 U.S.C. � 632. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • receipts of $25 million or more. (last visited Oct. 21, 2009). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, tbl. 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (rel. Nov. 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). See Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, at A-8, C-2 (Harry A. Jessell ed., 2005)
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  • visited July 25, 2007). See Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, Thirteenth Annual Report, 24 FCC Rcd 542, 684, Table B-1 (2009) (``13th Annual Report''). OPASTCO reports that fewer than 3 percent of its members provide service under OVS certification. See id. at 607, � 135 n.473. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • 515120. See supra note 242. See 15 U.S.C. � 632. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • governments nationwide was 38,967, of which 35,819 were small. Id. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 21.103(a)(1). . See generally 5 U.S.C. �� 601(4), (6). . . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • visited July 25, 2007). See Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, Thirteenth Annual Report, 24 FCC Rcd 542, 684, Table B-1 (2009) (``13th Annual Report''). OPASTCO reports that fewer than 3 percent of its members provide service under OVS certification. See id. at 607, � 135 n.473. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 74 Television and Cable Factbook F-2 (Warren Comm. News eds., 2006); Top 25 MSOs
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  • the Commission's statistical account of television stations may be over-inclusive. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 515120. See supra note 242. See 15 U.S.C. � 632. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 21.103(a)(1). . See generally 5 U.S.C. �� 601(4), (6). . . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' (partial definition), www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, tbl. 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (rel. Nov. 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). See Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, at A-8, C-2 (Harry A. Jessell ed., 2005)
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-201A1_Rcd.pdf
  • 131U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, "517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers," (partial definition), www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13213 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. 133U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, tbl. 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (rel. Nov.2005). 134Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 13547 C.F.R. �76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 136SeeBROADCASTING &CABLE YEARBOOK 2006, at A-8, C-2 (Harry A. Jessell ed., 2005) (data current
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  • 515120. See supra note 242. See 15 U.S.C. � 632. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $1412.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 47 C.F.R. � � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and
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  • "517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers" (partial definition); http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 134 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. 135 U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). 136 Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 137 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 138 These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, "Top
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  • visited July 25, 2007). See Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, Thirteenth Annual Report, 24 FCC Rcd 542, 684, Table B-1 (2009) (``13th Annual Report''). OPASTCO reports that fewer than 3 percent of its members provide service under OVS certification. See id. at 607, � 135 n.473. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 74 Television and Cable Factbook F-2 (Warren Comm. News eds., 2006); Top 25 MSOs
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  • 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • to Deny Period, Public Notice, 23 FCC Rcd 12749-65 (2008). . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 515120. See supra note 294. See 15 U.S.C. � 632. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Application of the statutory criteria of dominance in its field of operation and independence are sometimes difficult to apply in the context of broadcast television. Accordingly, the Commission's statistical account of television stations may be over-inclusive. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, 2007 NAICS code 517110. See id. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, 2007 NAICS code 517110. . 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). See Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 at C-2 (2009) (data current as of Dec.
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  • 20, 2009), http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-fds_name=E C0700A1&-_skip=700&-ds_name=EC0751SSSZ5&-_lang=en. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110 (2007). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS code 5171102 (issued Nov. 2010) (located at http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=600& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ5&-_lang=en). See id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • visited July 25, 2007). See Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, Thirteenth Annual Report, 24 FCC Rcd 542, 684, Table B-1 (2009) (``13th Annual Report''). OPASTCO reports that fewer than 3 percent of its members provide service under OVS certification. See id. at 607, � 135 n.473. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • documented in 2007, as many as 89,506 may be considered small under the applicable standard. This data may overestimate the number of such organizations that has a population of 50,000 or less. U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES 2011, Tables 427, 426 (Data cited therein are from 2007). (last visited Oct. 21, 2009). . 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • States: 2007 NAICS Code 517919'' (issued Nov. 2010). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS code 5171102 (issued Nov. 2010). See id. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 para. 28 (1995). These
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  • Definitions, ``517410 Satellite Telecommunications.'' See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en. See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en See http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?code=517919&search=200 7%20NAICS%20Search U.S. Censhttp://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip= 900&-ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en . See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en . U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110 (last visited Oct. 21, 2009). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Sector 51, 2007 NAICS code 517210 (rel. Oct. 20, 2009), http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-fds_name=E C0700A1&-_skip=700&-ds_name=EC0751SSSZ5&-_lang=en. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). See Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, at A-8, C-2 (Harry A. Jessell ed., 2005)
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  • preceding three years not to exceed $40 million). See Section C.3.a & d of the accompanying FRFA for a full listing of the Commission's use of these size standards. 47 C.F.R. � 1.2110(b). Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act - Competitive Bidding, PP Docket No. 93-253, Fourth Report and Order, 9 FCC Rcd 2330 (1994). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(c). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2). Several commenters argue for a time-limited
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  • visited July 25, 2007). See Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, Thirteenth Annual Report, 24 FCC Rcd 542, 684, Table B-1 (2009) (``13th Annual Report''). OPASTCO reports that fewer than 3 percent of its members provide service under OVS certification. See id. at 607, � 135 n.473. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 74 Television and Cable Factbook F-2 (Warren Comm. News eds., 2006); Top 25 MSOs
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  • States: 2007 NAICS Code 517919'' (issued Nov. 2010). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS code 5171102 (issued Nov. 2010). See id. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 para. 28 (1995). These
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  • this list that is based on data available as of December, 31 2011 for purposes of the rules implementing the CALM Act. Appendix A, Final Rules (47 C.F.R. � 73.682(e)(3)(ii), � 76.607(a)(3)(ii)(A)). ``Large MVPDs,'' for these purposes, are those serving more than 400,000 subscribers nationwide. This definition is derived from the Commission's definition of ``small'' cable in 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). To provide certainty and clarity to MVPDs, we will consider ``large'' those MVPDs with more than 400,000 but fewer than 10 million subscribers as of December 31, 2011. Per NCTA, this would include 11 MVPDs. See http://www.ncta.com/Stats/TopMSOs.aspx (visited November 16, 2011) showing the numbers of subscribers for the top 25 MVPDs based on 2010 data. We will rely on the
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  • the Federal Register.'' 5 U.S.C. � 601(3). 15 U.S.C. � 632. Application of the statutory criteria of dominance in its field of operation and independence are sometimes difficult to apply in the context of broadcast television. Accordingly, the Commission's statistical account of television stations may be over-inclusive. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (NAICS code 517110). . . 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). See Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, at A-8, C-2 (Harry A. Jessell ed., 2005)
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  • 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517210. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110 (2007). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS code 5171102 (issued Nov. 2010). See id. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 para. 28 (1995). These
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  • NAICS code 517410. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517919. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517410 Satellite Telecommunications,'' . See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en. . http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?code=517919&search=200 7%20NAICS%20Search http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en . http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en . (last visited Oct. 21, 2009). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Sector 51, 2007 NAICS code 517210 (rel. Oct. 20, 2009), http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-fds_name=E C0700A1&-_skip=700&-ds_name=EC0751SSSZ5&-_lang=en. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). See Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, at A-8, C-2 (Harry A. Jessell ed., 2005)
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  • 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 515120. See supra note 242. See 15 U.S.C. � 632. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • Id. See http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?code=517919&search=200 7%20NAICS%20Search (last visited May 11, 2011). See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en (last visited May 11, 2011). See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en (last visited May 11, 2011). See U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110 (last visited May 11, 2011). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (NAICS code 517110). See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en (last visited May 11, 2011). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). See Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 at C-2 (2009) (data current as of Dec.
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  • 13 C.F.R 121.201. 15. USC 632. Id. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110 (2007). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS code 5171102 (issued Nov. 2010). See id. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 para. 28 (1995). These
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  • television commercial limits for broadcast content they passively carry, because the Copyright Act of 1976 bars MVPDs from altering the content (including commercials) of retransmitted broadcast channels. See 47 C.F.R. �� 76.225(e) and 25.701(e)(2); see 47 C.F.R. � 79.1(e)(9). See also 17 U.S.C. �� 111(c)(3), 119(a)(5) and 122(e). See 47 U.S.C. �� 531(e) and 532(c)(2). See also 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(a). 47 U.S.C. � 315. See supra discussion at � 23. See supra discussion at �� 12 and 27. See supra note 75 (discussing goal of statute). We intend to add ``loud commercials'' as a complaint category under the complaint type menu for ``Broadcast (TV and Radio), Cable, and Satellite Issues.'' We will also add specific questions which relate to the
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  • to control both.'' 13 C.F.R. � 121.103(a)(1). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110 (2007). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS code 5171102 (issued Nov. 2010). See id. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 para. 28 (1995). These
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  • Id. See http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?code=517919&search=200 7%20NAICS%20Search (last visited May 11, 2011). See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en (last visited May 11, 2011). See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en (last visited May 11, 2011). See U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers,'' http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110 (last visited May 11, 2011). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (NAICS code 517110). See http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en (last visited May 11, 2011). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). See Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 at C-2 (2009) (data current as of Dec.
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  • 15 U.S.C. � 632. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, 2007 NAICS code 517110. See id. (Subject Series: Establishment and Firm Size (national) - Table 5: Employment Size of Firms for the U.S). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, 2007 NAICS code 517110. (Subject Series: Establishment and Firm Size (national) - Table 5: Employment Size of Firms for the U.S). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). See Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 at C-2 (2009) (data current as of Dec.
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  • as of December 31, 2011,'' dated January 11, 2012; http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-311837A1.pdf. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 2010). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition) available at http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. See 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, ``Establishment and Firm Size: Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS Code 517919'' (issued Nov. 2010). See id. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 para. 28 (1995). These
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  • States: 2007 NAICS Code 517919'' (issued Nov. 2010). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS code 5171102 (issued Nov. 2010). See id. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 para. 28 (1995). These
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  • 515120. See supra note 294. See 15 U.S.C. � 632. . 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110. U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 4, Receipts Size of Firms for the United States: 2002, NAICS code 517510 (issued November 2005). Id. An additional 61 firms had annual receipts of $25 million or more. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • to control both.'' 13 C.F.R. � 121.103(a)(1). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110 (2007). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS code 5171102 (located at http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=600& -ds_name=EC0751SSSZ5&-_lang=en). See id. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • 13 C.F.R 121.201. 15. USC 632. Id. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 NAICS Definitions, ``517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers'' (partial definition), http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, NAICS code 517110 (2007). U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, Table 5, Employment Size of Firms for the United States: 2007, NAICS code 5171102 (issued Nov. 2010). See id. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. See Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 para. 28 (1995). These
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  • entities. Measured by a criterion of a population of 50,000, many of the cited sub-entities in this category seem more likely than larger county-level governmental organizations to have small populations. Accordingly, of the 89,746 small governmental organizations identified in the 2007 Census, the Commission estimates that a substantial majority is small. (last visited Oct. 21, 2009). . 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, ``Top 25
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  • time to estimate with greater precision the number of resellers that would qualify as small business concerns under SBA's definition. Consequently, we estimate that there are fewer than 206 small entity resellers that may be affected by the decisions and rules adopted in this Order. Federal Communications Commission 96-325 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. 3266 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable 3267 system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393. Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • activities of the agency and publishes definitions in the Federal Register. 14Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632. 1513 C.F.R. � 121.201 (SIC 4841). 16U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC 4841 (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). 1747 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). 18Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • in the United States and is not affiliated with any entity or entities whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed $250,000,000." 47 U.S.C. �543(m)(2). The Commission has developed, with SBA's approval, our own definitions of "small" for the purposes of rate regulation. A "small cable company" under our rules is one serving fewer than 400,000 subscribers nationwide. 47 C.F.R. �76.901(e). A "small system" under our rules is a cable television system that serves 15,000 or fewer 26 given to stations geographically closer to the operator's principal headend to support the principal of localism? Alternatively, should priority be given to television stations that are not affiliated with the top four networks as these were the stations most likely to have chosen
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  • 4841 (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in Markets for the Delivery of Video Programming, Third Annual Report, CS Docket No. 96-133, 12 FCC Rcd 4358, 4385 (1996)(''Third Annual Report'').. Third Annual Report, 12 FCC Rcd at 4385, � 49.. Id. Id. 47 C.F.R. �76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • 76.504 (prohibiting cable operators from devoting more than 40 percent of their first 75 channels to affiliated content); 47 C.F.R. � 76.1300 et seq. (``Regulation of Carriage Agreements,'' prohibiting various cable operator practices, including requiring grant of a financial interest in a channel or an exclusive distribution agreement in exchange for carriage). 47 C.F.R � 76.905. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901 (``A small cable operator is an operator that, directly or through an affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than 1 percent of all subscribers in the United States and is not affiliated with any entity or entities whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed $250,000,000. For purposes of this definition, an operator shall be deemed affiliated with another entity
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  • � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (``NAICS'') Codes 51321 and 51322. See U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, NAICS Codes 51321 and 51322 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • definitions in the Federal Register." 7Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632; see also Appendix C, n.6, supra. 813 C.F.R. � 121.201 (SIC 4841). 9U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC 4841 (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). 1047 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). C-2 or require specific action, but seek to recognize accepted industry
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  • effective competition within its franchise area (c)(c) already enjoys �equivalent market power. Nevertheless, we have not been asked to impose a blanket rule prohibiting the N ԍFor example, in theory TCI might have profited from an anticompetitive bundling of its cable services and �Sprint PCS services. Although the Commission's rules require operators to offer the basic service tier (generally, � 76.901, � 76.984), neither rule prohibits the �bundling of cable and other services as long as the basic service tier can be purchased separately. Further, a �subscriber of a cable system must subscribe to the basic service tier in order to subscribe to any other tier of video ԍFor one concrete example, we cannot conclude (c)(c) and none of the parties
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  • Communications Act, at 47 U.S.C. 543 (m) (1), a small cable operator is not subject to the rate regulation requirements of Sections 543 (a), (b) and (c) on cable programming service Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-57 46147 C.F.R. � 76.1403(b). 462Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 46347 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393. 464Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on
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  • Governments. 13 C.F.R. �121.201. 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. See Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 & 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV
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  • 632. 13 C.F.R. �121.201. 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. See Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 & 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV
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  • the SBA). 13 C.F.R. 121.201. 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. See Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Implementation of Section of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. �76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • of the 1992 Cable Act. See Time Warner v. FCC, 56 F.3d 151, 199 (D.C. Cir. 1995). See 47 U.S.C. �543(a)(3). See 47 U.S.C. �543(l)(1). Time Warner, 56 F.3d at 192 (holding that other provisions of Section 623, such as the Act's tier buy-through requirements, apply only in the absence of effective competition). 47 U.S.C. �543(b)(7)(B); see also 47 C.F.R. �76.901 et seq. The rates of cable programming service tiers ("CPST") were subject to Commission regulation on a complaint basis, but these regulations sunsetted on March 31, 1999. See 47 U.S.C. �543(c)(4). See 47 C.F.R. �76.922(a). Initial rates recover the costs of the cable network and are adjusted for inflation. A "cost of service" mechanism is also available to cable system
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  • more than the 1.7% increase in the CPI during the same period.5 2. The Inquiry generally confirmed the Price Survey findings regarding the relative effect on cable rates of programming costs, channel additions, and infrastructure upgrades under Commission rules.6 Programming costs include license fees, retransmission consent and copyright fees, and markups associated Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-335 747 CFR �� 76.901 and 76.922(f). Section 76.922(f) authorizes cable operators to recover a 7.5% markup on increases in existing programming costs and on the full programming costs associated with new channels of programming. The 7.5% markup on new channels of programming is only available, however, if the operator does not use the Operators' Cap method of cost recovery for new channels. See 47
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  • Rcd 2639, 2693-702 (1995); Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules to Facilitate Future Development of SMR Systems in the 800 MHz Frequency Band, PR Docket No. 93-144, First Report and Order, Eighth Report and Order, and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 11 FCC Rcd 1463 (1995). 1992 Census at Firm Size 1-123. 204 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small 205 cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 40 85. SMR Licensees. Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. � 90.814(b)(1), the Commission has defined "small entity" in auctions for geographic area 800 MHz and 900 MHz SMR licenses as
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  • 99-122 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 427 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC code 4813. 428 Locator at 1-2. 429 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC code 4841. 430 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 431 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). 115 providers. Neither the Commission
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  • by small entities, which may be affected by the decisions adopted in this Fourth Report and Order. Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-48 55 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 56 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). 57 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996
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  • of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities: Establishment and Firm Size, at Firm Size 1-123 (1995) (1992 Census). See generally 15 U.S.C. � 632(a)(1). 1992 Census, at Firm Size 1-123. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC code 4813. Id. Carrier Locator Interstate Service Providers, Figure 1 (January 2000). 47 CFR 101.1005, 101.1007. 47 CFR 101.1107(a)-(c), 101.1112. 13 CFR 121.201, SIC 4841. 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10,534 (Feb. 27, 1995). 47 U.S.C. 543(m)(2). 47 U.S.C.
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  • 303(u). 47 U.S.C. � 610. 29 U.S.C. � 794d(a)(1)(A). 47 U.S.C. �� 309(r), 307(c)(1), 310(d). 5 U.S.C. � 601(3) (1980). 15 U.S.C. � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (SIC Code 4833) 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (SIC Code 4841). U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992 Economic Census, 1992 Census of Transportation, Communications and Utilities at Firm Size 1-123. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See In the Matter of Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration,
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  • to the 1999 total of 1,594 TV stations to arrive at 1,227 stations categorized as small businesses. 371 We use the 96 percent figure of radio station establishments with less than $5 million revenue from the Census data and apply it to the 12,560 individual station count to arrive at 12,057 individual stations as small businesses. 372 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). 373 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996
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  • 31327, Jan. 13, 1993. FCC News Release, Broadcast Station Totals as of September 30, 1999 (released November 22, 1999). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 6393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • 47 CFR 1.1162 5 U.S.C. 601(5). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, SIC code 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • 47 CFR 1.1162 5 U.S.C. 601(5). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, SIC code 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 51321 and 51322. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, NAICS codes 51321 and 51322 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • no mention of requirements on television receiving equipment. We assume that the consumer electronics industry has concluded that the receiver standards currently in place are adequate in the digital environment. See id. See Equipment Compatibility First Report and Order, at 1991. The basic service tier consists, at a minimum, of retransmitted local broadcast signals plus PEG channels. See 47 CFR 76.901(a). See 47 C.F.R. �76.630(c) and � 14, supra. OpenCable is an industry initiative aimed at developing a new generation of interoperable set-top boxes that will facilitate the provision of an expanded range of interactive services to cable customers. See http://www.opencable.com. See, e.g., ``OpenCable POD Copy Protection System,'' IS-POD-CP-INT01-000107, at 2. See 47 U.S.C. �544a(a)(4). See 47 U.S.C. 544a(c) 2)(D). See
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  • 5 U.S.C. � 601(5). U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC code 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • 79.1(a)(2). 13 C.F.R. �121.201. 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 & 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV
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  • EAS message on all programmed channels or install EAS equipment and provide a video interrupt and audio alert on all programmed channels and EAS audio and video messages on at least one programmed channel by October 1, 2002. See 47 C.F.R. � 11.11. Television and Cable Factbook, Warren Publishing, Inc., at I-98 (2000). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996 (based on figures for December 30, 1995). We do receive such information on a case-by-case basis only if a cable operator appeals a local franchise authority's finding that the operator does not qualify as a small cable operator pursuant to Section 76.901(f) of the Commission's Rules. See 47 C.F.R. �
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  • channels and EAS audio and video messages on at least one programmed channel by October 1, 2002. See 47 C.F.R. 11.11. 226 Television and Cable Factbook, Warren Publishing, Inc., at I-98 (2000). 227 47 U.S.C. 543(m)(2). 228 See FCC Announces New Subscriber Count for the Definition of Small Cable Operator, Public Notice DA 01-158 (January 24, 2001). 229 47 C.F.R. 76.901(f). 230 See FCC Announces New Subscriber Count for the Definition of Small Cable Operator, Public Notice DA 01-158 (January 24, 2001). 231 We do receive such information on a case-by-case basis only if a cable operator appeals a local franchise authority's finding that the operator does not qualify as a small cable operator pursuant to Section 76.901(f) of the Commission's
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  • on win-back or retention offers because, at the time it enacted Section 8, cable operators in virtually every region of the country were monopoly providers. 28 We take no position on whether discrete types of win-back behavior would run afoul of customer service standards for communicating with subscribers or other provisions of the Act. See 47 U.S.C. 543(d); 47 C.F.R. 76.901-990 (requiring inter alia cable operators to have geographically uniform rates under certain circumstances, with a stated objective ``to prevent cable operators from dropping the rates in one portion of a franchise area to undercut a competitor temporarily.''). 29 WOW Reply to Commission Questions at 16-17, citing Senate Report at 27. 30 47 U.S.C. 552(b). 31 See generally H.R. Rep. 104-204(I),
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  • to 6,118. In this context, the number of establishments is a less helpful indicator of small business prevalence than is the number of ``firms,'' because the latter number takes into account the concept of common ownership or control. The more helpful 2002 census data on firms, including employment and receipts numbers, will be issued in late 2005. 256 47 C.F.R. 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). 257 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc.,
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  • rules apply to Multipoint Distribution Systems (MDS) operated as part of a wireless cable system. The Commission has defined "small entity" for purposes of the auction of MDS frequencies as an entity that, together with its affiliates, has average gross annual revenues that are not more than $40 million for the preceding three calendar years.^73 This ^65 47 C.F.R. S 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 66 These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, "Top
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  • 61 Fed. Reg. 09964 (March 12, 1996). One option under consideration is whether to define a small station for purposes of affording such relief as one with ten or fewer full-time employees. 47 U.S.C. ( 543(m)(2). 47 C.F.R. ( 76.1403(b). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 C.F.R. ( 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • advertiser-supported. The CPST provides all analog video programming distributed over the system that is not on the basic service tier and for which the operator does not charge a per- channel or per-program basis.64 Most of the programming carried on the CPST is advertiser-supported national and regional cable origination networks. Subscribers do 59 47 U.S.C. � 543(b)(7); 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(a). 60 47 U.S.C. � 534(a), (b)(1), 47 C.F.R � 76.56(b) (obligations to carry local commercial stations); 47 U.S.C. � 535(a), (b); 47 C.F.R. � 76.56(a) (obligations to carry qualified noncommercial stations). Under these statutory provisions and the Commission's rules, commercial broadcast television stations may elect whether they will be carried by local cable television systems. 47 U.S.C. � 325(b)(3)(B); 47
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  • to the Census Bureau, there were 1,788 total cable and other pay television services and 1,423 have $11 million or less in revenue.15 The Commission has developed its own definition of a small cable system operator for the purposes of rate regulation. Under the Commission's Rules, a small cable company,'' is one Federal Communications Commission FCC 97-82 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable 16 system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996
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  • to the Census Bureau, there were 1,788 total cable and other pay television services and 1,423 have $11 million or less in revenue.15 The Commission has developed its own definition of a small cable system operator for the purposes of rate regulation. Under the Commission's Rules, a small cable company,'' is one Federal Communications Commission FCC 97-82 47 CFR � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable 16 system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996
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  • Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632 (1996). 654 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (Cable Networks (NAICS 513210) Cable and Other Program Distribution (NAICS 513220)). 655 Id. (U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table) (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). 656 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). 657 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for
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  • activities of the agency and publishes definitions in the Federal Register. 14Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632. 1513 C.F.R. � 121.201 (SIC 4841). 16U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC 4841 (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). 1747 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). 18Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • in the United States and is not affiliated with any entity or entities whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed $250,000,000." 47 U.S.C. �543(m)(2). The Commission has developed, with SBA's approval, our own definitions of "small" for the purposes of rate regulation. A "small cable company" under our rules is one serving fewer than 400,000 subscribers nationwide. 47 C.F.R. �76.901(e). A "small system" under our rules is a cable television system that serves 15,000 or fewer 26 given to stations geographically closer to the operator's principal headend to support the principal of localism? Alternatively, should priority be given to television stations that are not affiliated with the top four networks as these were the stations most likely to have chosen
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  • $10 million for 1992 and apply it to the 1998 total of 1579 TV stations to arrive at 1,200 stations categorized as small businesses. 13 C.F.R. �121.201 (SIC 4841). 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC Code 4841 (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). 47 C.F.R. �76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • 4841 (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in Markets for the Delivery of Video Programming, Third Annual Report, CS Docket No. 96-133, 12 FCC Rcd 4358, 4385 (1996)(''Third Annual Report'').. Third Annual Report, 12 FCC Rcd at 4385, � 49.. Id. Id. 47 C.F.R. �76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • has been amended by the Contract With America Advancement Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-121, 110 Stat. 847 (1996) (CWAAA). Title II of the CWAAA is the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA). 47 U.S.C. �� 154(i), 303(r). 5 U.S.C. � 603(b)(3). 5 U.S.C. � 601(3). Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 & 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV
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  • � 632. Id. � 632. U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE, 1992 ECONOMIC CENSUS, Table 6 (special tabulation of data under contract to Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 13 C.F.R. 121.201, SIC Code 4841. U.S. Census Bureau, 1992 Economic Census, 1992 Census of Transportation, Communications and Utilities at Firm Size 1-123. 47 C.F.R. �76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534. Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb.
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  • 76.504 (prohibiting cable operators from devoting more than 40 percent of their first 75 channels to affiliated content); 47 C.F.R. � 76.1300 et seq. (``Regulation of Carriage Agreements,'' prohibiting various cable operator practices, including requiring grant of a financial interest in a channel or an exclusive distribution agreement in exchange for carriage). 47 C.F.R � 76.905. See 47 C.F.R. � 76.901 (``A small cable operator is an operator that, directly or through an affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than 1 percent of all subscribers in the United States and is not affiliated with any entity or entities whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed $250,000,000. For purposes of this definition, an operator shall be deemed affiliated with another entity
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  • � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (``NAICS'') Codes 51321 and 51322. See U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, NAICS Codes 51321 and 51322 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • definitions in the Federal Register." 7Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632; see also Appendix C, n.6, supra. 813 C.F.R. � 121.201 (SIC 4841). 9U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC 4841 (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). 1047 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). C-2 or require specific action, but seek to recognize accepted industry
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  • of the agency and publishes such definitions in the Federal Register." 7Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632. 813 C.F.R. � 121.201 (SIC 4841). 9U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC 4841 (Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the SBA). 1047 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). 11Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • effective competition within its franchise area (c)(c) already enjoys �equivalent market power. Nevertheless, we have not been asked to impose a blanket rule prohibiting the N ԍFor example, in theory TCI might have profited from an anticompetitive bundling of its cable services and �Sprint PCS services. Although the Commission's rules require operators to offer the basic service tier (generally, � 76.901, � 76.984), neither rule prohibits the �bundling of cable and other services as long as the basic service tier can be purchased separately. Further, a �subscriber of a cable system must subscribe to the basic service tier in order to subscribe to any other tier of video ԍFor one concrete example, we cannot conclude (c)(c) and none of the parties
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  • Communications Act, at 47 U.S.C. 543 (m) (1), a small cable operator is not subject to the rate regulation requirements of Sections 543 (a), (b) and (c) on cable programming service Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-57 46147 C.F.R. � 76.1403(b). 462Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 46347 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393. 464Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on
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  • Governments. 13 C.F.R. �121.201. 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. See Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 & 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV
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  • 632. 13 C.F.R. �121.201. 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. See Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 & 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV
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  • dates an additional 60 days in the event the Commission did not rule on the Motion for Stay before March 11, 2000. Virginia Petroleum Jobbers Ass'n v. FPC, 259 F.2d 921, 925 (D.C. Cir. 1958). AT&T Corp. v. Ameritech Corporation, 13 FCC Rcd. 14508, 14515 (1998). Motion for Stay at 5. Id. at 7. Id. at 6. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(c). 47 C.F.R. � 0.321. Federal Communications Commission DA 00-557 Federal Communications Commission DA 00-557 Q R � � " 0 0 � �
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  • 76.611(a). 47 C.F.R. �76.615(a). See 47 C.F.R. �76.12. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. ��76.605(a)(11) & 76.610-76.617. 47 C.F.R. � We also treat, for certain CLI testing purposes, as a single system multiple coaxial cable strands that are not mechanically connected to, but technically integrated with a common headend; for example, those connected by microwave link. See 47 C.F.R. ��76.5(kk), 76.601(c)(1), & 76.901(c). Petition, at 4. Petition, at 4-5. Petition, at 5. Id. Petition at 6 & n.8. A and B or C. Petition, at 1. Petition, at 5. Id. Petition, n. 9. For example, when a cable system uses fiber optic cable as a trunk to provide signals to hubs. These hubs may serve subscribers with signals that are technically discrete such
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  • "service area" of the open video system. The scope of an open video system's service area was not expressly defined in the open video system implementing regulations. In the open video system context, we will apply a definition of "service area" similar to the definition adopted by the Commission in the implementation of rate regulation for small cable systems. Section 76.901(c) of the Commission's rules provides that the service area of a small cable system "shall be determined by the number of subscribers that are served by the system's principal headend, including any other headends or microwave receive sites that are technically integrated to the principal headend." We will apply a similar definition in the context of our open video system
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  • the SBA). 13 C.F.R. 121.201. 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. See Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Implementation of Section of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. �76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec.
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  • Report and Order, and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules to Facilitate Future Development of SMR Systems in the 800 MHz Frequency Band), PR Docket No. 93-144, 11 FCC Rcd 1463 (1995). TRS Worksheet. See 1992 Census. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201. See supra note 369. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration (Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation), 10 FCC Rcd 7393. Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on
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  • 79.1(a)(2). 13 C.F.R. �121.201. 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 & 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV
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  • Stat. 847 (1996) (CWAAA). Title II of the CWAAA is the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA). 5 U.S.C. � 603(a). Id. 47 U.S.C. � 161; FCC News Release (Nov. 18, 1997). 47 C.F.R. � 1.412(b)(5). 47 U.S.C. �� 154 (i)-(j), 303(r). 5 U.S.C. � 603(b)(3). 5 U.S.C. � 601(3). 5 U.S.C. � 632. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 26, 1996 (based upon figures for December 30, 1995). 47 C.F.R. 1.1206(b), as revised. See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 Fed. Reg. 24,121 (1998). Federal Communications Commission FCC 00-162 � �a �a
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  • of the 1992 Cable Act. See Time Warner v. FCC, 56 F.3d 151, 199 (D.C. Cir. 1995). See 47 U.S.C. �543(a)(3). See 47 U.S.C. �543(l)(1). Time Warner, 56 F.3d at 192 (holding that other provisions of Section 623, such as the Act's tier buy-through requirements, apply only in the absence of effective competition). 47 U.S.C. �543(b)(7)(B); see also 47 C.F.R. �76.901 et seq. The rates of cable programming service tiers ("CPST") were subject to Commission regulation on a complaint basis, but these regulations sunsetted on March 31, 1999. See 47 U.S.C. �543(c)(4). See 47 C.F.R. �76.922(a). Initial rates recover the costs of the cable network and are adjusted for inflation. A "cost of service" mechanism is also available to cable system
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  • fewer subscribers over one or more cable systems.'' A small cable operator is defined as ``an operator that, directly or through an affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than 1 percent of all subscribers in the United States and is not affiliated with any entity or entities whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed $250,000,000.'' See 47 CFR � 76.901. See also Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995) ("Small System Order"). In order to be included in the statistical analysis, respondents must have provided the average monthly charge, number of channels offered, and number of subscribers
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  • more than the 1.7% increase in the CPI during the same period.5 2. The Inquiry generally confirmed the Price Survey findings regarding the relative effect on cable rates of programming costs, channel additions, and infrastructure upgrades under Commission rules.6 Programming costs include license fees, retransmission consent and copyright fees, and markups associated Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-335 747 CFR �� 76.901 and 76.922(f). Section 76.922(f) authorizes cable operators to recover a 7.5% markup on increases in existing programming costs and on the full programming costs associated with new channels of programming. The 7.5% markup on new channels of programming is only available, however, if the operator does not use the Operators' Cap method of cost recovery for new channels. See 47
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  • Rcd 2639, 2693-702 (1995); Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules to Facilitate Future Development of SMR Systems in the 800 MHz Frequency Band, PR Docket No. 93-144, First Report and Order, Eighth Report and Order, and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 11 FCC Rcd 1463 (1995). 1992 Census at Firm Size 1-123. 204 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small 205 cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 40 85. SMR Licensees. Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. � 90.814(b)(1), the Commission has defined "small entity" in auctions for geographic area 800 MHz and 900 MHz SMR licenses as
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  • 99-122 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 427 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC code 4813. 428 Locator at 1-2. 429 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC code 4841. 430 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 431 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). 115 providers. Neither the Commission
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  • local exchange carriers (CLECs) (total of 129 for both). 47 C.F.R. �� 101.1005, 101.1007. 47 C.F.R. ��101.1107(a)-(c), 101.1112. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10,534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • time to estimate with greater precision the number of resellers that would qualify as small business concerns under SBA's definition. Consequently, we estimate that there are fewer than 206 small entity resellers that may be affected by the decisions and rules adopted in this Order. Federal Communications Commission 96-325 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. 3266 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable 3267 system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393. Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • revenue annually. This definition includes cable systems operators, closed circuit television services, direct broadcast satellite services, multipoint distribution systems, satellite master antenna systems and subscription television services. According to the Census Bureau, there were 1,432 such cable and other pay television services Federal Communications Commission FCC 97-74 1992 Census, supra note 31, at Firm Size 1-123. 44 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small 45 cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393. Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • by small entities, which may be affected by the decisions adopted in this Fourth Report and Order. Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-48 55 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 56 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). 57 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996
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  • by Subpart I of Part 22 of the Commission's Rules. See 47 C.F.R. �� 22.1001-.1037. 55 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC 4841. 56 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 57 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10,534 (Feb. 27, 1995). 58 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc.,
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  • 121.201, SIC code 4813. Locator at 1-2. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC code 4813. Locator at 1-2. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC code 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration.) 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities: Establishment and Firm Size, at Firm Size 1-123 (1995) (1992 Census). See generally 15 U.S.C. � 632(a)(1). 1992 Census, at Firm Size 1-123. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC code 4813. Id. Carrier Locator Interstate Service Providers, Figure 1 (January 2000). 47 CFR 101.1005, 101.1007. 47 CFR 101.1107(a)-(c), 101.1112. 13 CFR 121.201, SIC 4841. 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10,534 (Feb. 27, 1995). 47 U.S.C. 543(m)(2). 47 U.S.C.
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  • companies. Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995) (``Small System Order''). Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, P.L. 102-385, 106 Stat. 1482 (1992). 1996 Act, P.L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination in the Small System Order that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(c). We do not collect information concerning systems serving fewer than
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  • of which 37,566 have populations of less than 50,000. United States Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1992 Census of Governments (1992 Census). See Report and Order in CC Docket No.87-124, 11 FCC Rcd 8249 (1996). See also Erratum in CC Docket No. 97-124, 11 FCC Rcd 9257 (1996). 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. 47 C.F.R. ( 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • 1995). 13 C.F.R. �121.201. 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 & 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Notices/2000/fcc00369.doc
  • U.S.C. � 601(3). Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. � 632 (1996). 5 U.S.C. � 601(4). 1992 Economic Census, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Table 6 (special tabulation of data under contract to Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 5 U.S.C. � 601(5). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration. 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • 303(u). 47 U.S.C. � 610. 29 U.S.C. � 794d(a)(1)(A). 47 U.S.C. �� 309(r), 307(c)(1), 310(d). 5 U.S.C. � 601(3) (1980). 15 U.S.C. � 632. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (SIC Code 4833) 13 C.F.R. � 121.201 (SIC Code 4841). U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992 Economic Census, 1992 Census of Transportation, Communications and Utilities at Firm Size 1-123. 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See In the Matter of Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266, 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration,
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  • to the 1999 total of 1,594 TV stations to arrive at 1,227 stations categorized as small businesses. 371 We use the 96 percent figure of radio station establishments with less than $5 million revenue from the Census data and apply it to the 12,560 individual station count to arrive at 12,057 individual stations as small businesses. 372 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). 373 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996
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  • 31327, Jan. 13, 1993. FCC News Release, Broadcast Station Totals as of September 30, 1999 (released November 22, 1999). 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 6393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • 601(5). 59 U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." 60 Id. 61 13 CFR 121.201, SIC code 4841. 62 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 63 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). 35 operated; (2) is not
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  • 47 CFR 1.1162 5 U.S.C. 601(5). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, SIC code 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • 47 CFR 1.1162 5 U.S.C. 601(5). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, SIC code 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • 47 CFR 1.1162 5 U.S.C. 601(5). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, SIC code 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 CFR 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 51321 and 51322. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, NAICS codes 51321 and 51322 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 CFR 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • no mention of requirements on television receiving equipment. We assume that the consumer electronics industry has concluded that the receiver standards currently in place are adequate in the digital environment. See id. See Equipment Compatibility First Report and Order, at 1991. The basic service tier consists, at a minimum, of retransmitted local broadcast signals plus PEG channels. See 47 CFR 76.901(a). See 47 C.F.R. �76.630(c) and � 14, supra. OpenCable is an industry initiative aimed at developing a new generation of interoperable set-top boxes that will facilitate the provision of an expanded range of interactive services to cable customers. See http://www.opencable.com. See, e.g., ``OpenCable POD Copy Protection System,'' IS-POD-CP-INT01-000107, at 2. See 47 U.S.C. �544a(a)(4). See 47 U.S.C. 544a(c) 2)(D). See
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  • 5 U.S.C. � 601(5). U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "1992 Census of Governments." Id. 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, SIC code 4841. 1992 Economic Census Industry and Enterprise Receipts Size Report, Table 2D, SIC code 4841 (U.S. Bureau of the Census data under contract to the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable
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  • 79.1(a)(2). 13 C.F.R. �121.201. 1992 Census, supra, at Firm Size 1-123. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Telecommunications Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Rate Regulation and Cable Pricing Flexibility, MM Docket No. 92-266 and CS Docket No. 96-157, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 11 FCC Rcd 9517, 9531 (1996). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, MM Docket Nos. 92-266 & 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV
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  • from Gary M. Jackson, Assistant Administrator, SBA (July 28, 2000). 152 13 C.F.R. � 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 513220 (changed to 517510 in October 2002). 153 U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Subject Series: Information, "Establishment and Firm Size (Including Legal Form of Organization)," Table 4, NAICS code 513220 (issued October 2000). 154 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (Feb. 27, 1995). 155 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc.,
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  • EAS message on all programmed channels or install EAS equipment and provide a video interrupt and audio alert on all programmed channels and EAS audio and video messages on at least one programmed channel by October 1, 2002. See 47 C.F.R. � 11.11. Television and Cable Factbook, Warren Publishing, Inc., at I-98 (2000). 47 U.S.C. � 543(m)(2). 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(f). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996 (based on figures for December 30, 1995). We do receive such information on a case-by-case basis only if a cable operator appeals a local franchise authority's finding that the operator does not qualify as a small cable operator pursuant to Section 76.901(f) of the Commission's Rules. See 47 C.F.R. �
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  • channels and EAS audio and video messages on at least one programmed channel by October 1, 2002. See 47 C.F.R. 11.11. 226 Television and Cable Factbook, Warren Publishing, Inc., at I-98 (2000). 227 47 U.S.C. 543(m)(2). 228 See FCC Announces New Subscriber Count for the Definition of Small Cable Operator, Public Notice DA 01-158 (January 24, 2001). 229 47 C.F.R. 76.901(f). 230 See FCC Announces New Subscriber Count for the Definition of Small Cable Operator, Public Notice DA 01-158 (January 24, 2001). 231 We do receive such information on a case-by-case basis only if a cable operator appeals a local franchise authority's finding that the operator does not qualify as a small cable operator pursuant to Section 76.901(f) of the Commission's
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  • on win-back or retention offers because, at the time it enacted Section 8, cable operators in virtually every region of the country were monopoly providers. 28 We take no position on whether discrete types of win-back behavior would run afoul of customer service standards for communicating with subscribers or other provisions of the Act. See 47 U.S.C. 543(d); 47 C.F.R. 76.901-990 (requiring inter alia cable operators to have geographically uniform rates under certain circumstances, with a stated objective ``to prevent cable operators from dropping the rates in one portion of a franchise area to undercut a competitor temporarily.''). 29 WOW Reply to Commission Questions at 16-17, citing Senate Report at 27. 30 47 U.S.C. 552(b). 31 See generally H.R. Rep. 104-204(I),
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  • to 6,118. In this context, the number of establishments is a less helpful indicator of small business prevalence than is the number of ``firms,'' because the latter number takes into account the concept of common ownership or control. The more helpful 2002 census data on firms, including employment and receipts numbers, will be issued in late 2005. 256 47 C.F.R. 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995), 60 FR 10534 (February 27, 1995). 257 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc.,
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  • rules apply to Multipoint Distribution Systems (MDS) operated as part of a wireless cable system. The Commission has defined "small entity" for purposes of the auction of MDS frequencies as an entity that, together with its affiliates, has average gross annual revenues that are not more than $40 million for the preceding three calendar years.^73 This ^65 47 C.F.R. S 76.901(e). The Commission determined that this size standard equates approximately to a size standard of $100 million or less in annual revenues. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393, 7408 (1995). 66 These data are derived from: R.R. Bowker, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2006, "Top
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  • 61 Fed. Reg. 09964 (March 12, 1996). One option under consideration is whether to define a small station for purposes of affording such relief as one with ten or fewer full-time employees. 47 U.S.C. ( 543(m)(2). 47 C.F.R. ( 76.1403(b). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures for Dec. 30, 1995). 47 C.F.R. ( 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determinations that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Implementation of Sections of the 1992 Cable Act: Rate Regulation, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based
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  • distributors (MVPDs). [78]76.630 Compatibility with consumer electronics equipment. Subpart L -- Cable Television Access [79]76.701 Leased access channels. [80]76.702 Public access. Subpart M -- Cable Inside Wiring [81]76.800 Definitions. [82]76.801 Scope. [83]76.802 Disposition of cable home wiring. [84]76.804 Disposition of home run wiring. [85]76.805 Access to molding. [86]76.806 Pre-termination access to cable home wiring. Subpart N -- Cable Rate Regulation [87]76.901 Definitions. [88]76.905 Standards for identification of cable systems subject to effective competition. [89]76.906 Presumption of no effective competition. [90]76.907 Petition for a determination of effective competition. [91]76.910 Franchising authority certification. [92]76.911 Petition for reconsideration of certification. [93]76.912 Joint certification. [94]76.913 Assumption of jurisdiction by the Commission. [95]76.914 Revocation of certification. [96]76.916 Petition for recertification. [97]76.917 Notification of certification withdrawal. [98]76.920
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  • Sector 51, Table 4 at 50 (2000). The amount of $10 million was used to estimate the number of small business firms because the relevant Census categories stopped at $9,999,999 and began at $10,000,000. No category for $12.5 million existed. Thus, the number is as accurate as it is possible to calculate with the available information. 245 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). 246 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc. Cable TV Investor, February 29, 1996 (based on figures for December 30, 1995.) 247 47 U.S.C.
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  • small cable companies under the SBA and Commission rate regulation definitions.65 These operators primarily serve multiple dwelling units ("MDU")66 and commercial multiple tenant units ("MTU").67 The MDU market is comprised of 20 to 25 million units.68 Commercial multiple tenant units (and there SBA size standards) include hotels ($6.0 million),69 hospitals ($29.0 million),70 nursing care facilities ($11.5 58 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this definition based on its determination that a small cable system operator is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, MM Docket No. 92-266 and 93-215, 10 FCC Rcd 7393 (1995). 59 Paul Kagan Associates, Inc., Cable TV Investor, Feb. 29, 1996 (based on figures
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  • products on digital cable systems. Subpart L-Cable Television Access � 76.701 Leased access channels. � 76.702 Public access. Subpart M-Cable Inside Wiring � 76.800 Definitions. � 76.801 Scope. � 76.802 Disposition of cable home wiring. � 76.804 Disposition of home run wiring. � 76.805 Access to molding. � 76.806 Pre-termination access to cable home wiring. Subpart N-Cable Rate Regulation � 76.901 Definitions. � 76.905 Standards for identification of cable systems subject to effective competition. � 76.906 Presumption of no effective competition. � 76.907 Petition for a determination of effective competition. � 76.910 Franchising authority certification. � 76.911 Petition for reconsideration of certification. � 76.912 Joint certification. � 76.913 Assumption of jurisdiction by the Commission. � 76.914 Revocation of certification. � 76.916
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  • also contains a size standard for a "small cable opera- tor," which is "a cable operator that, directly or through an affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than one per- cent of all subscribers in the United States and is not affiliated with any entity or entities whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed $250,000,000."410 The 40847 C.F.R. � 76.901(e). The Commission developed this defini- tion based on its determinations that a small cable company is one with annual revenues of $100 million or less. See Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Rate Regulation, MM Doc. Nos. 92-266 and 93-215, Sixth Report and Order and Eleventh Order on Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd
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  • advertiser-supported. The CPST provides all analog video programming distributed over the system that is not on the basic service tier and for which the operator does not charge a per- channel or per-program basis.64 Most of the programming carried on the CPST is advertiser-supported national and regional cable origination networks. Subscribers do 59 47 U.S.C. � 543(b)(7); 47 C.F.R. � 76.901(a). 60 47 U.S.C. � 534(a), (b)(1), 47 C.F.R � 76.56(b) (obligations to carry local commercial stations); 47 U.S.C. � 535(a), (b); 47 C.F.R. � 76.56(a) (obligations to carry qualified noncommercial stations). Under these statutory provisions and the Commission's rules, commercial broadcast television stations may elect whether they will be carried by local cable television systems. 47 U.S.C. � 325(b)(3)(B); 47