47 CFR 76.943 - Fines. | Title 47 - Telecommunication | Code of Federal Regulations

§ 76.943

Fines.

(a) A franchising authority may impose fines or monetary forfeitures on a cable operator that does not comply with a rate decision or refund order directed specifically at the cable operator, provided the franchising authority has such power under state or local laws.

(b) If a cable operator willfully fails to comply with the terms of any franchising authority's order, decision, or request for information, as required by § 76.939, the Commission may, in addition to other remedies, impose a forfeiture pursuant to section 503(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 503(b).

(c) A cable operator shall not be subject to forfeiture because its rate for basic service or equipment is determined to be unreasonable.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17974, Apr. 15, 1994]

Title 47 published on 2012-10-01

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2013-04-04; vol. 78 # 65 - Thursday, April 4, 2013

78 FR 20255 - Leased Commercial Access

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FR Doc.	2013-03940
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MB Docket No.	07-42
FCC	07-208

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Technical amendments.

Effective April 4, 2013.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is making a technical amendment to correct a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of February 28, 2008. The document revised rules concerning Leased Commercial Access. Some of the revised rules contained information collections that required approval by OMB. Some other revised rules were held in abeyance pending OMB approval. Finally, some rule revisions were effective without OMB approval. The entire order, FCC 07-208, was judicially stayed pending judicial review, which is being held in abeyance, and no rule revisions have become effective. Therefore, the previously published rules are still in effect. This document makes a technical amendment so that the rules that are published in the Federal Register reflect the Leased Commercial Access rules that have remained in effect continuously and are currently still in effect.

2013-02-26; vol. 78 # 38 - Tuesday, February 26, 2013

78 FR 12967 - Establishment of Class A TV Service and Cable Television Rate Regulation; Cost of Service Rules—Clarification Regarding Information Collection Requirements

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MM Docket No.	00-10
FCC	01-123 and MM Docket No. 93-215
FCC	95-502

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule; clarification and announcement of effective dates.

47 CFR 73.1545(e) and 47 CFR 76.922(i)(6)(i) and (i)(7) are effective February 26, 2013.

47 CFR Parts 73 and 76

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission published requirements related to Establishment of Class A TV Service and Cable Television Rate Regulation; Cost of Service Rules, which were determined to contain information collection requirements that were subject to OMB review. After further review, we have found OMB approval is not required. This document intends to provide clarification that these rules are effective and that it has been determined that these provisions are not subject to OMB review.

2013-02-21; vol. 78 # 35 - Thursday, February 21, 2013

78 FR 11987 - Cable Television Act of 1992

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MM Docket Nos.	92-266 and 93-215, FCC 94-286

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule; announcement of effective date.

The amendments to 47 CFR 76.922(e)(1) and (2) published in the Federal Register at 59 FR 62614, December 6, 1994, are effective February 21, 2013.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

This document announces the effective date of rules published in the Federal Register on December 6, 1994. The final rules revised to provide cable operators with additional incentives to expand their facilities and services in a way that both ensures that cable rates are reasonable and expands the opportunities for cable programmers to reach viewers.

78 FR 11987 - Cable Television Act of 1992

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FR Doc.	2013-03933
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MM Docket No.	92-266, FCC 95-397

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule; announcement of effective date.

The amendments to 47 CFR 76.922(c), (d), (g) through (m) and additions of 47 CFR 76.922(e) and (f) and 76.933(h) published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 52106, October 5, 1995, are effective February 21, 2013.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

This document announces the effective date of rules publishedin the Federal Register on October 5, 1995. The Commission simplified rules affecting cable operators' rates and provided cable operators with an additional option for adjusting their rates.

78 FR 11987 - Review of the Commission's Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules andPolicies

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FR Doc.	2013-03939
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MM Docket No.	98-204
FCC	04-103

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule; announcement of effective date.

The amendments to 47 CFR 73.3612 and 76.1802, published in the Federal Register at 69 FR 34950, June 23, 2004, are effective February 21, 2013.

47 CFR Parts 73 and 76

Summary

This document announces the effective date of rules published in the Federal Register on June 23, 2004. The final rules revised broadcast and multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) equal employment opportunity (EEO) requirements.

78 FR 11988 - Open Video Systems

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CS Docket No.	96-46, FCC 96-334

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule; announcement of effective date.

The amendments to 47 CFR 76.1505(d) and 76.1506(d), (l)(3), and (m)(2) published in the Federal Register at 61 FR 43160, August 21, 1996, are effective February 21, 2013.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

This document announces the effective date of rules published in the Federal Register , 61 FR 43160, August 21, 1996. The final rules modified rules and policies concerning Open Video Systems.

2012-11-09; vol. 77 # 218 - Friday, November 9, 2012

77 FR 67290 - Basic Service Tier Encryption Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment

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FR Doc.	2012-27350
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MB Docket No.	11-69
PP Docket No.	00-67
FCC	12-126

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule.

Effective December 10, 2012.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

In this document, the Commission adopts new rules to allow cable operators to encrypt the basic service tier in all-digital systems, provided that those cable operators undertake certain consumer protection measures for a limited period of time in order to minimize any potential subscriber disruption.

2012-10-31; vol. 77 # 211 - Wednesday, October 31, 2012

77 FR 66026 - Program Access Rules

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FR Doc.	2012-26456
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MB Docket Nos.	12-68
	07-18
	05-192
	07-29
FCC	12-123

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule.

Effective November 30, 2012.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

In this document, the Commission declines to extend the prohibition on exclusive contracts involving satellite-delivered, cable-affiliated programming beyond its October 5, 2012 expiration date. Instead of this prohibition, the Commission will address exclusive contracts involving satellite-delivered, cable-affiliated programming on a case-by-case basis in response to program access complaints. The Commission also affirms its expanded discovery procedures for program access complaints.

This is a list of United States Code sections, Statutes at Large, Public Laws, and Presidential Documents, which provide rulemaking authority for this CFR Part.

This list is taken from the Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules provided by GPO [Government Printing Office].

It is not guaranteed to be accurate or up-to-date, though we do refresh the database weekly. More limitations on accuracy are described at the GPO site.

United States Code

USC : Title 47 - TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS

§ 151 - Purposes of chapter; Federal Communications Commission created

§ 152 - Application of chapter

§ 153 - Definitions

§ 154 - Federal Communications Commission

§ 301 - License for radio communication or transmission of energy

§ 302 - Repealed. June 5, 1936, ch. 511,

§ 302a - Devices which interfere with radio reception

§ 303 - Powers and duties of Commission

§ 303a - Standards for children’s television programming

§ 307 - Licenses

§ 308 - Requirements for license

§ 309 - Application for license

§ 312 - Administrative sanctions

§ 315 - Candidates for public office

§ 317 - Announcement of payment for broadcast

§ 325 - False, fraudulent, or unauthorized transmissions

§ 339 - Carriage of distant television stations by satellite carriers

§ 340 - Significantly viewed signals permitted to be carried

§ 341 - Carriage of television signals to certain subscribers

§ 503 - Forfeitures

§ 521 - Purposes

§ 522 - Definitions

§ 531 - Cable channels for public, educational, or governmental use

§ 532 - Cable channels for commercial use

§ 534 - Carriage of local commercial television signals

§ 535 - Carriage of noncommercial educational television

§ 536 - Regulation of carriage agreements

§ 537 - Sales of cable systems

§ 543 - Regulation of rates

§ 544 - Regulation of services, facilities, and equipment

§ 544a - Consumer electronics equipment compatibility

§ 545 - Modification of franchise obligations

§ 548 - Development of competition and diversity in video programming distribution

§ 549 - Competitive availability of navigation devices

§ 552 - Consumer protection and customer service

§ 554 - Equal employment opportunity

§ 556 - Coordination of Federal, State, and local authority

§ 558 - Criminal and civil liability

§ 560 - Scrambling of cable channels for nonsubscribers

§ 561 - Scrambling of sexually explicit adult video service programming

§ 571 - Regulatory treatment of video programming services

§ 572 - Prohibition on buy outs

§ 573 - Establishment of open video systems

Title 47 published on 2012-10-01

The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 47 CFR 76 after this date.

2013-04-04; vol. 78 # 65 - Thursday, April 4, 2013

78 FR 20255 - Leased Commercial Access

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2013-03940
RIN
MB Docket No.	07-42
FCC	07-208

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Technical amendments.

Effective April 4, 2013.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is making a technical amendment to correct a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of February 28, 2008. The document revised rules concerning Leased Commercial Access. Some of the revised rules contained information collections that required approval by OMB. Some other revised rules were held in abeyance pending OMB approval. Finally, some rule revisions were effective without OMB approval. The entire order, FCC 07-208, was judicially stayed pending judicial review, which is being held in abeyance, and no rule revisions have become effective. Therefore, the previously published rules are still in effect. This document makes a technical amendment so that the rules that are published in the Federal Register reflect the Leased Commercial Access rules that have remained in effect continuously and are currently still in effect.

2013-02-26; vol. 78 # 38 - Tuesday, February 26, 2013

78 FR 12967 - Establishment of Class A TV Service and Cable Television Rate Regulation; Cost of Service Rules—Clarification Regarding Information Collection Requirements

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2013-03944
RIN
MM Docket No.	00-10
FCC	01-123 and MM Docket No. 93-215
FCC	95-502

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule; clarification and announcement of effective dates.

47 CFR 73.1545(e) and 47 CFR 76.922(i)(6)(i) and (i)(7) are effective February 26, 2013.

47 CFR Parts 73 and 76

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission published requirements related to Establishment of Class A TV Service and Cable Television Rate Regulation; Cost of Service Rules, which were determined to contain information collection requirements that were subject to OMB review. After further review, we have found OMB approval is not required. This document intends to provide clarification that these rules are effective and that it has been determined that these provisions are not subject to OMB review.

2013-02-21; vol. 78 # 35 - Thursday, February 21, 2013

78 FR 11987 - Cable Television Act of 1992

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2013-03932
RIN
MM Docket Nos.	92-266 and 93-215, FCC 94-286

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule; announcement of effective date.

The amendments to 47 CFR 76.922(e)(1) and (2) published in the Federal Register at 59 FR 62614, December 6, 1994, are effective February 21, 2013.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

This document announces the effective date of rules published in the Federal Register on December 6, 1994. The final rules revised to provide cable operators with additional incentives to expand their facilities and services in a way that both ensures that cable rates are reasonable and expands the opportunities for cable programmers to reach viewers.

78 FR 11987 - Cable Television Act of 1992

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2013-03933
RIN
MM Docket No.	92-266, FCC 95-397

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule; announcement of effective date.

The amendments to 47 CFR 76.922(c), (d), (g) through (m) and additions of 47 CFR 76.922(e) and (f) and 76.933(h) published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 52106, October 5, 1995, are effective February 21, 2013.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

This document announces the effective date of rules publishedin the Federal Register on October 5, 1995. The Commission simplified rules affecting cable operators' rates and provided cable operators with an additional option for adjusting their rates.

78 FR 11987 - Review of the Commission's Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules andPolicies

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2013-03939
RIN
MM Docket No.	98-204
FCC	04-103

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule; announcement of effective date.

The amendments to 47 CFR 73.3612 and 76.1802, published in the Federal Register at 69 FR 34950, June 23, 2004, are effective February 21, 2013.

47 CFR Parts 73 and 76

Summary

This document announces the effective date of rules published in the Federal Register on June 23, 2004. The final rules revised broadcast and multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) equal employment opportunity (EEO) requirements.

78 FR 11988 - Open Video Systems

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2013-03945
RIN
CS Docket No.	96-46, FCC 96-334

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule; announcement of effective date.

The amendments to 47 CFR 76.1505(d) and 76.1506(d), (l)(3), and (m)(2) published in the Federal Register at 61 FR 43160, August 21, 1996, are effective February 21, 2013.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

This document announces the effective date of rules published in the Federal Register , 61 FR 43160, August 21, 1996. The final rules modified rules and policies concerning Open Video Systems.

2012-12-05; vol. 77 # 234 - Wednesday, December 5, 2012

77 FR 72295 - Revision of the Commission's Program Access Rules

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Additional Documents

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FR Doc.	2012-29426
RIN
MB Docket No.	12-68
DA	12-1871

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Proposed rule; extension of comment and reply comment period.

The comment and reply comment period for the proposed rule published October 31, 2012 (77 FR 66052) is extended. Submit comments on or before December 14, 2012 and reply comments on or before January 14, 2013.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

The Media Bureau extends the deadline for filing comments and reply comments on the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ FNPRM” ) in this proceeding which was published in the Federal Register on October 31, 2012. The extension will provide commenters with sufficient time to prepare comments and reply comments in response to the FNPRM.

2012-11-09; vol. 77 # 218 - Friday, November 9, 2012

77 FR 67290 - Basic Service Tier Encryption Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2012-27350
RIN
MB Docket No.	11-69
PP Docket No.	00-67
FCC	12-126

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule.

Effective December 10, 2012.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

In this document, the Commission adopts new rules to allow cable operators to encrypt the basic service tier in all-digital systems, provided that those cable operators undertake certain consumer protection measures for a limited period of time in order to minimize any potential subscriber disruption.

2012-10-31; vol. 77 # 211 - Wednesday, October 31, 2012

77 FR 66026 - Program Access Rules

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2012-26456
RIN
MB Docket Nos.	12-68
	07-18
	05-192
	07-29
FCC	12-123

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Final rule.

Effective November 30, 2012.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

In this document, the Commission declines to extend the prohibition on exclusive contracts involving satellite-delivered, cable-affiliated programming beyond its October 5, 2012 expiration date. Instead of this prohibition, the Commission will address exclusive contracts involving satellite-delivered, cable-affiliated programming on a case-by-case basis in response to program access complaints. The Commission also affirms its expanded discovery procedures for program access complaints.

77 FR 66052 - Program Access Rules

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2012-26455
RIN
FCC	12-123
MB Docket No.	12-68

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Proposed rule.

Comments are due on or before November 30, 2012; reply comments are due on or before December 17, 2012.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

In this document, the Commission seeks comment on the following revisions to its program access rules: the establishment of certain rebuttable presumptions in connection with program access complaints challenging exclusive contracts involving cable-affiliated programming; and amendments to its rules to ensure that buying groups utilized by small and medium-sized multichannel video programming distributors (“MVPDs”) can avail themselves of the program access rules.

2012-10-09; vol. 77 # 195 - Tuesday, October 9, 2012

77 FR 61351 - Cable Television Technical and Operational Requirements

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FR Doc.	2012-24641
RIN
MB Docket No.	12-217
FCC	12-86

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Proposed rule.

Comments are due on or before December 10, 2012; reply comments are due on or before January 7, 2013. Written PRA comments on the proposed information collection requirements contained herein must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other interested parties on or before December 10, 2012.

47 CFR Part 76

Summary

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission proposes to update technical and operational rules related to cable television systems and other multichannel video programming distributors that operate coaxial cable systems. The Commission seeks comments on rules that would update its minimum signal quality standards and signal leakage detection and monitoring for digital transmission. Additionally, the Commission proposes numerous corrections and updates to its to its cable television technical rules.

47 CFR 76.943 - Fines.

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