Title 47, Part 76 — Multichannel Video and Cable Television Service

Purpose.

Other pertinent rules.

Definitions.

General pleading requirements.

General special relief, waiver, enforcement, complaint, show cause, forfeiture, and declaratory ruling procedures.

Status conference.

Confidentiality of proprietary information.

Review.

Lockbox enforcement.

Special temporary authority.

Franchise application process.

In-kind contributions.

Mixed-use rule.

Major television markets.

Reference points.

Significantly viewed signals; method to be followed for special showings.

Definitions applicable to the must-carry rules.

Signal carriage obligations.

Channel positioning.

Modification of television markets.

Compensation for carriage.

Disputes concerning carriage.

Manner of carriage.

Retransmission consent.

Good faith and exclusive retransmission consent complaints.

Satellite broadcast signal carriage.

Exemption from input selector switch rules.

Scope of application.

General EEO policy.

Specific EEO program requirements.

Reporting requirements and enforcement.

Records available for public inspection.

Cable network non-duplication; extent of protection.

Parties entitled to network non-duplication protection.

Notification.

Exceptions.

Cable syndicated program exclusivity: extent of protection.

Parties entitled to syndicated exclusivity.

Notification.

Exceptions.

Exclusivity contracts.

Indemnification contracts.

Requirements for invocation of protection.

Substitutions.

Network non-duplication protection and syndicated exclusivity rules for satellite carriers: Definitions.

Satellite network non-duplication.

Satellite syndicated program exclusivity.

Requirements for invocation of protection.

Indemnification contracts.

Substitutions.

Origination cablecasts by legally qualified candidates for public office; equal opportunities.

Candidate rates.

Lotteries.

Commercial limits in children's programs.

[Reserved]

Customer service obligations.

Truth in billing and advertising.

Cross-ownership.

Time limits applicable to franchise authority consideration of transfer applications.

National subscriber limits.

Limits on carriage of vertically integrated programming.

Prohibition on buy outs.

Performance tests.

Incorporation by reference.

Technical standards.

Closed captioning.

Transmission of commercial advertisements.

Measurements.

Operation in the frequency bands 108-137 MHz and 225-400 MHz—scope of application.

Cable television basic signal leakage performance criteria.

Cable television frequency separation standards.

Interference from a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD).

Cable television system regular monitoring.

Operation near certain aeronautical and marine emergency radio frequencies.

Responsibility for interference.

§§ 76.618-76.620 [Reserved]

Compatibility with consumer electronics equipment.

Support for unidirectional digital cable products on digital cable systems.

Leased access channels.

Public access.

Definitions.

Scope.

Disposition of cable home wiring.

Disposition of home run wiring.

Access to molding.

Pre-termination access to cable home wiring.

Definitions.

Standards for identification of cable systems subject to effective competition.

Presumption of effective competition.

Petition for a determination of effective competition.

Franchising authority certification.

Petition for reconsideration of certification.

Joint certification.

Assumption of jurisdiction by the Commission.

Revocation of certification.

Petition for recertification.

Notification of certification withdrawal.

Composition of the basic tier.

Buy-through of other tiers prohibited.

Rates for the basic service tier.

Rates for equipment and installation used to receive the basic service tier.

Allocation to service cost categories.

Costs of franchise requirements.

Initiation of review of basic cable service and equipment rates.

Franchising authority review of basic cable rates and equipment costs.

Small systems and small cable companies.

Participation of interested parties.

Written decision.

Burden of proof.

Proprietary information.

Truthful written statements and responses to requests of franchising authority.

Prospective rate reduction.

Rate prescription.

Refunds.

Fines.

Commission review of franchising authority decisions on rates for the basic service tier and associated equipment.

Procedures for Commission review of basic service rates.

Advertising of rates.

Information to be provided by cable operator on monthly subscriber bills.

Implementation and certification of compliance.

Commercial leased access rates.

Commercial leased access terms and conditions.

Commercial leased access dispute resolution.

Minority and educational programming used in lieu of designated commercial leased access capacity.

Charges for customer changes.

Negative option billing.

Discrimination.

Geographically uniform rate structure.

Subscriber bill itemization.

Small cable operators.

Definitions.

Unfair practices generally.

Specific unfair practices prohibited.

Program access proceedings

Applicability of program access rules to common carriers and affiliates.

§§ 76.1005-76.1010 [Reserved]

Definitions.

Rights of subscribers to use or attach navigation devices.

Availability of navigation devices.

Incidence of harm.

Availability of equipment performing conditional access or security functions.

Availability of interface information.

Equipment sale or lease charge subsidy prohibition.

Waivers.

Sunset of regulations.

Theft of service.

Effect on other rules.

Definitions.

Prohibited practices.

Carriage agreement proceedings.

§§ 76.1303-76.1305 [Reserved]

Purpose.

Use of cable facilities by local exchange carriers.

Definitions.

Qualifications to be an open video system operator.

Certification.

Carriage of video programming providers on open video systems.

Rates, terms and conditions for carriage on open video systems.

Public, educational and governmental access.

Carriage of television broadcast signals.

Competitive access to satellite cable programming.

Network non-duplication.

Syndicated program exclusivity.

Application of certain Title VI provisions.

Fees.

Programming information.

Open video dispute resolution.

Bundling of video and local exchange services.

Electronic delivery of notices.

Deletion or repositioning of broadcast signals.

Customer service—general information.

Customer service—rate and service changes.

Charges for customer service changes.

Principal headend.

System technical integration requiring uniform election of must-carry or retransmission consent status.

Non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity.

Change of operational information.

Political cable rates and classes of time.

Identification of must-carry signals.

Sponsorship identification.

Contracts with local exchange carriers.

Initial must-carry notice.

Basic tier availability.

Information on subscriber bills.

Availability of signals.

§§ 76.1621-76.1622 [Reserved]

Records to be maintained by cable system operators.

Political file.

Equal employment opportunity.

Commercial records on children's programs.

Proof-of-performance test data.

[Reserved]

Signal leakage logs and repair records.

Leased access.

[Reserved]

Availability of signals.

Emergency alert system (EAS) tests and activation.

Open video system (OVS) requests for carriage.

Complaint resolution.

Familiarity with FCC rules.

Sponsorship identification.

Subscriber records and public inspection file.

Compliance with technical standards.

Additional reports and filings.

Registration statement.

Annual employment report.

Signal leakage monitoring.

Aeronautical frequencies: leakage monitoring (CLI).

Redistribution control of unencrypted digital terrestrial broadcast content.

Exclusive access to multiple dwelling units generally.