Technologie i telekomunikacja · 12/6/1994

Cable Television Act of 1992

This seventh notice of proposed rulemaking is one segment of the Sixth Order on Reconsideration, Fifth Report and Order and Seventh Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this proceeding. The final rules adopted in this decision may be found elsewhere in this issue. In the Seventh Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission sought comment on whether cable operators electing to use the per channel adjustment under the Commission's new rules should be allowed to take the 7.5% mark-up on programming cost increases for channels added to the system before May 15, 1994; and whether operators electing to use the current going forward rules should be permitted to pass-through the 7.5% mark- up on new programming cost increases after the initial mark-up on programming costs of new channels. The intended effect of this proposal is to eliminate the pass-through to subscribers of unnecessary cost increases.