Technologie i telekomunikacja · 2/28/1997
DBS Public Interest Rulemaking
The Commission solicits updated comments in this proceeding to reflect changed circumstances in the DBS industry since the release in 1993 of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making to implement section 25 of the 1992 Cable Act. Among the issues on which the Commission seeks revised public comment are how sections 312(a)(7) and 315 of the Communications Act should be applied to DBS providers, how the requirement to reserve 4-7 percent of channel capacity for non- commercial programming should be implemented, and what public interest or other requirements, if any, should be imposed on DBS providers in addition to the minimum specified requirements.