2018-09413. Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals

AGENCY:

Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:

Dismissal of petition for reconsideration.

SUMMARY:

This document dismisses the Petition for Reconsideration filed by Paxson Communications Corporation (now known as ION Media Networks, Inc.) (ION). Due to the passage of time, ION has agreed to withdraw its petition. Accordingly, the Media Bureau dismisses the petition without prejudice.

DATES:

May 3, 2018.

ADDRESSES:

Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diana Sokolow, [e-mail], of the Policy Division, Media Bureau, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This is a summary of the Order of Dismissal, CS Docket No. 98-120, adopted and released on April 23, 2018. The full text of this document is available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. This document will also be available via ECFS at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/​ecfs/​. Documents will be available electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat. Copies of the materials can be obtained from the FCC's Reference Information Center at [phone]. Alternative formats are available for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), by sending an email to [e-mail] or calling the Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at [phone] (voice), [phone] (TTY). This document is not subject to the Congressional Review Act. The Commission is, therefore, not required to submit a copy of this Memorandum Opinion and Order to the General Accounting Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because the Petition for Reconsideration was dismissed.

Federal Communications Commission.

Thomas Horan,

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.