97-18733. Cable Services Action; Commission Postpones En Banc Hearing On Industry Proposal for Rating Video Programming

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18733]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 97-1453]


Cable Services Action; Commission Postpones En Banc Hearing On 
Industry Proposal for Rating Video Programming

July 10, 1997.
    In light of the announced agreement to modify the joint proposal 
describing a voluntary system for rating video programming submitted to 
the Commission on January 17, 1997 by the National Association of 
Broadcasters, the National Cable Television Association and the Motion 
Picture Association of America (``the industry proposal''), the 
Commission has postponed its en banc hearing on: (1) the industry 
proposal; and (2) video programming blocking technology. The en banc 
hearing was scheduled for July 14, 1997. The hearing will be 
rescheduled. The current reply comment date in CS Docket No. 97-55 of 
July 28, 1997 is cancelled.
    Media contact: Morgan Broman [phone].
    TV Ratings contacts: Rick Chessen or Meryl S. Icove [phone]; 
Charles Logan [phone].
    V-chip Technology contact: Rick Engelman [phone].

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-18733 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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