97-20690. Sunshine Act Meeting; Open Commission Meeting Thursday, August 7, 1997

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20690]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting; Open Commission Meeting Thursday, August 7, 
1997

    The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on 
the subject listed below on Thursday, August 7, 1997, which is 
scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. in Room 856, at 1919 M Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C.

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             Item No.                                 Bureau                                Subject             
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1.................................  Cable Services...........................  Title: Closed Captioning and     
                                                                                Video Description of Video      
                                                                                Programming; Implementation of  
                                                                                Section 305 of the              
                                                                                Telecommunications Act of 1996  
                                                                                and Video Programming           
                                                                                Accessibility (MM Docket No. 95-
                                                                                176).                           
                                                                               Summary: The Commission will     
                                                                                consider action concerning      
                                                                                closed captioning requirements  
                                                                                for video programming.          
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    Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from 
Maureen Peratino or David Fiske, Office of Public Affairs, telephone 
number [phone].
    Copies of materials adopted at this meeting can be purchased from 
the FCC's duplicating contractor, International Transcription Services, 
Inc. (ITS, Inc.) at [phone] or fax [phone] and 857-3184. 
These copies are available in paper format and alternative media which 
includes, large print/type; digital disk; an audio tape. ITS may be 
reached by e-mail: [e-mail]. Their Internet address is 
httpp://www.itsi.com.
    This meeting can be viewed over George Mason University's Capitol 
Connection. For information on this service call [phone]. The 
audio portion of the meeting will be broadcast live on the Internet via 
the FCC's Internet audio broadcast page at http://www.fcc.gov/
realaudio/>. The meeting can also be heard via telephone, for a fee, 
from National Narrowcast Network, telephone [phone] or fax (202) 
966-1770; and from Conference Call USA (available only outside the 
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area), telephone [phone]. Audio 
and video tapes of this meeting can be obtained from the Office of 
Public Affairs, Television Staff, telephone [phone], or TTY 
[phone]; fax numbers [phone] or [phone].

    Dated: July 31, 1997.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-20690 Filed 8-4-97; 12:33 pm]
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