94-19428. Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to Office of Management and Budget for Review

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to Office of 
Management and Budget for Review

August 4, 1994.
    The Federal Communications Commission has submitted the following 
information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
    Copies of this submission may be purchased from the Commission's 
copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M 
Street, NW, Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037 [phone]. For further 
information on this submission contact Judy Boley, Federal 
Communications Commission, [phone]. Persons wishing to comment 
on this information collection should contact Timothy Fain, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 
395-3561.

    Note: The Commission has requested emergency review of this item 
by August 12, 1994, under the provisions of 5 CFR 1320.18.

OMB Number: None.
Title: FCC Cable Services Bureau (Competition Division) Informational 
Survey in Connection with Annual Report to Congress on the Status of 
Competition in the Delivery of Video Programming: Overbuilds, Direct 
and Effective Competition and Ownership of Competing Technologies.
Action: New collection.
Respondents: State or Local governments and businesses or other for-
profit.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Estimated Annual Burden: 30 responses; 1.50 hours average burden per 
response; 45 hours total annual burden.
Needs and Uses: This survey will be used to prepare a statutorily 
mandated report to Congress, and to discharge other statutorily 
mandated duties. Because the Commission adopted regulations 
implementing Section 19(c) on April 1, 1993, First Report and Order, MM 
Docket No. 92-265, the first such annual Competition Report must be 
submitted to Congress no later than October 1, 1994. Moreover, the 
Report must be completed and ready for submission some weeks earlier, 
because it must be approved at the last Commission meeting prior to 
October 1. That meeting will be held on September 9, 1994. In 
connection with preparation of the initial Competition Report, and in 
furtherance of the Commission's ongoing statutory obligation to monitor 
competition, the Competition Division of the Commission's Cable 
Services Bureau needs to collect information on some specific 
competition issues. Local franchising authorities, cable operators and 
alternative technology-based providers will be questioned regarding 
overbuilds and ownership issues. Without the information, the 
Commission's ability to prepare the Report and meet its statutory 
obligations will be impaired.

    Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
    In reply refer to: Approved by OMB, 3060-0000, expires 00/00/00.

Questions: Overbuilds, Direct and Effective Competition

1. How many homes does your system pass?
2. How many homes are in your franchise area?
3. How many subscribers do you have?
4. How long has an overbuild situation existed in your franchise 
area?
5. When did your system begin service?
6. What is your system's channel complement?
7. Please provide current rate information for your system's various 
programming tiers.
8. Who owns your system? (MSO involvement/Municipal involvement).
9. Is your system under common ownership with any other system with 
a headend within a fifty mile radius of your headend?

(These same questions may possibly be asked of a small number of 
wireless cable operators in an effort to gather additional and more 
specific data on the wireless portion of the industry).

Question: Ownership of Competing Technologies

10. This question concerns relationships between your company and 
companies in similar businesses. ``Your company'' includes its 
directors and officers, major shareholders of which you have actual 
knowledge, and businesses that are affiliates of your company 
(parent entities and subsidiaries). ``Relationships'' includes debt, 
equity, contracts of any kind, and directorships. State below all 
relationships that exist between your company and entities in the 
following businesses:

--telecommunications
--electricity distribution
--transmission by radio (terrestrial or satellite)
--reception of signals by radio, including satellite master antenna 
television, direct-to-home satellite delivery and wireless cable
--over-the-air broadcasting
--other potential substitutes for cable television
    For each interest, state its holder, its form, its dollar value, 
and the date of its acquisition.

    Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to 
average 1.50 hours per response, including the time for reviewing 
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden 
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Federal 
Communications Commission, Records Management Division, Washington, 
DC. 20554, and to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Paperwork Reduction Project 
(3060-0000), Washington, DC 20503

[FR Doc. 94-19428 Filed 8-8-94; 8:45 am]
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