Digital Television Transition Information Questionaires

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February 6, 2021

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YYZ Inc.

address.

City, State zip

Re: Information Request

Dear Respondent:

The Media Bureau is in the process of gathering information on certain aspects of the digital television transition. This information will be used to assess the impact of prior policy initiatives and to inform future efforts in this area. Accordingly, within 30 days of receipt of this letter, please provide a written response describing:

(1) Your digital programming feed provided to affiliates, including the time period of programming, the source of the material (e.g., analog or digital videotape, 35 mm film, analog or digital live camera), transmitted format (e.g., 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i) and aspect ratio;

(2) The approximate through-put of the digital bit stream devoted to providing your digital feed to affiliates, including the number of individual program streams you are transporting and the through-put bit rate and compression level of each programming stream;

(3) Your plans for high-definition or other digital programming within the next twelve months, both on your broadcast network and, if applicable, cable programming services affiliated with you or your parent company;

(4) Your current efforts to develop new digital programming and non-programming services, including estimated deployment schedule; and

(5) Your current and planned efforts to promote your digital television offerings.

Please provide your response by U.S. Mail or electronically to [email protected]. If you wish to request confidential treatment of any information under sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the Commission’s rules, please provide, as required therein, a complete explanation of why such treatment is appropriate.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Chief, Media Bureau

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

The annual reporting burdens for this collection of information, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data and completing and reviewing the collection of information, are estimated to be: 844 respondents, 4 to 24 hours per response per annum, for a total annual burden of 4,823 hours, and total annual costs of $251,400. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12^th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number: 3060-1038, in your correspondence. We will also accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of this collection via the Internet if you send them to [email protected] or call (202)418-2918.

Under 5 CFR Section 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. The OMB Control Number for this collection is 3060-1038.

THE FORGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, PUBLIC LAW 104-13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.

Re: Information Request

Dear Station Manager:

The Media Bureau is in the process of gathering information on certain aspects of the digital television transition. This information will be used to assess the impact of prior policy initiatives and to inform future efforts in this area. Accordingly, within 30 days of receipt of this letter, please provide a written response stating:

1. (a) Whether you are on the air with a digital signal;

(b) If not, when you expect to be on the air;

(c) The digital equipment you have deployed;

(d) The approximate costs you have incurred in constructing your digital facilities; and

(e) The percentage of your analog service population currently served by your digital signal;

2. (a) Whether you have deployed the equipment necessary to pass through your network’s digital signal without degradation of quality (e.g., HDTV passed through as HDTV, multicast programming passed through as multicast programming);

(b) If not, when you expect such equipment to be deployed;

3. (a) The identity of each cable system (by system and operator name) within your local market;

(b) Whether your analog signal, your digital signal or both are being carried by each such system (if less than your full digital signal is being carried, please describe the portion being carried);

(c) If so, whether such carriage is pursuant to must-carry or a retransmission consent or other contractual agreement; and

(d) If not, an explanation why your analog and/or digital signal(s) (or portions thereof) are not being carried;

4. Whether you are transmitting PSIP information in accordance with ATSC A/65A;

5. Your current and planned efforts to promote your digital offerings on your analog channels or other media.

Please provide your response by U.S. Mail or electronically to [email protected]. If you wish to request confidential treatment of any information under sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the Commission’s rules, please provide, as required therein, a complete explanation of why such treatment is appropriate.

Thank you for your assistance. .

Sincerely,

Chief, Media Bureau

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

The annual reporting burdens for this collection of information, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data and completing and reviewing the collection of information, are estimated to be: 844 respondents, 4 to 24 hours per response per annum, for a total annual burden of 4,823 hours, and total annual costs of $251,400. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12^th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number: 3060-1038, in your correspondence. We will also accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of this collection via the Internet if you send them to [email protected] or call (202)418-2918.

Under 5 CFR Section 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. The OMB Control Number for this collection is 3060-1038.

THE FORGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, PUBLIC LAW 104-13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.

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YYZ Inc.

address.

City, State zip

Re: Information Request

Dear Cable Operator:

The Media Bureau is in the process of gathering information on certain aspects of the digital television transition. This information will be used to assess the impact of prior policy initiatives and to inform future efforts in this area. Accordingly, within 30 days of receipt of this letter, please provide a written response stating:

(1) The identity of your cable systems (by physical system identifier) subject to your commitment of May 1, 2002 (i.e., those with more than 25,000 subscribers and activated bandwidth of at least 750 MHz in the top 100 markets), including the number of subscribers to each system;

(2) The identity of your cable systems (by physical system identifier) not subject to your commitment of May 1, 2002, including the number of subscribers to each such system;

(3) The digital broadcast or other high-definition digital programming services that were offered carriage at no cost on your systems identified in (1), above;

(4) Which HDTV or other “value added” digital programming services are actually being carried on each system identified in (1), above, the tier(s) on which such programming is available, and the cost to consumers for both the service and the equipment;

(5) Which analog and digital broadcast signals are being carried on each of your cable systems identified in (1) and (2), above, and whether each such station is being carried pursuant to must-carry or a retransmission consent agreement. To the extent a broadcast station’s analog signal is being carried but not its digital signal, an explanation of why;

(6) Your current and planned high-definition programming on affiliated cable programming services;

(7) The status of your procurement of integrated high definition digital set-top boxes that include digital connectors such as 1394/5C and/or DVI/HDCP; and

(8) Your current and planned efforts to advertise and market HDTV and any other “value added DTV programming” you provide.

Please provide your response by U.S. Mail or electronically to [email protected]. If you wish to request confidential treatment of any information under sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the Commission’s rules, please provide, as required therein, a complete explanation of why such treatment is appropriate.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Chief, Media Bureau

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

The annual reporting burdens for this collection of information, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data and completing and reviewing the collection of information, are estimated to be: 844 respondents, 4 to 24 hours per response per annum, for a total annual burden of 4,823 hours, and total annual costs of $251,400. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12^th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number: 3060-1038, in your correspondence. We will also accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of this collection via the Internet if you send them to [email protected] or call (202)418-2918.

Under 5 CFR Section 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. The OMB Control Number for this collection is 3060-1038.

THE FORGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, PUBLIC LAW 104-13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.

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YYZ Inc.

Address.

City, State zip

Re: Information Request

Dear DBS Operator:

The Media Bureau is in the process of gathering information on certain aspects of the digital television transition. This information will be used to assess the impact of prior policy initiatives and to inform future efforts in this area. Accordingly, within 30 days of receipt of this letter, please provide a written response stating:

(1) Whether you are carrying five digital programming services that are providing high-definition or other “value-added” digital programming during at least 50% of their prime-time schedule, which programmers are being carried, and the cost to consumers for such services;

(2) Whether, due to capacity constraints or other reasons, it is necessary for subscribers to obtain larger or additional dish antennas to access the digital programming, and whether such capacity constraints are expected to limit your ability to provide local, high-definition and/or value-added digital programming in the future; and

(3) Your current and future plans to promote and market HDTV services.

Please provide your response by U.S. Mail or electronically to [email protected]. If you wish to request confidential treatment of any information under sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the Commission’s rules, please provide, as required therein, a complete explanation of why such treatment is appropriate.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Chief, Media Bureau

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

The annual reporting burdens for this collection of information, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data and completing and reviewing the collection of information, are estimated to be: 844 respondents, 4 to 24 hours per response per annum, for a total annual burden of 4,823 hours, and total annual costs of $251,400. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12^th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number: 3060-1038, in your correspondence. We will also accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of this collection via the Internet if you send them to [email protected] or call (202)418-2918.

Under 5 CFR Section 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. The OMB Control Number for this collection is 3060-1038.

THE FORGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, PUBLIC LAW 104-13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.

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YYZ Inc.

address.

City, State zip

Re: Information Request

Dear CE manufacturer:

The Media Bureau is in the process of gathering information on certain aspects of the digital television transition. This information will be used to assess the impact of prior policy initiatives and to inform future efforts in this area. Accordingly, within 30 days of receipt of this letter, please provide a written response stating:

(1) Your current and planned efforts to promote digital television and educate consumers about the DTV transition;

(2) Your plans for meeting the Commission’s implementation schedule for digital broadcast reception capability adopted August 8, 2002;

(3) Whether you will include an ATSC over-the-air tuner in all digital television sets you produce with an integrated QAM tuner for “plug and play” cable compatibility, and, if not, why not;

(4) Your current and planned efforts to provide adequate reception of over-the-air digital signals, including, for current and planned DTV tuners, information regarding average tuner noise figures, performance in such areas as rejection of RF signals on adjacent TV channels, IF-related TV channels and image-related TV channels, and performance in the presence of multipath; and

(5) Your current and planned deployment of digital connectors (e.g., 1394/5C and/or DVI/HDCP) on DTV sets and digital set-top boxes.

Please provide your response by U.S. Mail or electronically to [email protected]. If you wish to request confidential treatment of any information under sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the Commission’s rules, please provide, as required therein, a complete explanation of why such treatment is appropriate.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Chief, Media Bureau

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

The annual reporting burdens for this collection of information, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data and completing and reviewing the collection of information, are estimated to be: 844 respondents, 4 to 24 hours per response per annum, for a total annual burden of 4,823 hours, and total annual costs of $251,400. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12^th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number: 3060-1038, in your correspondence. We will also accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of this collection via the Internet if you send them to [email protected] or call (202)418-2918.

Under 5 CFR Section 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. The OMB Control Number for this collection is 3060-1038.

THE FORGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, PUBLIC LAW 104-13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.

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YYZ Inc.

address.

City, State zip

Re: Information Request

Dear Electronics Retailer:

The Media Bureau is in the process of gathering information on certain aspects of the digital television transition. This information will be used to assess the impact of prior policy initiatives and to inform future efforts in this area. Accordingly, within 30 days of receipt of this letter, please provide a written response stating:

(1) Your training program for sales staff regarding digital television products and the digital television transition generally;

(2) Any information or resources regarding the digital television transition, other than sales staff, you make available to consumers shopping for digital television products; and

(3) Your ability to display high definition content on your showroom floors and the source and format of the content being displayed.

Please provide your response by U.S. Mail or electronically to [email protected]. If you wish to request confidential treatment of any information under sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the Commission’s rules, please provide, as required therein, a complete explanation of why such treatment is appropriate.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Chief, Media Bureau

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

The annual reporting burdens for this collection of information, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data and completing and reviewing the collection of information, are estimated to be: 844 respondents, 4 to 24 hours per response per annum, for a total annual burden of 4,823 hours, and total annual costs of $251,400. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12^th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number: 3060-1038, in your correspondence. We will also accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of this collection via the Internet if you send them to [email protected] or call (202)418-2918.

Under 5 CFR Section 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. The OMB Control Number for this collection is 3060-1038.

THE FORGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, PUBLIC LAW 104-13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.