Viewer Notification Requirements in the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order, FCC 07-228

ICR 200902-3060-019

OMB: 3060-1117

Federal Form Document

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IC ID
Document
Title
Status
184384 Modified
ICR Details
3060-1117 200902-3060-019
Historical Active 200902-3060-009
FCC MB
Viewer Notification Requirements in the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order, FCC 07-228
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Emergency 02/27/2009
Approved without change 02/20/2009
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 02/18/2009
This approval follows-up on the informal OMB approval given on February 11th, 2009.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
08/31/2009 6 Months From Approved 09/30/2011
258,000 0 174,000
21,015 0 12,015
310,000 0 210,000

As a condition of the waiver to terminate analog signal transmission on February 17, 2009, and if technically feasible, stations were required to broadcast a crawl on their analog channel regarding the station’s termination of analog service, for the seven day period from February 10 (11:59 p.m. EST) through the termination of the station’s analog signal on February 17(11:59 p.m. EST). For the first five days, the crawl must be aired for 5 minutes of every hour of the station’s analog broadcast day, including during primetime; and for the final two days, the crawl must be aired for 10 minutes of every hour of the station’s analog broadcast day, including during primetime. Stations that lack the technical capability to air crawls must instead air information about the station’s termination of analog service on February 17 in an alternative format for a comparable duration.
On February 11, 2009, the DTV Delay Act was signed by the President and enacted into law, extending the nationwide DTV transition date from February 17 until June 12, 2009. As a result, after June 12, 2009, full-power television broadcast stations must transmit only digital signals, and may no longer transmit analog signals, except for limited analog “nightlight” service. The DTV Delay Act directs the Commission to take any actions “necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions, and carry out the purposes” of the DTV Delay Act, and to do so within 30 days. Congress extended the transition date in order to permit analog service to continue until consumers have had additional time to prepare. But Congress also directed the Commission to provide flexibility for stations wanting to transition prior to the new date. Stations may have made extensive preparations for a February 17 digital transition and some may have difficulty altering their commitments at this time. The Commission’s challenge is to provide opportunities for some stations to end analog broadcasting early without sacrificing the goal of giving consumers additional time to prepare. On February 5, 2009, the Commission released a Public Notice, FCC 09-6 (“February 5 Public Notice”), in which it granted a partial waiver of the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order, FCC 07-228 (2007), to permit television broadcast stations to cease analog broadcasting on February 17, 2009, despite the extension of the national DTV transition deadline to June 12, 2009 pursuant to the DTV Delay Act. This public notice revised information collection 3060-1117 to require a “7-day crawl” viewer notification to be aired in the final seven days leading up to February 17, 2009.

US Code: 47 USC 154(i) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

No

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
Viewer Notification Requirements

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 258,000 174,000 0 84,000 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 21,015 12,015 0 9,000 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 310,000 210,000 0 100,000 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
There are program changes to the annual burden hours +9,000 hours and annual cost burden +$100,000. These program changes are due to the Commission releasing a public notice, FCC 09-6 which contained a revised information collection requirement which impacted this collection.

$0
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Evan Baranoff 202 418-7142 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
02/18/2009


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