On October 5, 2012, The Commission
released a Report and Order, Revision of the Commission's Program
Access Rules et al., MB Docket No. 12-68 et al., FCC 12-123 on Oct.
5, 2012 ("R&O"). In the R&O, the Commission declined to
extend the preemptive prohibition on exclusive contracts for
satellite-delivered programming between any cable operator and any
cable-affiliated programming vendor in served areas beyond its
October 5, 2012 expiration date. Please see the non-substantive
change request justification for the reason behind this change
request being submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval.
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.