Biennial Survey of Cable Industry Prices, FCC Form 333

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
2024 Supporting Statement - Part A - OMB Control No. 3060-0647.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2024-02-27	Repair queued
2024 Supporting Statement - Part B - OMB Control No. 3060-0647.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2024-02-27	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
44153	Biennial Survey of Cable Industry Prices	Other-FCC Form 333 CPS Screenshots	Modified
183495	Biennial Survey of Cable Industry Prices	Other-FCC Form 333 CPS Screenshots	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 3060-0647	ICR Reference No: 202402-3060-004
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202311-3060-020
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: OEA/IAD
Title: Biennial Survey of Cable Industry Prices, FCC Form 333
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/19/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/27/2024
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2027	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2024
Responses	722	0	524
Time Burden (Hours)	2,527	0	1,834
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: A Congressional statute requires the Commission to publish a biennial statistical report on cable industry prices on the average prices for basic service and other programming services, comparing the prices of cable operators subject to effective competition with prices of operators not subject to effective competition. The price survey is intended to collect data needed to prepare this report.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 4(i) and 623(k) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 87767	12/19/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 14493	02/27/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Biennial Survey of Cable Industry Prices
Biennial Survey of Cable Industry Prices

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	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	722	524	0	0	198	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,527	1,834	0	0	693	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Commission is reporting the following program changes which did not result in any increases or decreases in the burdens to this collection: Reporting of ownership of the system on 1/1/20YY (current year of the survey) Form 333 will ask all respondents to answer a new yes/no question to verify that they owned the system on January 1 of the current year. In the past, operators who had a Community Unit Identifier (CUID) in our Cable Operations and Licensing System (COALS), but didn’t offer cable services on the date of our sample, had no easy way to communicate this to us. We do send emails at the start of the survey to operators that are selected, so generally they would respond that they do not have relevant data for this survey. Sometimes, follow-up with operators would identify that the operator didn’t have the data. Operators sometimes get a CUID in anticipation of offering new services, but they were not in business in that community on January 1. Some operators do not update the COALS in real time, so they may go out of business in that community. If a change isn’t made in the COALS data, we are unaware of that when we draw our survey from the COALS database. Reporting of service number of broadcast stations We are eliminating two questions in Section A. Form 333 no longer asks for the number of subscribers for each service tier. We find these questions can be calculated from answers to previous questions in the survey so that is why they are being removed. Also, the Commission is reporting adjustments to this information collection due to an increase in the survey size given changes in the cable industry. There is an increase in the total number of respondents from 70 to 132 respondents, there is an increase in survey responses from 524 to 722 responses per survey and an increase in the total number of annual burden hours from 1,834 to 2,527 hours, which are due to increasing the survey sample size.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $45,144

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 02/27/2024

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