PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 12-1850
Released: November 15, 2012
NOTICE OF DECEMBER 10 EFFECTIVE DATE OF BASIC SERVICE TIER ENCRYPTION 
RULES
MB Docket No. 11-169; PP Docket No. 00-67
On October 10, 2012, the Commission adopted a Report and Order in Basic Service Tier 
Encryption; Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment (the 
“Encryption Order”), which amended the Commission’s rules to allow cable operators to encrypt the 
basic service tier in all-digital cable systems if they comply with certain consumer-protection measures.1  
Those rules become effective 30 days after publication of the order in the Federal Register, which took 
place on November 9, 2012.2 Accordingly, the rules adopted in the Encryption Order will take effect on 
December 10, 2012.3
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1 Basic Service Tier Encryption; Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment, 
Report and Order, 27 FCC Rcd 12786 (2012).
2 Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR Part 76, Basic Service Tier Encryption Compatibility Between 
Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment, 77 FR 67290 (Nov. 9, 2012).
3 December 9, 2012 is a Sunday, and when an effective date falls on a weekend or holiday, the Federal Register uses 
the next Federal business day as an effective date. 1 C.F.R. § 18.17(b).