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PUBLIC NOTICE
DA 14-1167
Released:  August 11, 2014
DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR COMMENT ON MEDIACOM PETITION FOR RULEMAKING 
TO AMEND THE COMMISSION’S RULES GOVERNING PRACTICES OF VIDEO 
PROGRAMMING VENDORS 
RM 11728
Extended Comment Deadline:  September 29, 2014
Extended Reply Comment Deadline:  October 14, 2014
1. By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau extends the deadlines for filing comments and 
reply comments in the above-captioned proceeding.  On July 21, 2014, Mediacom Communications 
Corporation (“Mediacom”) filed a Petition for Rulemaking to Amend the Commission’s Rules Governing 
Practices of Video Programming Vendors.1 The Commission released a public notice establishing 
deadlines for filing comments on the Mediacom Petition, with comments due August 28, 2014, and reply 
comments due 15 days thereafter.2 On August 1, 2014, the American Cable Association (“ACA”) 
requested a one-month extension of the comment deadlines.3 ACA explained that it “requests this 
extension to ensure that it and other interested parties have time to fully develop the record in response to 
the Petition.”4 According to ACA, the Mediacom Petition addresses “key areas of reform . . . that will 
require serious and careful study,” and ACA is a small organization that is currently engaged in several 
other proceedings.5 We grant ACA’s request.
2. As set forth in Section 1.46(a) of the Commission’s Rules,6 the Commission’s policy is 
that extensions of time shall not be routinely granted.  Given the scope of the Mediacom Petition and the 
pending comment deadlines in other proceedings of interest to ACA and other parties, however, we 
believe that granting ACA’s request is necessary to facilitate the development of a full record.  
Accordingly, we extend the deadline for filing statements in support of or in opposition to the Mediacom 
Petition by one month, until September 29, 2014.  We also extend the deadline for filing replies to such 
statements until October 14, 2014.
  
1 Mediacom Communications Corporation, Petition for Rulemaking to Amend the Commission’s Rules Governing 
Practices of Video Programming Vendors (filed Jul. 21, 2014) (“Mediacom Petition”).
2 Public Notice, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Reference Information Center Petition for Rulemaking 
Filed, Report No. 3008 (Jul. 29, 2014).
3 American Cable Association, Motion for Extension of Time to File Comments, RM 11728 (filed Aug. 1, 2014).
4 Id. at 1.
5 Id. at 1-2.
6 47 C.F.R. § 1.46.
23. For additional information on this proceeding, contact Diana Sokolow, 
Diana.Sokolow@fcc.gov, of the Media Bureau, Policy Division, (202) 418-2120.  Press contact:  Janice 
Wise, (202) 418-8165. 
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