FCC Reports, Second Series, Volume 104, Number 2, Pages 375 to 719, August 1986 Page: 396
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fee dispute cases not involving clearly delineated telecommunica-
tions matters prospectively, we see no reason to adopt a different
policy for pre-Act disputes which involve essentially the same
questions posed by the post-Act disputes. In particular, we
decline to reinstate the petitions that were pending prior to
December 29, 1984. We have paid particular attention to whether,
under the guidelines set forth for determining when our involve-
ment in resolving franchise fee disputes would seem helpful, we
should change our position in regard to the two pre-December 29,
1984, petitions which are the subject of pending judicial review.
See Yakima Valley Cablevision, Inc. et. al v. FCC, D.C. Cir. Nos.
85-1464 and 85-1665. In our view, neither of those petitions,
which were filed by Yakima Valley Cablevision and the Connecti-
cut Cable Television Association, respectively, involve the type of
questions where our expertise can usefully be brought to bear. We
therefore adhere to our dismissal of those petitions.
25. Cable System Definition. Section 602(6) of the Cable Act
defines a "cable system" as:
" ... a facility, consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and
associated signal generation, reception and control equipment that is
designed to provide cable service which includes video programming and
which is provided to multiple subscribers within a community .... "
This section also specifically excludes from the definition of a
cable system, inter alia: 1) facilities that only retransmit the
signals of broadcast television stations; and 2) facilities that only
serve subscribers in one or more multiple unit dwellings under
common ownership, control or management, unless such facilities
use public rights-of-way.
26. In the Report and Order, the Commission adopted the
definition of a cable system specified in the Cable Act to replace
the definition in Section 76.5(a) of its rules. The Commission
recognized that there were differences in the new definition and
that formerly specified in the rules. In particular, the former rule
defined cable system as a facility that distributes the signals of
broadcast stations, whereas the new definition specifically ex-
cludes facilities that only retransmit broadcast signals. A second
difference is that the former definition excluded systems with
fewer than 50 subscribers. Finally, the former definition in the
rules excluded all facilities serving multiple unit dwellings under
common ownership, control or management. The new definition of
a cable system includes such facilities if, and only if, they use
public rights-of-way. When multiple unit dwellings are involved,104 F.C.C. 2d
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