FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:             NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: 
June 20, 2001                           Michelle Russo (202) 418-2358

                                
       Carriage of digital must carry signals PROCEEDING:
       Channel Capacity Survey Responses Placed in Docket
                                
Washington, D.C.   Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced
it has added voluntary surveys from cable operators to the record in the "Carriage of Digital Must
Carry Signals" proceeding (CS Docket No. 98-120, FCC 01-22).

On January 23, 2001, the FCC, concurrent with its Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making ("FNPRM"),
sent out surveys to several cable operators seeking voluntary responses to questions about their
channel capacity and retransmission consent negotiations.  The Commission indicated that the
responses to the survey would be used to supplement general comments received in the above
FNPRM looking towards issues regarding cable system carriage of digital television signals.  Ten
out of 16 survey responses have been received and placed in the docket.  The remaining surveys
will be added to the docket as received.


                             -FCC-
                                
CS Docket No. 98-120; FCC 01-22

Cable Services Bureau contact: Ron Parver (202) 418-7200
TTY: (202) 418-7172