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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554


In the Matter of                )
                                )
 Marcus Cable Partners, L.P.     )CUID No. WI0751 (Jackson)
d/b/a Star Cablevision          )
                                )
Order Denying Jurisdiction      )


                              ORDER

     Adopted:  December 2, 1996                      Released:  December 10, 1996  

By the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau:

      1.In this Order we dismiss a complaint against the rate that the above-captioned
operator, ("Operator") was charging for additional cable outlets in the community set forth above
on the grounds that the complaint concerns a rate that is outside the jurisdiction of the Federal
Communications Commission ("Commission").  Under the Communication's Act, the Commission
regulates the cable programming service tier ("CPST") of cable systems not subject to effective
competition upon the filing of a valid complaint.

      2.On February 21, 1995, the Operator filed a motion to dismiss the subscriber's
complaint.  The motion to dismiss argues that additional outlets are included in the category of
equipment used to received the basic service tier.  Therefore, according to the operator, the complaint
is outside the Commission's jurisdiction.
  
      3.Under the Communications Act and the Commission's rules, any complaint
regarding the rates for installation and lease of equipment used to receive the basic service tier
("BST") is subject to the jurisdiction of the local franchising authority.  The rates for installation or
rental of equipment solely used to receive the CPST are subject to our jurisdiction.  The instant
complaint is against the rate for additional cable outlets and not equipment solely used to receive the
CPST.  Therefore, the complaint does not trigger the Commission's jurisdiction.

      4.Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's Rules,
47 C.F.R.  0.321, that the complaint filed against the rate for additional cable outlets charged by
the Operator in the community referenced above IS DISMISSED and the motion to dismiss filed by
the Operator is GRANTED.

     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



     Elizabeth W. Beaty
     Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division
     Cable Services Bureau