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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554
                                 
In the Matter of                )
                                )
Cablevision of New Jersey, Inc. )  CUID No.  NJ0381(Bayonne)
   d/b/a Cablevision of Bayonne )            
                                )
Complaint Regarding             )                                  Cable Programming Services Tier Rates)

                             ORDER

     Adopted:  February 3, 1997         Released:  February 6, 1997  

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

     1.   In this Order we consider a complaint about the rates of the above-referenced operator
("Operator") for its cable programming services tier ("CPST") in the community referenced above. 
Operator  has attempted to justify its CPST rates through benchmark justifications on  FCC Forms
1200 and 1210.  We have already issued a separate order addressing the reasonableness of Operator's
rates in effect before May 15, 1994.  Accordingly, this Order addresses the reasonableness of
Operator's CPST rate in effect from May 15, 1994 to the present.
     
     2.   Under the Communications Act, the Commission is authorized to review the CPST
rates of cable systems not subject to effective competition to ensure that rates charged are not
unreasonable.  If the Commission finds the rates to be unreasonable, it shall determine correct rates
and any refund liability.

     3.   Upon review of Operator's FCC Forms 1200 and 1210's for the period May 15, 1994
to September 30, 1996, we find that Operator has not justified its CPST rate for the period July 1,
1995 through July 31, 1995.  The Operator filed FCC Form 1210, for the period October 1, 1994 to
June 30, 1995, justifying a maximum permitted rate of $12.22 and was charging $12.23 from July
1, 1995 through July 31, 1995.  The Operator reduced the rate to $12.22 on August 1, 1995.  We find
this discrepancy to be de minimis and it would not be in the public interest to order a refund.  Other
than the above, we find Operator's CPST rates from May 15, 1994 through the present to be justified
and reasonable.    

     4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules,
47 C.F.R.  0.321, that the CPST rate charged by Operator in the franchise area referenced in the
caption during the period May 15, 1994 to present IS UNREASONABLE TO THE EXTENT
DISCUSSED HEREIN.

     5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules,
47 C.F.R.  0.321, that the referenced complaint IS GRANTED TO THE EXTENT DISCUSSED
HEREIN.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 



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