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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554
                                 
In the Matter of                   )
                              )
Cablevision Systems Corporation         )    CUID No.  NY1035
  d/b/a Cablevision Systems Great Neck  )              
   Corporation                )
                              )
Complaint Regarding           )                                    Cable
Programming Services Tier Rates    )

                             ORDER

     Adopted:  February 10, 1997        Released:  February 11, 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 April 1, 1994
to September 30, 1996, we find that Operator has demonstrated that its CPST rate does not exceed
its maximum permitted rate.  Therefore, we find that Operator's CPST rate is 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 NOT UNREASONABLE.
     
     5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules,
47 C.F.R.  0.321, that the complaint referenced herein,  IS DENIED.
     
                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 


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