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                          March 3, 1997
                                                                 

                                                        DA 97-465
                                                     CSB-ILR 97-2

Christopher J. Harvie, Esq.              Released:  March 3, 1997
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20004

Dear Mr. Harvie:

     We received your letter of February 28, 1997, concerning the Commission's requirement that
an operator using the quarterly rate adjustment method must file its FCC Form 1205 ("Form 1205")
within 60 days after the end of the operator's fiscal year occurring in 1997, a copy of which is
attached hereto.  On behalf of Cablevision Systems Corporation ("Cablevision"), you request a
"one-time 45 day extension of this filing deadline in order to provide the company with sufficient
time to restructure its equipment rates in accordance with cost aggregation permitted by the
Telecommunications Act of 1996." 

     Because of the unique circumstances described in your letter, and because you state that
Cablevision will provide credits or rebates in order to place subscribers whose rates will decline as
a result of the rate recalculations in the same position that they would have been in if the updated
Form 1205 had been filed within the original 60-day deadline, we will grant Cablevision the
requested extension.  Cablevision must submit its Form 1205 for Fiscal Year 1996 on or before April
18, 1997.  In addition, Cablevision must provide subscribers whose rates decrease under the Form
1205 with the appropriate amount of rebates or credits, including applicable interest.

                                   Sincerely,



                                   Meredith J. Jones
                                   Chief, Cable Services Bureau