Report No.      ACTION IN DOCKET CASE                   March 11,
1994

          FCC ISSUES FURTHER NOTICE IN SPORTS PROGRAMMING INQUIRY


     The Commission has issued a Further Notice of Inquiry in its
sports programming
migration proceeding.  The 1992 Cable Act directed the Commission
to examine, on a sport-
by-sport basis, trends in the movement of sports programming from
broadcast television to
subscription media and to submit to Congress an interim report on
or before July 1, 1993 and
a final report on or before July 1, 1994.

     The Commission's inquiry focuses on professional baseball,
basketball, football, and
hockey, and on college football and basketball, but commenting
parties may discuss other
sports as appropriate.  The inquiry also examines the impact of
preclusive contracts between
college athletic conferences and video programming vendors on the
supply of local sports
programming to local television stations.

     This Further Notice is designed to update the record that
was established in response
to the Commission's initial Notice of Inquiry and, in particular,
solicits comment on the large
number of new contracts that professional and college leagues
have recently signed with
broadcast and cable networks.

     Action by the Commission March   , 1994, by Further Notice
of Inquiry


                                   -FCC-

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