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

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In the Matter of :                   )
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Continental Cablevision, Inc.        )
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Amended Social Contract              )
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                                  ORDER

   Adopted:  September 20, 1996               Released:  September 20, 1996


By the Chief, Cable Services Bureau:

 By this Order, we grant a motion ("Motion") filed by the City of Los Angeles, California
("City") for an extension of time from September 20, 1996 to November 1, 1996 in which the
City may consider whether to opt out of the refunds set forth for Sundland/Tujunga (CUID No.
CA0219) and Sylmar, California (CUID No. CA0188) in Exhibit 2 to the Amendment to the
Continental Social Contract.  The City is the franchising authority for the cable television
systems in those franchise areas.

 The Federal Communications Commission ("Commission") approved the Amendment to
the Continental Social Contract ("Amendment") in an Order released August 23, 1996.  Among
other things, the Amendment resolves all CPST cases and those BST cases where a la carte
packages were at issue, which were pending against the additional cable systems Continental
Cablevision, Inc ("Continental") acquired after the original Social Contract was approved by the
Commission on August 1, 1996.  In resolving those cases, Continental agreed to pay cash
refunds totalling approximately $1.67 million to the subscribers in the franchise areas shown in
Exhibits 2 and 3 of the Amendment.  The Amendment provides that a local franchising authority
may elect to opt out of the refunds established under the Amendment by providing notice to the
Commission and Continental no later than 30 days following the effective date of the
Amendment.  That 30-day period expires on September 20, 1996.
      
 The City requests additional time to November 1, 1996 to resolve issues associated with
the Amendment for the communities identified above and to review related documents
Continental has submitted recently to the City in support of its rate filings.  The City believes
that the extension is in the public interest since it will permit the City a full opportunity to
determine whether it will be in the best interests of subscribers in the named communities to
exercise its right to opt out of the refunds provided in the Amendment.  Continental does not
oppose the Motion and has consented to the City's request for the extension of time.

 For the reasons stated in the Motion, we find good cause to grant the requested extension
of time.

 Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion for Extension of Time IS GRANTED
to allow the City until November 1, 1996 to exercise its right to opt out of the refunds provided
in the Amendment.

 This action is taken pursuant to delegated authority under Section 0.321 of the
Commission's rules and the delegation authorized by the Commission in the Order approving the
Amendment.

      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



      Meredith J. Jones
      Chief, Cable Services Bureau