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1999 South Bundy Drive ORIGINAL , Caliifornia 90025-5235 Phone 310 584-3341 ~ Fax 310 584-3355 e-mail:[email protected] , INC. GEf'j~ERIt,f A UNIT OS I OX TELEVISION goUIIISEII OF COPYWGHT David M. Kesseipis Vice President I'5 Legal Affairs BY HAND JUL ~gyy

July 8, 1999

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel c/o U.S. Copyright Office OfFice of General Counsel Room LM-403 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20540

Re: Fox Television Stations, Inc. Claim for 1998 Cable Copyright Royalties

Gentlemen:

Fox Television Stations, Inc. ("Fox") hereby files its claim for cable copyright royalties for secondary transmissions ofbroadcast signals by cable systems.

Claimant

Fox Television Stations, Inc. 1999 S. Bundy Drive Los Angeles, 90025

B.

General Statement of Claim

This claim is made for the following Fox Television Stations:

KDFW 400 N. Griffin Street Dallas, Texas 75202

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KRIV 4261 Southwest Freeway Houston, Texas 77027

KSAZ 511 W. Adams Street Phoenix, Arizona 85003

KSTU 5020 W. Amelia Earhart Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84116

KTBC 119 E. 10th Street Austin, Texas 78701

KTTV 1999 South Bundy Drive Los Angeles, California 90025

KTVI 5915 Berthold Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63110

WAGA 1551 Briarcliff Road, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30306

WBRC 1720 Valley View Drive Birmingham, Alabama 35209

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WDAF 3030 Summit Street Signal Hill Kansas City, Missouri 64108

WFLD 205 North Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60601

WFXT 25 Fox Drive Dedham, Massachusetts 02027-9125

WHBQ 485 South Highland Memphis, Tennessee 38111

WITI 9001 N. Green Bay Road Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53209-1297

WJBK 16550 W. Nine Mile Road Southfield, Michigan 48075

WJW 5800 S. Marginal Road , Ohio 44103

WNYW 205 East 67th Street , New York 10021

WTTG 5151 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20016

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WTVT 3213 W. Boulevard Tampa, Florida 33609

WTXF 330 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-2796

C.

Period for Which Claim is Made

January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998

D.

Nature of Work for Which Claim is Filed

This claim is made for secondary transmissions of all audiovisual or audio works broadcast by the Fox Television Stations listed above including, without limitation:

(1) all locally produced programs including, without limitation, newscasts, public affairs and children's programming;

(2) all syndicated programs for which Fox is the copyright holder of exclusive exhibition rights against other broadcast stations carried by a cable system in the Station's market area as a distant retransmission, including but not limited to:

(a) various off-network, made-for-television, syndicated programs by film and tape;

(b) various motion pictures.

(3) all sports events; and

(4) the Stations'ntire broadcast day as a compilation.

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All ofthe Fox Television Stations originate, inter alia locally produced news and/or public affairs broadcasts.

Examples ofDistant Cable Carriages in 1998

Date/Time Station Program Retransmitting Cable System and Community Served

4/13/98 KDFW Fox 4 News at 9 PM Paragon Cable 9:00 p.m. Graham, Young County, Texas

8/8/98 KRIV Fox 26 News at 9 Northland Cable 9:00 p.m. Brenham, TX (Washington County)

7/1/98 KSAZ Fox 10 News at 9 PM NPG Cable ofArizona, Inc. 9:00 p.m. Lake Havasu City, AZ

10/19/98 KTBC Fox 7 News at Ten Charter Communications 10:00 p.m. Hallettsville, Texas 3/15/98 KTTV Midday Sunday Warner Cable 9:00 a.m. Palm Springs, CA (Riverside County) 5/15/98 KTVI 10:00 p.m. News Capital Cable System 10:00 p.m. serving Cuba, MO.

12/14/98 WAGA Fox 5 News at 10PM Cox Cable 10:00 p.m. serving Bibb, Jones, Houston, and Peach Counties in Georgia

9/13/98 WBRC Fox 6 News Comcast Cablevision 10:00 p.m. Florence, AL 8/15/98 WDAF Kansas City Chiefs Pre-Season Multivision 7:00 p.m. Football Topeka, KS

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Date/Time Station Program Retransmitting Cable System and Community Served 4/3/98 WFLD Chicago Greene County Cable TV 9:00 p.m. St. Joseph, Michigan (serving South Bend/Elkhart) 10/21/98 WFXT Fox 25 News at Ten Adelphia Cable 10:00 p.m. Campton, New Hampshire Grafton County

4/2/98 WHBQ Martin Luther King, Jr. (Fox Media Com 9:30 p.m. 13 News Special) Ponotoc, Mississippi 7/1/98 WITI 10:00 p.m. News Charter Communications 10:00 p.m. Chilton, Wisconsin 2/12/98 WJBK Fox 2 Eyewitness Primetime Horizon Cablevision 10:00 p.m. News Leslie, Michigan (Ingham County), Leslie Twp., and Stockbridge

3/2/98 WJW Fox 8 News at 10 PM Frontier Vision, Inc. ( 10:00 p.m. County) serving Bay Twp., Catawba Island Twp., Danbury Twp., Erie Twp., Lakeside, Marblehead, Portage Twp., South Webster 8/8/98 WNYW Good Day New York Charter Communications, Inc. 7:00 a.m. New Milford, CT 12/15/98 WTTG The Ten O'lock News Falcon Cable TV 10:00 p.m. Centerville, MD

5/21/98 WTVT Fox 13 10:00 News Comcast Cable 10:00 p.m. Boca Grande, FL (Lee County) 9/6/98 WTXF Eagles Game Day Live Adelphia Cable 11:00 a.m. Toms River, NJ

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F.

Examples of Station Produced Programs Broadcast on Other Stations

Set forth below are examples ofprograms produced by a Fox Station during 1998 and broadcast during 1998 on at least one other station:

Fox Station Program Retransmitting and Community Served

KSTU Fox News at Nine KDLQ St. George, Utah

WTVT Daily News Briefs (Channel 57) Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)

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G.

Certificate

Fox Television Stations, Inc., on July ~), 1999, hereby files by hand with the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel an original and two copies of its claim for Cable Copyright Royalties.

Should any additional information be desired in connection with this matter, kindly communicate with the undersigned.

Sincerely,

FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.

By ~~8~8'+~~~~ David M. Keneip Vice President

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