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Basic $21.95 Basic Extended (cont.) HD Channels $9.99 Digital $14.00 Digital Cinemax $12.45 2 TBN 55 FXX 203 WTTO HD 74 James Spann 24/7 600 Cinemax 3 WTTO 21 56 BET 204 WABM HD 75 GRIT 602 More Max 4 WABM 68 57 WSFG 206 WBRC HD 76 APT World 604 ActionMax 5 WMTY 58 ESPNU 207 WIAT HD 77 APT Create 6 WBRC FOX 59 NBC Sports 209 WVUA HD 78 GET TV Digital HBO $14.45 7 WIAT (CBS42) 60 QVC 212 WCFT HD 82 MeTV 630 HBO 8 Super 8 TV 61 BRAVO 213 WVTM HD 99 BOUNCE 632 HBO Family 9 WVUA 62 NatGeo 320 Nat Geo WILD 216 ESPN HD 634 HBO2 10 WBIQ PBS 63 Disney Junior 217 ESPN2 HD 321 WETV 636 HBO Signature 11 WGN 64 Syfy 227 FNC HD 322 IFC 12 WBMA (ABC 33/40) 65 Animal Planet 229 FX HD 323 DIY 13 WVTM (NBC) 66 The Sportsman Channel 230 USA HD 328 Destination America Digital Showtime $12.95 14 The Weather Channel 67 Fox Sports 1 232 A&E HD 330 American Heroes Channel 650 Showtime 68 truTV 233 SEC HD 331 ID (Investigation Discovery) 652 Showtime 2 654 Showtime Showcase 656 Basic Extended $54.95 69 Home Shopping Network 236 Lifetime HD 332 Discovery Science 70 Comedy Central 241 HGTV HD 340 FYI Showtime Extreme 657 15 HLN 71 VH1 246 The History Channel HD 341 VICE Showtime beyond 16 ESPN 72 The Travel Channel 249 Sports South HD 342 BBC America 658 Showtime Next 17 ESPN2 73 FREEFORM 250 The Golf Channel HD 372 Lifetime Movie Network 659 Showtime Family 27 Fox News Channel 90 Escape 251 E! Entertainment HD 408 Nicktoons 660 Showtime Women 661 28 TBS 100 OWN 252 Food Network HD 409 TeenNick Flix 29 FX 101 CSPAN 255 FXX HD 410 Nick Jr 680 The Movie Channel 682 30 USA 102 CSPAN-2 258 ESPNU HD 421 FOX Business Network The Movie Channel Xtra 31 TNT 103 SEC Overflow 262 NatGeo HD 441 ESPN News 32 A&E 264 Syfy HD 442 ESPN Classic Digital Starz $10.95 33 SEC Network 272 Lifetime Movie Network HD 443 Big Ten Network 34 CNN Premium $14.45 610 Encore 456 Outdoor Channel 35 TLC 18 HBO 612 Encore Action 466 MTV2 36 Lifetime HD with Digital 614 Encore Love 467 MTV Hits 37 MTV 220 NatGeo Wild HD 616 Encore Suspense 471 MTV Classic 38 CMT 221 FBN HD 618 Encore Drama 476 CMT Pure Country 39 CNBC 257 Fox Sports 1 HD 619 Encore Family 484 Inspiration 40 Discovery Channel 290 FX Movie HD 620 Encore Westerns 490 FX Movie Channel 41 HGTV 670 Starz 42 Turner Classic Movies 672 Starz Edge 43 Cartoon Network 673 Starz in Black 44 AMC 674 Starz Comedy 45 Disney Channel 675 Starz5 Cinema 46 The History Channel 676 Starz Kids & Family 47 Nickelodeon 48 TV Guide 49 Fox Sports South 50 The Golf Channel 51 E! Entertainment 52 Food network 53 TV Land 54 Hallmark Channel .

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Sinclair Broadcast Group http://www.sbgi.net/press/release_200739_208.shtml SBG & Comcast Enter Into Four Year Retrans Year News Release Contact: Barry Faber, Sinclair Broadcast Group (410) 568-1500 Jenni Moyer, Comcast (215) 851-3311 COMCAST AND sinclair enter into FOUR-year EXTENSION OF ANAlog and digital CARRIAGE AGREEMENT PHILADELPHIA, PA and BALTIMORE, MD (March 7, 2007) - Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) and Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced today that they have reached a four-year extension to their retransmission consent agreement. The agreement, which expires on March 1, 2011, provides for the continued carriage of the analog and digital signals of 37 stations in 23 markets owned or operated by Sinclair. The agreement also provides for the carriage of digital multicast channels which Sinclair is currently broadcasting in Baltimore and Richmond, as well as certain other multicast channels which the stations located in Comcast markets may broadcast in the future. The following stations will continue to be carried by Comcast pursuant to the agreement: Asheville, NC/Anderson, SC: WLOS/WMYA Baltimore, MD: WBFF/WNUV Birmingham, AL: WABM/WTTO/WDBB Buffalo, NY: WUTV Cape Girardeau, MO/Paducah, KY: WDKA/KBSI Charleston, SC: WMMP/WTAT Charleston, WV: WCHS/WVAH Cincinnati, OH: WSTR Dayton, OH: WRGT Flint, MI: WSMH Greensboro/High Point/Winston Salem, NC: WMYV/WXLV Minneapolis, MN: WUCW Nashville, TN: WZTV/WUXP/WNAB Norfolk, VA: WTVZ Pensacola, FL/Mobile, AL: WEAR/WFGX Pittsburgh. PA: WPGH/WPMY Portland, ME: WGME Raleigh, NC: WLFL/WRDC 1 of 2 4/3/2007 11:11 AM Sinclair Broadcast Group http://www.sbgi.net/press/release_200739_208.shtml Richmond, VA: WRLH Springfield.
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32256 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 103 / Thursday, May 28, 2020 / Proposed Rules FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS closes-headquarters-open-window-and- presentation of data or arguments COMMISSION changes-hand-delivery-policy. already reflected in the presenter’s 7. During the time the Commission’s written comments, memoranda, or other 47 CFR Part 1 building is closed to the general public filings in the proceeding, the presenter [MD Docket Nos. 19–105; MD Docket Nos. and until further notice, if more than may provide citations to such data or 20–105; FCC 20–64; FRS 16780] one docket or rulemaking number arguments in his or her prior comments, appears in the caption of a proceeding, memoranda, or other filings (specifying Assessment and Collection of paper filers need not submit two the relevant page and/or paragraph Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2020. additional copies for each additional numbers where such data or arguments docket or rulemaking number; an can be found) in lieu of summarizing AGENCY: Federal Communications original and one copy are sufficient. them in the memorandum. Documents Commission. For detailed instructions for shown or given to Commission staff ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. submitting comments and additional during ex parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal information on the rulemaking process, must be filed consistent with section Communications Commission see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 1.1206(b) of the Commission’s rules. In (Commission) seeks comment on several section of this document. proceedings governed by section 1.49(f) proposals that will impact FY 2020 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of the Commission’s rules or for which regulatory fees.
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