DTV Broadcasters Must File Ancillary Services Report

[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
Under FCC rules, commercial and noncommercial television licensees transmitting digitally must annually remit a fee of five percent of the gross revenues derived from all ancillary or supplementary services that are feeable. Additionally, on December 1, these stations must submit a report to the FCC covering: 1) whether or not they provided ancillary or supplementary services in the twelve months ending on the preceding September 30; 2) a brief description of the services provided; 3) which services were feeable ancillary or supplementary services; 4) whether any ancillary or supplementary services provided were not subject to a fee; 5) gross revenues received from all feeable ancillary and supplementary services provided during the applicable period; and 6) the amount of bitstream used to provide ancillary or supplementary services during the applicable period. For further information, please contact James Brown, of the Media Bureau's Video Division, at (202) 418-1600, or John Berresford, of the Media Bureau's Policy Division at (202) 418-1886.
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