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Delete, Delete, Delete; Removal of Obsolete Regulations
The Federal Communications Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 26, 2025. It took effect on August 26, 2025.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) conforms part 76 of the Commission's rules to the court decisions in Time Warner Cable Inc. v. FCC, which vacated the temporary standstill rule for program carriage complaint proceedings, and EchoStar Satellite LLC v. FCC, which set aside two 2003 Commission orders adopting the encoding rules.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-16351
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- August 26, 2025
- Takes effect
- August 26, 2025
- Dates
- Effective August 26, 2025.
- Docket
- GN Docket No. 25-133; DA 25-736; FR ID 309943
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 76
- Topics
- Television
- Pages
- 2
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