{"abstract":"In this document, we adopt new rules designed to improve the operation of the CableCARD regime until a successor solution becomes effective. The Commission has not been fully successful in implementing the command of Section 629 of the Communications Act to ensure the commercial availability of navigation devices used by consumers to access the services of multichannel video programming distributors (\"MVPDs\"). The rules adopted in this order are intended to bolster support for retail CableCARD devices so that consumers may access cable services without leasing a set-top box from their cable operators.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2011/07/08/2011-16869.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":15,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":76,"title":47}],"citation":"76 FR 40263","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective August 8, 2011, except for Sec. Sec. 76.1205(b)(1), 76.1205(b)(1)(i), 76.1205(b)(2), 76.1205(b)(5), and 76.1602(b), which contain information collection requirements that have not been approved by OMB. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of Sec. Sec. 76.1205(b)(1), 76.1205(b)(1)(i), 76.1205(b)(2), 76.1205(b)(5), and 76.1602(b).","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["CS Docket No. 97-80","PP Docket No. 00-67","FCC 10-181"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2011-16869","effective_on":"2011-08-08","end_page":40280,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2011/07/08/2011-16869.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/07/08/2011-16869/implementation-of-section-304-of-the-telecommunications-act-of-1996-commercial-availability-of","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2011-16869?publication_date=2011-07-08","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2011-07-08/2011-16869/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":18,"page_views":{"count":1139,"last_updated":"2026-08-25 16:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-07-08/pdf/2011-16869.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2011-07-08","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2011/07/08/2011-16869.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-07-28T08:05:03Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":40263,"subtype":null,"title":"Implementation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices; Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment","toc_doc":"Compatibility between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment","toc_subject":"Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices:","topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Cable television","Communications equipment","Computer technology","Equal employment opportunity","Incorporation by reference","Labeling","Political candidates","Radio","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Security measures","Telephone","Wiretapping and electronic surveillance"],"type":"Rule","volume":76}