4th Quarter - Report

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. for CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$560,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Sports/Athletics SPO

Sports programming carriage issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL L DOLLINS TULLY —
G PATRICK WEBRE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1804, State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2011, specifically regarding local tax and franchise fee tax parity S. 971, the Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL L DOLLINS TULLY —
G PATRICK WEBRE —

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 971 (112th), H.R. 1804 (112th)

Telecommunications TEC

Implementation of section 224 of the Communications Act, regarding the regulation of pole attachments, including annual fee rates and rural deployment Implementation of section 254 of the Communications Act, as amended, regarding Universal Service Fund and Inter-carrier Compensation reform H.R. 5828, Universal Service Reform Act of 2010/S. 711, Universal Service for the 21st Century Act/ specifically regarding reform of the universal service fund H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, specifically the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, the Broadband Initiatives Program, Rural Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband, Nationwide Broadband Mapping and the National Broadband Plan and the RUS Loan program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL L DOLLINS TULLY —
G PATRICK WEBRE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE

Bills named: S. 711 (112th), H.R. 5828 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 968, the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, specifically regarding ISP oversight responsibility H.R. 326, The Stop Online Piracy Act, specifically regarding ISP oversight responsibility H.R. 3675/S.2008, the Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011 S. 978, a bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, specifically regarding felony streaming

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL L DOLLINS TULLY —
G PATRICK WEBRE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 3675 (112th), S. 978 (112th), S. 2008 (112th), H.R. 326 (112th), S. 968 (112th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Implementation of carriage of digital television broadcast signals, Amendment to Part 76 of the Commissions Rules, regarding small cable operators; Implementation of section 325 of the Communications Act, as amended, regarding retransmission consent; Implementation of section 631 of the Communications Act, as amended, regarding privacy; Implementation of section 629 of the Communications Act, as amended, regarding set-top boxes and plug and play devices; Carriage of public, educational and governmental channels; Implementation of network management (neutrality) principles/rules Implementation of Amendment of the Commissions Rules Related to Retransmission Consent Implementation of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 S. 1151, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011, specifically regarding ISP obligations S. 1207, the Data Breach and Security Notification Act, specifically regarding notification S. 21, the Cyber Security and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2011 H.R. 1841/H.R. 1707, the Data Accountability and Trust Act of 2011, specifically regarding streamlining state laws S. 413, the Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011 H.R. 691, Broadband Access Equality Act of 2009, specifically regarding improving rural and underserved area accessibility H.R. 1084, The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, regarding the regulation of commercial advertisement volume level H.R. 2221, the Data Accountability and Trust Act/the Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act, H.R. 2275, specifically regarding security policies and procedures to protect data S. 3742, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act H.R. 1746, the Community Access Preservation Act of 2011 regarding Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) stations issues, specifically regarding carriage requirements H.J. RES 37, disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices H.R. 3309, the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 96, the Internet Freedom Act, specifically regarding net neutrality principles H.R. 1981/S. 1308, the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, specifically regarding data retention S. 28, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL L DOLLINS TULLY —
G PATRICK WEBRE —

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1746 (112th), H.R. 2221 (112th), S. 3742 (112th), S. 28 (112th), H.R. 3309 (112th), H.R. 96 (112th), S. 1207 (112th), S. 413 (112th), H.R. 1981 (112th), H.R. 691 (112th), S. 21 (112th), H.R. 2275 (112th), H.R. 1707 (112th), H.R. 1084 (112th), H.J.Res. 37 (112th), S. 1308 (112th), H.R. 1841 (112th), S. 1151 (112th)

Advertising ADV

H.R. 611, the Building Effective Strategies To Promote Responsibility Accountability Choice Transparency Innovation Consumer Expectations and Safeguards (BEST PRACTICES) Act, specifically regarding online privacy reform H.R. 1528, the Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011, specifically regarding online privacy H.R. 1895, the Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011, specifically regarding online privacy H.R. 654/S. 913, the Do Not Track Online Act of 2011, specifically regarding online privacy S. 799, the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011, specifically regarding online privacy S. 1011, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2011, specifically regarding online privacy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL L DOLLINS TULLY —
G PATRICK WEBRE —

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1011 (112th), H.R. 611 (112th), S. 799 (112th), S. 913 (112th), H.R. 1528 (112th), H.R. 1895 (112th), H.R. 654 (112th)

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