4th Quarter - Report

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. for CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$160,000
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.

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN M DELANY —

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

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Implementation of section 612 of the Communications Act, as amended, regarding leased access and cable regulations; Implementation of section 614 of the Communications Act, as amended, reagarding low power television; Implementation of Defecit Reduction Act of 2005, regarding digital television; Implementation of carriage of digital television broadcast signals, Amendment to Part 76 of the Commission's Rules, regarding small cable operators; Implementation of section 224 of the Communications Act, as amended, regarding pole attachment rates for cable operators and other service providers; 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; S. 1492, Broadband Data Improvement Act/H.R. 3919, Broadband Census of America Act of 2007, specifically regarding broadband mapping and availability; S. 215, Internet Preservation Act/H.R. 5353, Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008/H.R. 5994, Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, specifically regarding network nondiscrimination; H.R. 1776, Call Center Consumer's Right to Know Act, specifically regarding requiring employees at call centers who receive or initiate phone calls to disclose physical location;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN M DELANY —

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

Bills named: H.R. 1776 (110th), H.R. 3919 (110th), S. 1492 (110th), H.R. 5994 (110th), H.R. 5353 (110th), S. 215 (110th)

Sports/Athletics SPO

Sports programming carriage issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN M DELANY —

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 3679, State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2008/S. 3418, State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2008, specifically regarding states' taxation reform; H.R. 5140, The Economic Stimulus Package of 2008

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN M DELANY —

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

Bills named: S. 3418 (110th), H.R. 5140 (110th), H.R. 3679 (110th)

Advertising ADV

Online advertising and privacy provisions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN M DELANY —

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

Telecommunications TEC

Voice competition issues, including number portability, retention marketing and interconnection; Implementation of section 251 of the Communications Act, as amended, regarding telephone number portability, specifically local number portability porting interval and validation requirements; H.R. 6320, 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, specifically regarding disabilities access; H.R. 2054, Universal Service Reform Act of 2007/S. 711, Universal Service for the 21st Century Act/H.R. 6536, Universal Service Reform, Accountability, and Efficiency Act of 2008, specifically regarding reform of the universal service fun

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN M DELANY —

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

Bills named: H.R. 2054 (110th), H.R. 6536 (110th), S. 711 (110th), H.R. 6320 (110th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.