## BROADCAST NETWORKS

+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+
| **NETWORK**      | * | * | **P  | **COMMENT**                        |
|                  | * | * | LANN |                                    |
|                  | Y | N | ED** |                                    |
|                  | E | O |      |                                    |
|                  | S | * |      |                                    |
|                  | * | * |      |                                    |
|                  | * |   |      |                                    |
+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+
| **ABC**          |  |   |      |                                    |
+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+
| **CBS**          |  |   |      |                                    |
+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+
| **FOX**          |  |   |      |                                    |
+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+
| **NBC**          |  |   |      | Without specific content           |
|                  |   |   |      | indicators                         |
+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+
| **PaxNet**       |   |   |     | In 2000                            |
+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+
| # pbs            |   |   |     | April 1, 2000; equipment           |
|                  |   |   |      | compatibility delay                |
+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+
| # univision      |   |   |     | In 2000, pending equipment         |
|                  |   |   |      | availability                       |
+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+
| # UPN            |  |   |      |                                    |
+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+
| ##### Telemundo  |   |   |     | In 2000                            |
+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+
| **WB**           |  |   |      |                                    |
+------------------+---+---+------+------------------------------------+

> **TOP FORTY basic CABLE NeTWORKS (BY SUBScRIBERSHIP)**

  ------------------- --------- -------- ------------- -------------------------------------
  **NETWORK**         **YES**   **NO**   **planned**   **COMMENT**

  **a & e**                                           

  **american movie                                    
  classics**                                           

  **animal planet**                                   

  **bet**                                             

  **bravo**                                           

  **cartoon network**                                 

  **comedy central**                                  

  **country music                                     
  television**                                         

  **discovery**                                       

  **disney**                                          

  **e!                                                
  entertainment**                                      

  **food network**                                    By February 15, 2000

  **Fox family                                        
  channel**                                            

  **fx**                                              

  **history channel**                                 

  **home shopping                                     
  network**                                            

  **the learning                                      
  channel**                                            

  **lifetime**                                        

  **mtv**                                             

  **nickelodeon**                                     

  **qvc**                                             First Quarter 2000

  **SCI FI Channel**                                  

  **tbs**                                             

  **the nashville                                     
  network**                                            

  **tnt**                                             

  **usa**                                             

  **Vh1**                                             
  ------------------- --------- -------- ------------- -------------------------------------

> Source: Fifth Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in
> Markets for the Delivery of Video Programming, FCC No. 98-335 (rel.
> Dec. 23, 1998) at Table D-6.

# 

# TOP FORTY BASIC CABLE NETWORKS -- EXEMPT OR NOT APPLICABLE

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| ### **NETWORK**  | ### **COMMENT**                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **CNBC**         | Exempt -- News Programming                        |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **CNN**          | Exempt -- News Programming; non-exempt            |
|                  | programming is encoded                            |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **CNN Headline   | Exempt -- News Programming                        |
| News**           |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **COURT TV**     | Exempt -- News Programming; non-exempt            |
|                  | programming is encoded                            |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **CSPAN**        | Exempt -- News Programming                        |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **CSPAN2**       | Exempt -- News Programming                        |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **ESPN**         | Exempt -- Sports                                  |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **ESPN2**        | Exempt -- Sports                                  |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **Fox News       | Exempt -- News Programming                        |
| Channel**        |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **MSNBC**        | Exempt -- News Programming                        |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **TV Guide SNEAK | Not applicable -- No full length programming      |
| PrevUe**         |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **TV GUIDE       | Not applicable -- No full length programming      |
| PREVIEW          |                                                   |
| CHANNEL**        |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **WEATHER        | Exempt -- News Programming                        |
| CHANNEL**        |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

> Source: Fifth Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in
> Markets for the Delivery of Video Programming, FCC No. 98-335 (rel.
> Dec. 23, 1998) at Table D-6.

**premium CABLE NETWORKS**

  -------------- --------- -------- ------------- -----------------------------------------------
  **NETWORK**    **YES**   **NO**   **planned**   **COMMENT**

  **hbo**                                        TV Ratings for original programming; MPAA
                                                  Ratings for unedited movies

  **showtime**                                   TV Ratings for original programming; MPAA
                                                  Ratings for unedited movies

  **encore**                                     First Quarter 2000

  **cinemax**                                    

  **starz!**                                     
  -------------- --------- -------- ------------- -----------------------------------------------

> Source: Top Five Premium Cable Networks from *Cable World*., June 21,
> 1999, p. 60.

#### SYNDICATOrs

  ----------------- --------- -------- ------------- ------------------------------------------
  **NETWORK**       **YES**   **NO**   **planned**   **COMMENT**

  **buena vista**                                   

  **columbia                                        
  tristar**                                          

  **king world**                                    

  **paramount**                                     

  **studios usa**                                   

  **20^th^ century                                  
  fox**                                              

  **warner                                          
  brothers**                                         

  **worldvision**                                   
  ----------------- --------- -------- ------------- ------------------------------------------

# 

# Source: Syndicators of Top 25 Syndicated Programs for the week of May 23-30, 1999 from A.C.Nielsen as reported in Entertainment Weekly. Programs are: Wheel of Fortune (King World); Jeopardy (King World); Judge Judy (Worldvision); The Jerry Springer Show (Studios USA); The Oprah Winfrey Show (King World); Friends (Warner Brothers); Seinfeld (Columbia TriStar); Entertainment Tonight (Paramount); The X-Files (Twentieth Century Fox); Frasier (Paramount); Home Improvement (Buena Vista); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Paramount); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (Warner Brothers); Seinfeld (weekend) (Columbia TriStar); Xena: Warrior Princess (Studios USA); ER (Warner Brothers); Wheel of Fortune (weekend)(King World); Hollywood Squares (King World); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Studios USA); Sally Jessy Raphael (Studios USA); The Simpsons (Twentieth Century Fox); Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (Buena Vista); The Montel Williams Show (Paramount); Extra (Warner Brothers); Judge Joe Brown (Worldvision). 

Note: Some syndicated programming already in the possession of
independent television stations or cable networks may not be encoded
with V-Chip ratings

information.