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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of                )
                                )
BRITISH-AMERICAN                )
  COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,           )CSR 4802-P
                                 )
     v.                         )
                                )
PRIME TICKET NETWORK, et. al.,  )
                                )
                                )
Joint Stipulation of Dismissal  )
                             ORDER
      Adopted:  July 14, 1997Released:  July 17, 1997
By the Chief, Cable Services Bureau:
      1.British American Communications Inc. ("BAC") filed a Complaint against Century
Southwest Cable Television, Inc. ("Century"), Fox Broadcasting Company ("Fox"), Tele-Communications,
Inc. ("TCI"), Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty"), Liberty Sports, Inc. ("Liberty Sports"), Prime Ticket
Network, L.P. ("Prime Ticket"), American Cablesystems of California, Inc. d/b/a Continental ("American
Cablesystems"), and Continental Cablevision, Inc. ("Continental"), alleging that the named Defendants had
denied BAC access to Prime Ticket's programming service based on an exclusivity agreement that was not
grandfathered pursuant to 47 U.S.C.  548(h) and 47 C.F.R.  1002(e).  Alternatively, BAC alleged that
Century, American Cablesystems, Continental, and Prime Ticket had unreasonably refused to license or
sublicense Prime Ticket's programming service to BAC in violation of 47 U.S.C.  548(c)(2)(B) and Section
76.1002(b) of the Commission's rules.  With the exception of Fox, all other Defendants filed Answers.  BAC
did not file a Reply to any of the Answers filed by Defendants.
      2.Now BAC, Fox, TCI, Liberty, Liberty Sports, Prime Ticket, American Cablesystems, and
Continental, through their attorneys, have filed a request for dismissal fashioned as Joint Stipulation of
Dismissal ("Joint Stipulation").  Century also requested that it be included with the Joint Stipulation.  In
their Joint Stipulation, the parties request that the Commission dismiss BAC's complaint with prejudice.
      3.On November 27, 1996 and January 31, 1997, Prime Ticket entered into agreements with
Century and Continental, respectively, pursuant to which Century and Continental and all other Century and
Continental entities waived exclusive rights to Prime Ticket's programming service under any cable
television license agreement with Prime Ticket with respect to all other multichannel video programming
distributors, including but not limited to BAC.  On or about January 7, 1997, the Trustee for BAC and Prime
Ticket entered into a Stipulation Re Delivery of Prime Ticket Network Programming to Debtor and Other
Matters ("Programming Stipulation") pursuant to which BAC will be able to distribute Prime Ticket's
programming service in certain of BAC's systems serving identified properties.  The Programming
Stipulation also provided that BAC would dismiss this action with prejudice as to all parties.
      4.The Commission encourages resolution of program access disputes through negotiations
between the parties in an effort to avoid time-consuming, complex adjudication.  Such policy favoring
private settlement and alternative dispute resolution conserves Commission resources and is thus in the
public interest.
      5.We thus find it is in the public interest to terminate this proceeding pursuant to the
stipulation submitted by the parties.
      6.Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Complaint of British-American Communications,
Inc., against Century Southwest Cable Television, Inc., Fox Broadcasting Company, Tele-Communications,
Inc., Liberty Media Corporation, Liberty Sports, Inc., Prime Ticket Network, L.P., American Cablesystems
of California, Inc. d/b/a Continental, and Continental Cablevision, Inc., IS DISMISSED WITH
PREJUDICE.  This action is taken by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau, pursuant to authority delegated by
Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules.
     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
     Meredith J. Jones
     Chief, Cable Services Bureau