Attachment ex parte

This document pretains to SAT-LOI-20050312-00062 for Letter of Intent on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOI2005031200062_621726

1200 EIGHTEENTH STREET, NW FILEWACCEPTED WASHINGTON, DC 20036 FEtj - 5 2008 TEL 202.730. I300 FAX 202.730. I 30 I WWW.HARRISWILTSHIRE.COM Sederal Comrnuriicarions Commission Office of the Secretary AlTORNEYS AT LAW February 5,2008 BY HAND DELIVERY Marlene H. Dortch Office of the Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 1 2 ’ Street, ~ S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Ex Parte Presentation File Nos. SAT-L0I-20050312-00062 and -00063 Dear Ms. Dortch: Stacy Fuller and undersigned counsel on behalf of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (“DIRECTV”) spoke today with Bruce Gottlieb, Legal Advisor to Commissioner Copps, to discuss DIRECTV’s pending Application for Review of the International Bureau’s grant of authority to Spectrum Five, LLC (“Spectrum Five”) to serve the U.S. market from foreign-licensed “tweener” satellites. In this discussion, DIRECTV expressed its ongoing concern that Spectrum Five’s proposed operations would disrupt DBS service received by millions of Americans. Although the International Bureau authorized Spectrum Five to operate on a non- interference basis in the absence of coordination with existing DBS operators, Spectrum Five has neither submitted the characteristics for a proposed non-interfering system nor initiated - much less completed - coordination with DIRECTV. Indeed, in the nearly three years since filing its applications, Spectrum Five has yet to even call DIRECTV to discuss coordination. Accordingly, neither DIRECTV nor the Commission has any basis upon which to determine whether Spectrum Five has devised an alternative method of operation that would not cause harmful interference to existing DBS services. DIRECTV also argued that, if the Commission were to deny DIRECTV’s Application for Review, it should at a minimum require Spectrum Five to demonstrate its ability to comply with the terms of its license. Under its existing authorization, Spectrum Five need only provide the Commission the final characteristics of its beams and the general characteristics of its satellites within thirty days after meeting its critical design

EX PARTE OR LATE FILED I200 EIGHTEENTH STREET, NW WASHINGTON, DC 20036 TEL 202.730.I300 FAX 202.730.I 30I VVWW.HARRISWILTSHIRE.COM Cederai Commurucations Commission Office of the Secretary Al-fORNEYS AT LAW February 5,2008 BY HAND DELIVERY Marlene H. Dortch ORIGlfWL Office of the Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 1 2 ‘ ~Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Ex Parte Presentation File Nos. SAT-L0I-20050312-00062 and -00063 Dear Ms. Dortch: Stacy Fuller and undersigned counsel on behalf of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (“DIRECTV”) spoke today with Bruce Gottlieb, Legal Advisor to Commissioner Copps, to discuss DIRECTV’s pending Application for Review of the International Bureau’s grant of authority to Spectrum Five, LLC (“Spectrum Five”) to serve the U.S. market from foreign-licensed “tweener” satellites. In this discussion, DIRECTV expressed its ongoing concern that Spectrum Five’s proposed operations would disrupt DBS service received by millions of Americans. Although the International Bureau authorized Spectrum Five to operate on a non- interference basis in the absence of coordination with existing DBS operators, Spectrum Five has neither submitted the characteristics for a proposed non-interfering system nor initiated - much less completed - coordination with DIRECTV. Indeed, in the nearly three years since filing its applications, Spectrum Five has yet to even call DRECTV to discuss coordination. Accordingly, neither DIRECTV nor the Commission has any basis upon which to determine whether Spectrum Five has devised an alternative method of operation that would not cause harmful interference to existing DBS services. DIRECTV also argued that, if the Commission were to deny DIRECTV’s Application for Review, it should at a minimum require Spectrum Five to demonstrate its ability to comply with the terms of its license. Under its existing authorization, Spectrum Five need only provide the Commission the final characteristics of its beams and the general characteristics of its satellites within thirty days after meeting its critical design -------1----- . 1 ’ . I 1

EX PARTE OR LATE FILED 1200 EIGHTEENTH STREET, NW WASHINGTON, DC 20036 - FEB 5 2008 TEL 202.730.I 300 FAX 202.730.I 30 I FederalComrnunlcations Commission VVVVW.HARRISWILTSHIRE.COM OMce of the Secretary ATTORNEYS AT LAW February 5,2008 BY HAND DELIVERY Marlene H. Dortch Office of the Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 lYhStreet, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Ex Parte Presentation File Nos. SAT-L0I-200.50312-00062 and -00063 Dear Ms. Dortch: Stacy Fuller and undersigned counsel on behalf of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (“DIRECTV”) spoke today with Bruce Gottlieb, Legal Advisor to Commissioner Copps, to discuss DIRECTV’s pending Application for Review of the International Bureau’s grant of authority to Spectrum Five, LLC (“Spectrum Five”) to serve the U.S. market from foreign-licensed “tweener” satellites. In this discussion, DIRECTV expressed its ongoing concern that Spectrum Five’s proposed operations would disrupt DBS service received by millions of Americans. Although the International Bureau authorized Spectrum Five to operate on a non- interference basis in the absence of coordination with existing DBS operators, Spectrum Five has neither submitted the characteristics for a proposed non-interfering system nor initiated - much less completed - coordination with DRECTV. Indeed, in the nearly three years since filing its applications, Spectrum Five has yet to even call DIRECTV to discuss coordination. Accordingly, neither DIRECTV nor the Commission has any basis upon which to determine whether Spectrum Five has devised an alternative method of operation that would not cause harmful interference to existing DBS services. DIRECTV also argued that, if the Commission were to deny DIRECTV’s Application for Review, it should at a minimum require Spectrum Five to demonstrate its ability to comply with the terms of its license. Under its existing authorization, Spectrum Five need only provide the Commission the final characteristics of its beams and the general characteristics of its satellites within thirty days after meeting its critical design


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