Attachment ex parte

ex parte

Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER submitted by Telesat

ex parte

2004-06-29

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20030903-00300 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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I n \Gley- Rein &Fielding LLF 1776 K STREET NW Bert W. Rein June 18,2004 202.719.7080 WASHINGTON, OC 20006 brein@wrf.com PHONE 202.719.7000 ‘I JUN I 8 2004 FAX 202.719.7049 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary FEOERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISION Virginia Office OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 7925 JONES BRANCH DRIVE Federal Communications Commission SUITE 6200 445 12th Street, SW McLEAN, VA 22102 PHONE 703.905.2800 Washington, DC 20554 FAX 703.905.2820 Re: DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC, Request for Special Temporary Authority to Relocate DIRECTV 3 to 82” W.L. and To Conduct Telemetry, Tracking and www.wrf.com Command (“TTAC”) Operations for an Interim Period, File No. SAT-STA- 20030903-00300 Dear Ms. Dortch: Telesat Canada (“Telesat”), by its attorneys, pursuant to Section 1.1206 of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”),’ provides this notice of an ex parte meeting and several ex parte telephone calls in the above-referenced proceeding in which DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC (“DIRECTV”) seeks special temporary authority to relocate the DIRECTV 3 satellite to the Canadian 82” W.L. broadcast satellite service (“BSS”) orbital location (“DIRECTV 3 STA Request”). On June 17,2004, Bert W. Rein and Jennifer D. Hindin of Wiley Rein & Fielding U P , counsel to Telesat Canada (“Telesat”), and Susan M. Eid, Vice President, Government Relations, The DIRECTV Group, and William M. Wiltshire of Harris, Wiltshire and Grannis LLP,counsel to DIRECTV, met with Sheryl Wilkerson and Bethany Smocer of the Office of the Chairman, FCC. The purpose of the meeting was to reiterate DIRECTV’s and Telesat’s interest in prompt grant of the long pending DIRECTV 3 STA request. During the meeting, the participants discussed Telesat’s customer’s urgent need for satellite capacity for the provision of BSS service to consumers in Canada. The participants also noted the successful conclusion of informal understandings of the FCC and Industry Canada concerning certain technical issues involved in the operation of DIRECTV 3 in a Canadian orbital location. Telesat and DIRECTV then noted that there were no remaining additional substantive issues in the record to be resolved. Finally, Telesat and DIRECTV requested the FCC to consider granting the requested STA in whole or in part (limited to removal of DIRECTV’s current inclination) on an immediate oral or stamp-grant basis for 30 days subject I 47 C.F.R. 01.1206.

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch June 18,2004 Page 2 to, and pending the conclusion of, a written order setting for the requisite terms and conditions of operation. Also on June 17,2004, Ms. Hindin, on behalf of Telesat, telephoned Breck Blaylock, Thomas Tycz and Karl Kensinger, all of the International Bureau, to discuss these same issues. Should you have any questions, please contact the undersigned counsel for Telesat. Thank you. Sincerely, Bert W. Rein Jennifer D. Hindin cc: Sheryl Wilkerson Breck Blaylock Thomas Tycz Karl Kensinger


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