Attachment Narrative SES-LIC-20170202-00112

Attachment Narrative

This document pretains to SES-LIC-20170202-00112 for License on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESLIC2017020200112_1173270

Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of Application by )
)
RR Media Inc. )
For Authority to Operate Three )
C-Band Antennas in Hawley, PA )

REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY

By this application, RR Media Inc. (“RR Media”), respectfully requests authority

to operate three antennas at RR Media’s Hawley, Pennsylvania facility in the conventional C-

band. These three antennas were among several recently identified by RR Media as operating

without the appropriate authority, as reported to the Commission. RR Media has requested
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Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) for all three antennas.

Earlier this year, the Commission granted authority for the transfer of control of
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RR Media and its licenses for the Hawley, Pennsylvania teleport to SES S.A. (“SES”).

Following consummation of the transfer, integration of the Hawley facilities into the larger SES

network of earth stations began, and SES personnel became involved in the management of the

Hawley teleport earth station operations. As a result of these integration activities, SES learned

that the existing licenses for the Hawley site did not cover six of the operating antennas located

at the teleport and immediately initiated steps to bring the teleport operations into compliance

with Commission rules. Among the antennas identified were three conventional C-band

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See RR Media Inc., File No. SES-STA-20161228-00973, granted January 26, 2017.
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See File No. SES-T/C-20160302-00190, granted May 6, 2016.

antennas designated HS7-C, HS7-G and HS7-H. Upon learning that these antennas were not

properly licensed, RR Media filed an STA request for the antennas on December 28, 2016.

RR Media now seeks full authority to operate all three antennas. As described in

the recent STA request, the antennas are used to provide ongoing video and radio distribution
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services.

RR Media hereby certifies that no party to this application is subject to a denial of

federal benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 862.

For the foregoing reasons, RR Media respectfully requests authority to operate

three earth station antennas from its Hawley, Pennsylvania facility in conformance with the

technical characteristics outlined in the attached Form 312.

Respectfully submitted,

RR Media Inc.

By: /s/ Orna Naveh

Orna Naveh
General Counsel & Company Secretary
RR Media Inc.
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801

Dated: February 2, 2017

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The three antennas will operate in the conventional C-band within the coordinated range of RR
Media’s licensed antenna call sign E120095. As demonstrated by the attached letter from
Comsearch, call sign E120095 has been coordinated and is currently subject to frequency
protection. Therefore, RR Media is not submitting additional evidence of coordination for the
antennas described in this application.

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