Attachment Granted STA W Cond

This document pretains to SES-STA-20080313-00298 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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E970321 SES—STA—20080313—00298 1B2008000624 DISCOVERY WORLD TELEVISION, INC. Approved by OMB 3060—0678 APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu: Request for STA — E970321 (Miami, FL) 1. Applicant Name: Discovery World Television, Inc. Phone Number: 240—662—2000 DBA Name: Fax Number: Street: 1 Discovery Place E—Mail: City: Silver Spring State: MD Country: USA Zipcode: 20910 =—— Attention: MrJohn Miller C ARantczA L,-_)(o‘rfw CrtBesahai® CardiListiin ‘ | File# SES— S74—3.0080313—002479 CallSigné?Zo GrmDae o 1 /(p oioog International Bureau

Conditions SES—STA—20080313—00298 Discovery World Television, Inc.‘s Special Temporary Authority is GRANTED WITH CONDITIONS from April 16, 2008 through June 15, 2008. 1. This is granted without prejudice to any future FCC enforcement action against Discovery World Television, Inc. in connection with any unauthorized operation of radio facilities. 2. All operations shall be on an unprotected and non—harmful interference basis, i.e., Discovery World Television, Inc. shall not cause harmful interference to, and shall not claim protection from, interference caused to it by any other lawfully operating station. 3. Action on this request is without prejudice to action on File No. SES—LIC—20080411—00456.

2. Contact Name: Wes Heppler Phone Number: 202—973—4200 Company: Davis Wright Tremaine Fax Number: 202—973—4499 Street: 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW E—Mail: nancymelandry@dwt.com City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20006 — Attention: Nancy Melandry Relationship: Legal Counsel (If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related application. Please enter only one.) 3. Reference File Number or Submission ID 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application? @, IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114). {4, Governmental Entity C Noncommercial educational licensee «74 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification —CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station 5. Type Request L Use Prior to Grant 3 Change Station Location @ Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 7. CityMiami 8. Latitude (dd mm ss.s h) 25 46 59.4 N

9. State FL 10. Longitude (dd mm ss.s h) 80 18 15.2 W 11. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: Attachment 1 Attachment 2: Attachment 3: 12. Description. (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.) See Attachment 1 13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is Yes {34 No subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. See 47 CFR 1.2002(b) for the meaning of "party to the application" for these purposes. 14. Name of Person Signing 15. Title of Person Signing John Miller Sr. V.P., Technology & Distribution WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 503).

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Attachment 1 Question 12 — Description Discovery World Television, Inc. (the "Company") requests a Special Temporary Authority (STA) to permit continued operations from their Miami earth station while their application for a new license is being processed. Due to an administrative oversight, a renewal application was not timely filed with the Commission. However, STA to continue operations is necessary to meet critical customer service requirements and to prevent the interruption of services from their Miami facility. This STA is requested for operation in accordance with the technical parameters of the prior license for E970321 (SES—MOD—20040825—01244). No modifications have been made to the facility covered by this license. The Company regrets the error occurred in this case, but notes that it was the result of an inadvertent administrative mistake and that the station has been consistently operated in accordance with good engineering practices and pursuant to the Commission‘s Rules and Regulations. The Company and the personnel involved recognize the seriousness of this error and will diligently work to make certain that such errors do not occur in the future. In view of the considerations discussed above, the public interest will be served by approval of this request for STA to continue operation of E970321 pending Commission approval of the Company‘s application for a new license. WDC 721184v1 0102046—000001

"€TRMP & RETURN M Davis Wright Tremaine LLr ANCHORAGE BELLEVUE LOS ANGELES NEW YORK PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE SHANGHALT WASHINGTON, D.C. CHRISTOPHER A. FEDELI SsUITE 200 TEL (202) 973—4200 DIRECT (202) 973—4274 1919 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW FAX (202) 973—4499 chrisfedeli@dwt.com WASHINGTON, DC 20006 www .dwt.co m | FILED/ACCEPTED April 15, 2008 APR 1 5 2008 Via Hand Delivery Federal Communications Commission Office of the Secretary Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Supplemental Statement in Support of STA Request (File No. ' SES—STA—20080313—00298) and New License Request (File No. SES—LIC— 20080411—00456) Dear Ms. Dortch: Discovery World Television, Inc. ("Discovery"), through undersigned counsel, hereby provides the following supplemental information in support of the above—referenced pending applications for Special Temporary Authority ("STA") and for new licensing of a transmit— receive satellite earth station link ("Earth Station"). Although the Earth Station in question had been frequency—coordinated and properly licensed with the Commission, through an apparent administrative oversight Discovery did not timely file a request for renewal of the license in October 2007. Due to this oversight Discovery had no knowledge that Commission authorization for this Earth Station was no longer in effect until very recently. As a result, Discovery, in good faith and under the belief that it was entitled _ to operational authority under the Commission‘s rules, continued operations over this Earth Station. Following an internal license review, Discovery learned that this Earth Station authorization had expired and that no renewal application had been filed. At this time, Discovery immediately analyzed alternative means to send the video programming signals of Discovery‘s television networks for ultimate distribution to certain affected viewers and

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch > fi.i. April 15, 2008 Page 2 determined that continued use of the previously—licensed Earth Station link as proposed in the instant STA and new license request was the only way to achieve this task without subjecting viewers to potential extended blackouts of Discovery‘s programming. Specifically, Discovery determined that construction of new facilities or re—routing of this communications traffic to a different link would require an extended period of time during which there would be a significant risk that certain of Discovery‘s viewers would lose the ability to watch its programming, and so continued operations over the previously—licensed Earth Station link. Discovery then immediately sought to recoordinate the Earth Station transmit—receive link and filed an STA request with the Commission on March 13, 2008, followed by a new license application on April 11, 2008. Discovery has received no complaints of interference due to its operation of the link during this time, and the frequency coordinator has now reconfirmed that no such harmful interference exists. Discovery wishes to operate the Earth Station in full compliance with the Commission‘s rules, and believes that a prompt grant of the STA and new license requests is consistent with the public interest in light of the imminent loss of signal to Discovery‘s viewers which would occur without continued operation. Discovery has taken immediate steps to ensure that such an inadvertent failure to renew a license on file with the Commission does not occur in the future. Specifically, Discovery has now designated multiple responsible persons each with specific procedures to monitor all of Discovery‘s FCC authorization expirations and renewal dates to ensure redundancy in Discovery‘s future FCC licensing compliance. Indeed, it was as a result of Discovery‘s internal review that this issue and the need for improved compliance procedures was uncovered. Discovery wishes to confirm its commitment to ensure compliance with the Commission‘s rules and to work closely with Commission staff as it processes these appllcatlons as well in future applications and other pending matters. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Respgctfull yours, Christopher A. Fedeli co: Mr. Scott Kotler


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