Attachment SESSTA2012100200899.

SESSTA2012100200899.

DECISION submitted by AMC NETWORKS BROADCASTING AND TECHNOLOGY LLC

STA GRANT

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This document pretains to SES-STA-20121002-00899 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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E010028 SES—STA—20121002—00899 1B2012002326 AMC Networks Broadcasting and Technology LLC 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 Special Temporary Authority to Operate New Co—Located Antenna Per Pending Modification Application for T/R SES E010028 1. Applicant Name: AMC Networks Broadcasting and Phone Number: 516—803—0300 Technology LLC DBA Name: Fax Number: Street: 620 Hicksville Road E—Mail: City: Bethpage State: NY Country: USA Zipcode: 11714 =— Attention: Steven Pontillo orcep3g310834—OR\)

2. Contact Name: Russell H. Fox Phone Number: 202—434—7483 Company: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Fax Number: 202—434—7400 Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Street: 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. E—Mail: rfox@mintz.com Suite 900 City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20004 — Attention: Russell Fox 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 1B2012002324 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). g4 Governmental Entity ;3 Noncommercial educational licensee {} Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station 5. Type Request @ Use Prior to Grant C Change Station Location { Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 10/06/2012

7. CityBethpage 8. Latitude (dd mm ss.s h) 40 44 39.6 N 9. State NY 10. Longitude (dd mm ss.s h) 73 29 38.1. W 11. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: STA Request 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.) Request to operate a co—located new antenna as part of existing transmit/receive satellite earth station call sign EO10028. The antenna is listed on the currently pending modification application (submission ID I1B2012002324) . 13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is Yes {4 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 Steven Pontillo EVP and CTO 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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Exhibit 1 AMC Networks Broadcasting and Technology LLC Request for Special Temporary Authority Justification of Request for Special Temporary Authority AMC Networks Broadcasting and Technology LLC ("AMC") hereby requests, pursuant to Section 15.120(b)(3), special temporary authority ("STA") for a period of sixty (60) days to operate a new antenna located at its existing facilities. Temporary use of the new antenna will allow it to provide higher—quality service to customers without risk of interruption that may affect approximately 4,000,000 end users. AMC has been an innovator in television programming and entertainment for 31 years. It owns and operates several of the most popular and award—winning brands in cable television —— AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel, WE tv and IFC Films. In addition, it produces programming, using raw feeds from, among other sources, sporting events. It modifies these raw feeds by adding cues for commercial breaks and other control data used by the multichannel video programming distributors to whom it transmits the programming. AMC transmits the reformatted programming to MVPDs using its satellite transmit and receive earth stations and the MVPDs transmit the programming to their end user customers. AMC uses the facilities associated with several satellite earth station licenses, including E010028 (the "License") to transmit programming. However, AMC transmits most of the reformatted programming described above using facilities associated with the station EOO0O0228. That station uses a 7.2 meter antenna. That antenna is not as useful as 9 meter C—Band antennas because the 9 meter C—Band antenna provides better focus and transmission characteristics. Therefore, AMC has submitted, simultaneously herewith, an application to modify the License to add a third 9 meter C—Band antenna manufactured by General Dynamics that will replace the 7.2 meter antenna authorized on the license for station EO0O0228. It seeks STA to operate that additional antenna pursuant to the simultaneously application for modification. As noted above, the antenna for which AMC seeks authorization will be used to transmit some of the programming now carried by its currently authorized facilities. AMC is concerned that these existing 7.2 meter facilities, in addition to being less capable than the proposed 9 meter antenna, may be reaching the end of their useful lives and AMC wishes to be able to operate the new antenna for which it seeks authority prior to FCC action on the application for modification. If the FCC does not grant STA and the existing facilities become non—operational, AMC may be unable to transmit programming to its MVPD customers, an occurrence that may affect approximately 4,000,000 of its customers‘ viewers. The public interest will therefore be served by grant of the STA. The application for modification has been submitted with evidence of frequency coordination and other relevant engineering demonstrations, ensuring that there will be no harmful interference from the proposed new antenna. No party will, therefore, potentially be negatively affected by grant of the STA.

If there are questions concern this STA request, the Commission is asked to contact counsel for AMC, Russell H. Fox of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC at 202.434.7483 or RFox@mintz.com


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