The FCC has granted to small cable operators — those servicing
less than 2500 subscribers — a three-year waiver that eases
requirements to pass along HD broadcast signals to their
subscribers.  The cable operators will be given a three-year
break from the FCC’s 2001 decision that requires cable operators
to pass along all HDTV signals to subscribers after this
February’s DTV transition.  In addition to the 2500 or less
subscriber requirement, the order grants relief to cable
operators with 552MHz or less capacity. However, the operator
cannot be owned by a larger cable enterprise with more than 10
percent of subscribers nationwide.  The waiver was supported by
the American Cable Association.