ROBERT J. BUTLER HARRYF. COLE ANNE GOODWIN CRUMP DONAlD J. EVANS PAULJ. FELOMAN KEVIN M. GOLDBERG OAVIO M. JANET FRANK R. JAIJ.0 M. SCOTT JOHNSON DANIEL A. KIRKPATRICK MITCHEll LAZARUS TONY S. LEE CHENG·YI LIU STEPHEN T. LOVELADY JONATHAN R. MARKMAN SUSAN A. MARSHALL HARRY C. MARTIN MICHELLE A. McCLURE MATTHEW H. McCORMICK FRANCISCO It MONTERO RAYMOND J. QUIANZON OAVINA SASHKIN PETER TANNENWALD JAMES U. TROUP KATHLEEN VICTORY HOWARD M. WEISS

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July 13, 2015

Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554

Re: Ex Parte Letter: AT&T and DirecTV Merger Proceeding, MB Docket No. 14-90

Dear Ms. Dortch:

RE:llRED MEMBERS

VINCENT J. CURTIS, JR. RICHARD l11LORE:rn GEORGE PETRUTSAS

JAMES I'. RIU:Y

OFCOUNSEl

THOMAS J. DOUGHERTY, JR. ROBERT M. GURSS•

KATHRYN A. KLEIMAN ROBERT J. SCHILL

LAURA A. STEFANI" ROBERT M. WINTERINGHAM

HOWARD M. WEISS

(703) 812-0414 WEISS@fHHlAW.COM

On July 8, 2015, Ronald Gordon, Chief Executive Officer of ZGS Conununications, Inc. ("ZGS"), Cynthia Martinez, also a management-level official of ZGS, and Francisco Montero and Howard Weiss of the law finn of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC, met with Valery Galasso, Policy Advisor to Commissioner Jessica RosenworceL During this meeting, ZGS and the Commission parties discussed the refusal of DirecTV to carry ZGS' Spanish-language, local program.nung.

Enclosure

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Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC 1300 17th Street North, 11th Floor Arlington, Virginia 22209

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cc: Ms. Valery Galasso, Policy Advisor, Office of Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel (w/encl.)

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