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An FCC administrative law judge delayed a hearing scheduled to start next week on a carriage disputenbetween Cablevision and the Game Show Network (GSN), an order released Tuesday said. ChiefnAdministrative Law Judge Richard Sippell pushed the hearing back to July 16 to make time for furtherndiscovery and to factor in any ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on a separate carriagendispute involving Comcast and Tennis Channel. In that case, the appeals court stayed an FCC ordernrequiring Comcast to increase its distribution of the Tennis Channel network and judges were said to havenappeared poised to rule against the agency during oral argument (CD Feb 26 p1). "The parties have conferrednon this matter and have indicated by e-mail that they agree that it would be best for the hearing tonbe continued until July," the order said. Cablevision and an attorney for GSN declined to comment.