The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of certain forged stainless steel flanges from India for the review period of February 1, 2005 through January 31, 2006.
RCN may carry college games from an upstart network a la carte if established regional sports networks (RSNs) make similar deals. RCN said it would be easier to sell channels individually with an FCC waiver of the CableCARD set-top box integration ban. The company has a preliminary deal to carry America Channel linear programs and VoD content, the companies said Thurs., without disclosing terms. America Channel is among independent networks pushing the FCC to help them get carriage on large cable operators. The channel has deals with telco TV providers including AT&T and Verizon, but hasn’t begun programming. The America Channel plans to begin TV programming in the fall, CEO Doron Gorshein told us. “The agreement also contemplates provision of America Channel on a pure a la carte basis, should America Channel’s RSN competitors similarly agree to make their programming available,” said RCN. “We hope that this will set an example for the regional sports networks that are controlled by incumbent cable operators like Comcast and the large national sports networks so we can negotiate similarly flexible agreements with them,” RCN Senior Vp Richard Ramlall told us, saying the a la carte proposal is in line with what some FCC commissioners and legislators have urged. Comcast said the America Channel isn’t an RSN. Customers need a digital set- top to get a la carte cable, Ramlall said, calling it “one more reason why we need a limited waiver from the FCC to enable us to continue to offer them a low cost set top box.”
New Games: SCEA’s God of War II for PS2, in its 4th week available, was again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended April 8. There was no new release in the top 10… Namco Bandai Games America will ship Namco Museum DS at $19.99 this summer. The latest classic game compilation from the company includes Pac-Man, Pac-Man Vs., Dig Dug II, Galaga, Galaxian, Mappy, The Tower of Druaga and Xevious.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued an amendment to the final antidumping (AD) duty determination on carbazole violet pigment 23 from China in order to revise the AD duty rates of four companies, as well as the China-wide entity rate, as there is now a final and conclusive court decision in the proceeding.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania for the period of November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2005.
A federal judge tripled damages awarded Omega Patents, to $1.8 million, following a jury finding that Directed Electronics and 2 other companies infringed its patents. U.S. Dist. Court Judge Anne Conway, Orlando, also granted Omega’s request for attorneys fees and grant a preliminary injunction barring Directed from selling products containing the infringing technology, Directed said. The patents applied to data communications bus devices that include interfaces for remotely controlling some motor vehicle functions. Directed said its sales of products containing the technology were $2.9 million in 2006, less than 1% of its total revenue. Omega sued Fortin Audio Radio and Importel in 2004, and Directed was added a year later. Trial began in Jan. and Omega won a $600,000 jury award Feb. 12, Directed said.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel wire rod from Sweden for the period of September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made preliminary affirmative determinations that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of coated free paper from China1, Korea, and Indonesia.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews: