At least 60% of communications network equipment in use will be DOCSIS 3.0 compatible by 2011, ABI Research analyst Michael Arden said. Consumer premises equipment penetration will slightly lag network, with less than 40% of home cable modem systems expected to have DOCSIS 3.0 capabilities that year, Arden said. CableLabs released the preliminary DOCSIS 3.0 specification, which allows for super-fast data speeds and increased IP video capabilities, this month. “CableLabs was kind of pressed by companies to make some sort of release… I think that allows some of these vendors and operators to make more definitive plans,” Arden said.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on certain welded large diameter line pipe from Japan at the request of American Steel Pipe Division of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Berg Steel Pipe, and Stupp Corporation, (collectively "petitioners").

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative and new shipper reviews:

EMI said it signed a deal with Microsoft to supply music videos for Microsoft’s Zune digital entertainment devices. Details were sketchy Fri. Neither the deal terms nor when videos will become available was announced.

Consumer advocate Electronic Frontier Foundation has weighed in on Sima’s side in a suit filed last year by Macrovision. The suit filed last year in U.S. Dist. Court, Manhattan, alleged that Sima’s video enhancers infringed Macrovision’s patented copy protection technology and violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by allowing consumers to make unauthorized copies of copyrighted DVDs. The enhancers strip out the Vertical Blanking Interval on the video signal, where the flags for Macrovision Analog Copy Protection are stored, Macrovision said. That violates the DMCA ban on circumventing copy protection mechanisms, Macrovision claimed. It said the DMCA specifically recognizes its technology as a broadly adopted copy protection system that can’t legally be bypassed and is used for VCRs, DVDs and part of the Advanced Access Content System mandated for Blu-ray and HD DVD. In Macrovision’s suit, the district court granted a preliminary injunction against Sima, which Sima has appealed to the U.S. Appeals Court, Federal Circuit. In its amicus brief filed on behalf of a coalition that includes CCIA, CEA, HRRC and the Library Copyright Alliance in support of Sima, the EFF claimed that Macrovision is trying to contort the DMCA into a technology mandate forcing all digital video products in the future to respond to Macrovision’s analog-era DRM system. Macrovision didn’t comment.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its countervailing (CV) duty administrative review of low enriched uranium from France for the period of January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip (PET film) from India, for the period of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.

EMI said it signed a deal with Microsoft to load music videos on the latter’s coming Zune digital entertainment devices. Details were sketchy Fri. Neither the deal terms nor when videos will become available was announced.

The PS2 version of NCAA Football 07 from Electronic Arts was the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Aug. 13… World of Warcraft from Vivendi Universal Games was the #1-selling PC game in the U.S. for the week ended Aug. 5, according to NPD Group.

The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site the following five monthly reports containing official June 2006 trade data from the Department of Census for imports and exports of textiles and apparel: