In its first week available, DreamWorks Home Entertainment’s Shrek 2 was the #1-rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Nov. 7 showed. It said the movie earned $6.44 million on DVD alone in the week and $8.32 million in combined DVD and VHS rental revenue. The previous week’s #1 DVD -- Fox’s The Day After Tomorrow -- dropped to #3, earning an additional $5.62 million on DVD, $36.01 million to date. The only other strong new DVD release was Disney’s box office bomb Around the World in 80 Days ($3.65 million).

The FBI and DEA met with the FCC last week to ask the Commission to take into account CALEA concerns as it wraps up an air-to-ground (ATG) rule for communications made on commercial airliners, including broadband. Meanwhile, an ATG order is on circulation on the 8th floor and could be finalized before the Commission’s Dec. 15 agenda meeting, we learned. Chmn. Powell could schedule a vote at the meeting if Commissioners otherwise don’t finish voting on the order.

Take-Two Interactive’s PS2 exclusive Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Nov. 7 showed. The game earned an additional $1.07 million in the week, for $2.25 million to date. But Electronic Arts (EA) had the most titles in the top 10, with 3 -- all for PS2: Madden NFL 2005 at #4 (up 2 in its 13th week, $217,410 in the week and $4.03 million to date), Def Jam: Fight for N.Y. at #8 (up 4 in its 7th week, $150,165 and $1.42 million) and NCAA Football 2005 at #9 (up 2 in its 17th week, $149,848 and $3.21 million). Activision had 2 titles in the top 10, both for PS2: Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 at #2 again in its 5th week ($267,121 and $1.52 million) and X- Men: Legends at #10 (down 3 in its 7th week, $149,154 and $1.20 million). Rounding out the top 10 were Midway’s Mortal Kombat: Deception for PS2 at #3 again in its 5th week ($219,272 and $1.24 million), LucasArts Entertainment’s Star Wars: Battlefront for PS2 at #5 (down one in its 7th week, $177,735 and $1.72 million), THQ’s WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw for PS2 at #6 in its first week ($174,740) and Microsoft’s Fable for Xbox at #7 (up one in its 8th week, $158,052 and $1.47 million).

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain non-frozen apple juice concentrate from China for the period of June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003.

The U.S. and U.K. could be headed for a conflict over the need for the World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) to approve a comprehensive overhaul of Articles 9 and 11 of world Radio Regulations. The FCC Advisory Committee for the WRC approved a resolution Wed. opposing those efforts, saying they could undermine the world satellite industry.

Adelphia creditors have agreed to a new reorganization plan, they said in a statement urging Adelphia to approve the proposal. They also reserved the right to ask the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to support their plan over Adelphia’s proposal. The creditors said they could continue litigation against the Rigas family, Adelphia’s auditors and other lenders. The preliminary agreement, approved unanimously by the official committee of unsecured creditors, calls for unsecured creditors to receive common stock in the reorganized company, based on an assumed value of $17 billion. It also calls for the process of selling Adelphia to continue. Adelphia said it’s reviewing the plan and described it as a “productive step” in the bankruptcy process. Adelphia also said final offers on the purchase of the company are expected in Jan.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that at the request of P.T. Indorama Synthetics Tbk (Indorama), a mandatory respondent, it is postponing until no later than 135 days after October 28, 2004 (from January 3, 2005) the final antidumping (AD) duty determination on bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Indonesia.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that at the request of the petitioners, it is postponing until no later than December 16, 2004 (from November 16, 2004) its preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determinations on purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, Mexico, Netherlands, and Sweden.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain steel concrete reinforcing bars from Turkey for the period of April 1, 2002 through March 31, 2003.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release on its final negative antidumping (AD) injury determination stating that the U.S. industry is neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of certain aluminum plate from South Africa, which the International Trade Administration (ITA) has determined are sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.