A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 29, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
Worldwide tablet shipments of 76.9 million units grew 28 percent year-over-year in Q4, indicating a “significant slowing” of the overall market following 87 percent year-over-year growth a year ago, said a report from IDC. Total 2013 shipments were 217.1 million units, according to preliminary findings, up from 144.2 million in 2012, IDC said. Early adopter markets such as the U.S. are “reaching high levels of consumer satisfaction,” while “strong growth” in emerging markets hasn’t been enough to sustain the growth rates of years past, said Tom Mainelli, IDC research director-tablets. Commercial tablet purchases are expected to accelerate in mature markets, but softness in the consumer segment due to high penetration and increased competition for consumer dollars points to “a more challenging environment for tablets in 2014 and beyond,” Mainelli said. Apple continued to lead the market with 26 million units shipped in Q4, up from 22.9 million the year-ago quarter, IDC said, but its 13.5 percent year-over-year growth was “well below” the industry average, IDC said. The numbers highlight the challenges Apple faces as it attempts to grow its tablet business in markets outside of its “traditional mature-market strongholds” and as it comes up against more competition from a range of competitors, Mainelli said. Apple’s worldwide tablet share grew sequentially in Q4 to 33.8 percent from 29.7 in Q3, but it was down from the 38.2 percent share in Q4 2012. No. 2 Samsung retained its position on the strength of its portfolio and increased carrier support to reach 18.8 percent market share worldwide, a slip of 0.1 percent from Q3 but up from 13 percent in Q4 2012, IDC said. Positions 3, 4 and 5 went to Amazon with 7.6 percent market share, Asus (5.1 percent) and Lenovo (4.4 percent). IDC predicts additional tablet share gains for Lenovo this year due to its strength in emerging markets and its growing share in adjacent categories including PCs and smartphones.
The FCC said e-readers need not include accessibility features for the disabled for advanced communications services (ACS) because the devices are primarily designed for reading text-based digital titles and not for ACS. Giving an OK to a waiver sought last year by Amazon, Kobo and Sony, the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau granted an exemption from 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act rules for a year, but not the indefinite period the companies sought (CED Oct 15 p1). That time frame comported with the fears of groups representing those with vision impairments, said one such advocate.
The FCC said e-readers need not include accessibility features for the disabled for advanced communications services (ACS) because the devices are primarily designed for reading text-based digital titles and not for ACS. Giving an OK to a waiver sought last year by Amazon, Kobo and Sony, the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau granted an exemption from 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act rules for a year, but not the indefinite period the companies sought (WID Oct 15 p3). That time frame comported with the fears of groups representing those with vision impairments, said one such advocate.
The FCC said e-readers need not include accessibility features for the disabled for advanced communications services (ACS) because the devices are primarily designed for reading text-based digital titles and not for ACS. Giving an OK to a waiver sought last year by Amazon, Kobo and Sony, the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau granted an exemption from 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act rules for a year, but not the indefinite period the companies sought (CD Oct 15 p5). That time frame comported with the fears of groups representing those with vision impairments, said one such advocate.
Even if the U.S. Supreme Court reverses the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the dispute between broadcasters and streaming TV service Aereo, that wouldn’t herald the end of FilmOn’s business, FilmOn CEO Alkiviades David told the New York Bar Association’s annual meeting in New York Tuesday. That’s because only less than 3 percent of his company’s business is free-to-air TV, he said via Skype. “Most of our business relies on content that we've licensed and aggregated and the whole social video part of the platform as well,” he said.
Even if the U.S. Supreme Court reverses the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the dispute between broadcasters and streaming TV service Aereo, that wouldn’t herald the end of FilmOn X’s business, FilmOn X CEO Alkiviades David told the New York Bar Association’s annual meeting in New York Tuesday. That’s because only less than 3 percent of his company’s business is free-to-air TV, he said via Skype. “Most of our business relies on content that we've licensed and aggregated and the whole social video part of the platform as well,” he said.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 29 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (A-570-898). The agency individually reviewed Jiheng and Kangtai, and assigned an average of these two mandatory respondent AD rates to three other companies that weren't individually reviewed but demonstrated independence from state control. Commerce also found Heze Huayi Chemical Co. Ltd. had no exports of subject merchandise to U.S. during the period of review, so future entries from Heze will be subject to AD cash deposit rates set in previous reviews. The new rates are effective Jan. 30, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
No ruling will be issued in FilmOn X’s case in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals until the Supreme Court issues a decision in its Aereo case, said a 9th Circuit order Monday. FilmOn’s appeal of a preliminary injunction granted against its streaming TV service in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles had already been through oral arguments in August -- the parties in the case were waiting for the 9th Circuit to issue a decision. The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision on the Aereo matter, a broadcaster appeal of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision not to issue an injunction against Aereo, in the summer, say industry observers. The order putting the 9th Circuit case on hold was issued by the 9th Circuit panel without any requests to do so from the parties in the case, according to online records. FilmOn’s appeal of a nearly nationwide injunction from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit -- barring it from streaming copyrighted material anywhere outside the jurisdiction of the 2nd Circuit -- was also put on hold to wait for the Supreme Court (CD Jan 27 p10). Hearst’s case against Aereo in U.S. District Court in Boston has already been stayed pending a high court ruling at the joint request of both sides, and a similar joint request has been filed in Hearst’s appeal of a preliminary injunction ruling in Aereo’s favor in the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A hearing on a similar possible stay of the case brought by broadcasters against Aereo in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City is set for Friday.