Electronic delivery of entertainment will grow but needn’t be the death knell for packaged media, speakers said at Tuesday’s Content Delivery and Storage Association conference in New York. Compelling new features and flexible use models for content, along with consumers’ desire for physical ownership, will keep packaged media in the forefront while business models and DRM for electronic delivery evolve, they said.
ITU member countries were asked to approve work on 11 new matters involving satellite services, according to a letter circulated Monday by the Radiocommunication Bureau. The ITU-R study group meeting on the satellite service gave preliminary approval at an October meeting. Reports and ITU- R recommendations should result from studying performance objectives of digital links in the fixed-satellite and mobile-satellite services in the next generation network, the letter said. Studies on the availability and performance of digital paths in the mobile-satellite services also should produce reports and recommendations. Other studies will take up satellite broadcasting of HDTV signals and its compatibility with standard-definition TV and with other services sharing broadcasting satellite service in the 12, 17 and 21 GHz bands. Other subjects will include receiving earth station broadcasting satellite service, digital techniques for sound and television in the broadcasting satellite service, spectrum management and frequency sharing issues for sound broadcasting by satellite to portable and vehicular receivers in the 1 to 3 GHz frequency range, a 2.6 GHz band allocation to the fixed-satellite service (space-to- Earth) in the Americas and Asia and to the mobile-satellite service (Earth-to-space), and a World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 resolution called for convening a conference on the broadcasting-satellite service (sound). The study group on satellite services will look at digital broadcasting of multiple services and programs in the broadcasting- satellite service, as well as out-of-band spurious emission limits for various satellite services.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its AD duty changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on ball bearings and parts thereof from Germany.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain pasta from Italy for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of purified carboxymethylcellulose from Sweden for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of purified carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium for the period of May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007.
The first global standard for next-generation home networking transceivers received preliminary approval Friday, according to telecom and industry officials in the ITU-T study group on optical transport and access network facilities. “G.hn represents the first global standard for coax, powerlines and phonelines,” said Matthew Theall, chairman of the HomeGrid Forum, a trade group of about a dozen companies promoting the ITU-T recommendation. HomeGrid Forum fully supports kicking off the four-week approval process, said Theall, who’s also the technology strategist in Intel’s Digital Home Group. The recommendation specifies basic characteristics of next generation home networking transceivers capable of operating over premises wiring including inside telephone wiring, coaxial cable, and power line wiring, at data rates up to 1 Gbps, the draft text said. “We believe the standard will be broadly adopted by PC, consumer electronics and service providers,” Theall said. The recommendation will become final if no significant objections are raised during the four-week review.