In its fourth week available, the Xbox 360 version of Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 was again the top- rented videogame in the U.S. for the week ended April 13, according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data. The PS3 version was No. 5, up one. The 360 version of Army of Two from Electronic Arts was again No. 2, in its sixth week. That was again ahead of the PS3 version of EA’s game, at No. 8 again. Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii was again No. 3, in its sixth week. The 360 version of Activision’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was again No. 4, in its 23rd week.
STRASBOURG, France -- The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) needs more political clout, its president said Wednesday at a CEPT conference on technology and regulation. With 27 countries in the EU -- and many others aligning their policies with the EU -- CEPT wants to be more than a technical body, said Anthony De Bono, citing the need for a larger presence at the ITU. CEPT’s Electronic Communications Committee brings together the radio and telecommunications regulatory authorities of the 48 member countries.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of carbazole violet pigment 23 from India for the period of December 1, 2005 through November 30, 2006.
The International Trade Administration has initiated an antidumping duty investigation to determine whether imports of frontseating service valves (FSVs) from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of freshwater crawfish tail meat from China for the period of September 1, 2005 through August 31, 2006.
The International Trade Administration has initiated antidumping duty investigations to determine whether imports of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) from India and China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
LAS VEGAS -- It’s no longer enough for broadcasters to “hide behind the old adage: I'm just a businessman providing what the people want,” actor-producer Tim Robbins said in an unusual NAB convention keynote. “We're better than that,” Robbins said in a speech urging broadcasters to provide real news, diversity of views and useful content, rather than the latest sex scandal. One long-time NAB attendee called the keynote “the best in twenty years.”
Comcast got preliminary approval to disconnect some telecommunications services to 2,200 customers in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, an FCC public notice said Monday. The cable operator can automatically cut off service May 15 unless the agency tells it otherwise before then. The FCC wants comments on the plan by April 29 (docket 08-52). Comcast will help customers find new service providers and continue to sell other telecom services in the states, it said.
Broadcasters at the NAB convention had little to say about preliminary data from mobile DTV field tests that began in February. The Open Mobile Video Coalition has been looking at three mobile DTV systems being considered for an industry standard by the Advanced TV Systems Committee. The group was hoping to have a single candidate by now (CED March 13 p2). Instead, OMVC released preliminary findings. The technology didn’t interfere with standard DTV service, worked in both the UHF and VHF bands, and mobile DTV signals could be picked up 40 miles from a transmitter, said Sterling Davis, Cox vice president of engineering and head of a coalition body overseeing the tests. Field tests in Las Vegas ended last week. The technology committee is still analyzing the data, Davis said. The group plans to make its final recommendation to the ATSC May 15, after finishing lab tests.
The International Trade Administration has amended its preliminary antidumping duty determination on steel wire garment hangers from China in order to correct certain ministerial errors with respect to the AD duty margin calculation for the Shaoxing Metal Companies.