Silicon Image is introducing a PanelLink Cinema Partners (PLCP) program to address “one of the pitfalls” of HDMI with HDCP: That HDCP content protection is not currently interoperability-tested by any authorized test center (ATC), said John LeMoncheck, Silicon Image vp- consumer electronics. “Ad hoc” tests have been tried, but “frankly, they've not been sufficient, and a lot of finger-pointing” has resulted between set-makers and set- top-box suppliers when the interface fails to work properly, LeMoncheck told the HDTV Forum Thurs. in L.A. PLCP will be a separate Silicon Image subsidiary of Silicon Image aiming “to give consumers access to premium content,” LeMoncheck said. “… Consumers get frustrated. Their digital connection may be working properly, but if the copy protection isn’t properly implemented, you may get snow on some of the channels you expected to be able to see.” PLCP will include interoperability testing “over and above even what HDMI is doing,” and will mount a certification logo and consumer education program to identify those products that are PLCP compliant, LeMoncheck said. The plan will be to label such products “Cinema-Ready,” he said. Disney, Universal, Warner and Intel are supporting PLCP, he said. Preliminary PLCP specs are circulating among the “early adopter member companies,” and announcement of a final version 1.0 spec will come “the next couple of weeks,” LeMoncheck said. PLCP’s first ATC will be established this quarter in Sunnyvale, Cal., and the logo and education program will be launched soon at retail and will receive a “big push” at the Jan. CES in Las Vegas, he said. He said more than 150 HDMI-compliant products are available at retail or announced for shipment during the upcoming holiday selling season.
Silicon Image is introducing a PanelLink Cinema Partners (PLCP) program to address “one of the pitfalls” of HDMI with HDCP: That HDCP content protection is not currently interoperability-tested by any authorized test center (ATC), said John LeMoncheck, Silicon Image vp- consumer electronics. “Ad hoc” tests have been tried, but “frankly, they've not been sufficient, and a lot of finger-pointing” has resulted between set-makers and set- top-box suppliers when the interface fails to work properly, LeMoncheck told the HDTV Forum Thurs. in L.A. PLCP will be a separate Silicon Image subsidiary of Silicon Image aiming “to give consumers access to premium content,” LeMoncheck said. “… Consumers get frustrated. Their digital connection may be working properly, but if the copy protection isn’t properly implemented, you may get snow on some of the channels you expected to be able to see.” PLCP will include interoperability testing “over and above even what HDMI is doing,” and will mount a certification logo and consumer education program to identify those products that are PLCP compliant, LeMoncheck said. The plan will be to label such products “Cinema-Ready,” he said. Disney, Universal, Warner and Intel are supporting PLCP, he said. Preliminary PLCP specs are circulating among the “early adopter member companies,” and announcement of a final version 1.0 spec will come “the next couple of weeks,” LeMoncheck said. PLCP’s first ATC will be established this quarter in Sunnyvale, Cal., and the logo and education program will be launched soon at retail and will receive a “big push” at the Jan. CES in Las Vegas, he said. He said more than 150 HDMI-compliant products are available at retail or announced for shipment during the upcoming holiday selling season.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews for the following periods:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of brake rotors from China for the period of April 1, 2003 through September 30, 2003.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances reviews of the AD duty orders on industrial nitrocellulose (INC) from Brazil, China, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. As a result, the ITA is revoking the AD duty orders effective July 1, 2003 for Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom and effective August 1, 2003 for France.
The MPAA is extending to hardware its crackdown on products it says violate DVD technology licenses. The MPAA sued Sigma Designs and MediaTek in Cal. Superior Court, L.A., alleging the companies sold DVD player chips to companies who products have features not allowed under the general DVD technology license.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on extruded rubber thread from Malaysia. As a result, the ITA is revoking this AD duty order effective October 1, 2003.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews for the following periods:
The FCC’s new Wireline Bureau Chief Jeffrey Carlisle said the agency ought to deal with state vs. federal jurisdiction over VoIP before tackling other issues in the FCC’s broad IP Enabled Services proceeding. “I don’t know if we can get a comprehensive order done by the end of the year because the record’s so huge and there are so many issues,” Carlisle said in an interview with Communications Daily. “I do believe we should try to decide the jurisdiction issue by the end of the year.”
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.