[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60894-60895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22889]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 14, 2004, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Advanced Television Systems 
Committee, Inc. (``ATSC'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing

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(1) the name and principal place of business of the standards 
development organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards 
development activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
involving the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actural damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business is: Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc., 
Washington, DC. The nature and scope of ATSC's standards development 
activities are: Coordinating television standards among different 
communications media, focusing on digital television, interactive 
systems and broadband multimedia communications; developing digital 
television implementation strategies; and presenting educational 
seminars on the ATSC standards.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-22889 Filed 10-12-04; 8:45 am]
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