Broadcasters: Concerns About Software-Based EAS 'Overblown'

Broadcasters: Concerns About Software-Based EAS 'Overblown'

Allowing broadcasters to replace physical emergency alerting equipment with a software-based system won't require the FCC to create an entirely new regulatory regime, said NAB and broadcast executives in a meeting with Public Safety Bureau staff last week, according to...

Sage Supports “Software EAS” — If Not the Name

Key participants in alerting technology circles continue to discuss the proposed changes for EAS alerting, as put forth by the National Association of Broadcasters. As we have reported, the NAB has petitioned the FCC to allow broadcasters to use EAS software to process messages, instead of an encoder/decoder box.  Sage Alerting Systems, which is a proponent of software-based alerts, recently met with members of the FCC’s Public Safety and Homela…