DAS Defends Against NAB ‘Self-Interest’ Claim, Cites EAS Risks | Radio & Television Business Report

DAS Defends Its “Cautious Approach” to Modernize EAS

This story continues our coverage of industry debate over NAB’s petition asking the FCC to allow stations to use software-based EAS encoding and decoding, a debate that took a more strident and emotional tone this week. Here we summarize reply comments from Digital Alert Systems and Sage Alerting Systems. NAB wants the FCC to give broadcasters the option to replace encoding/decoding hardware with software hosted by one or more hardware elements.…

DAS Defends Against NAB ‘Self-Interest’ Claim, Cites EAS Risks | Radio & Television Business Report

Emergency Alert System hardware vendor Digital Alert Systems has issued a strong rebuttal to the NAB, defending its opposition to a proposed FCC rulemaking that would allow software-based EAS processing. In formal reply comments, the company refutes NAB’s argument that the company’s concerns are grounded in commercial self-interest. DAS warns that pushing forward without proper scrutiny could undermine EAS reliability and public safety. The fili…