EAS

‘As we grieve for the lives lost in Texas … the FCC must prioritize this lifesaving tool,’ Commissioner Anna Gomez said

APTS applauded the move by the Appropriations Committee to keep level funding for the Next Generation Warning System for FY 2026

REGULATORY & STANDARDS ‘We cannot play politics with public safety,’ Democratic commissioner says

Its FCC filing supports an NAB proposal to withdraw multilingual EAS proposals but opposes software-based alerting

REGULATORY & STANDARDS Proposal ‘presents the Commission with another opportunity to ensure that emergency alerting keeps pace with modern technology’

In an FCC filing, engineering society supports NAB’s proposal for software-based alerting technologies

REGULATORY CPB resumes issuing infrastructure grants to public radio and TV entities

Sunsetting ATSC 1.0, reducing paperwork, cutting rules relating to children’s programing, EEO and other areas, and updating EAS are among the many NAB proposals

The transition needs to be fast-tracked because of worries about legacy hardware suppliers, the NAB argued

The deployment is in line with the public broadcaster’s transition to IP in preparation for 3.0 broadcasts