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FCC Adopts New Alert Code for Missing and Endangered Persons
By George Winslow published
The new code for wireless phone, TV, and radio alerts could help raise public awareness of the thousands of missing indigenous persons

FCC Chair Names New Chief Counsel
By George Winslow published
Other staff changes include the departure of Umair Javed

Pubcasters Ask FCC for More Flexibility in NextGen TV Deployments
By Tom Butts published
APTS, PBS want to be able to ‘mix and match’ licensing flexibility for primary and multicast streams

It’s Official: Long-Standing Rule to Post Broadcast Licenses Is Nixed
By Susan Ashworth published
FCC order formally eliminates requirement that broadcasters post licenses at a physical location.

Will SMPTE IP Standard Be Ready in 2017?
By Peter SucIu published
AIMS notes ‘significant’ progress on SMPTE 2110

House Passes Potential FCC Regulation-Blocking Bill
By TV Technology Staff published
Congress does not want Tom Wheeler making any last minute push that it might not agree with.
Don’t Forget: Deadline to File EAS Form Three Is Nov. 14
By Emily Reigart published
While most of the U.S. population may experience election fatigue, broadcasters may be forgiven for feeling their own version of the phenomenon: national EAS test fatigue.

EAS: How to Find Form Two
By Paul McLane published
By now, readers who are involved with the Emergency Alert System in the United States are well aware of the pending national test and what they must do during and immediately after it.
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