The National Association of Broadcasters believes the FCC should allow software-based EAS and do it quickly. This spring the commission took comments from broadcasters and other alerting stakeholders.

U.S. broadcaster representatives, FCC officials and technology manufacturers continue to discuss how the EAS system could be transitioned to a software-based infrastructure. As we’ve reported, the ...

The cable industry has told the Federal Communications Commission it supports the National Association of Broadcasters’ proposal to allow broadcasters to use software-based Emergency Alert Systems.

The NAB continues to push a software-based solution for Emergency Alert System equipment, allowing broadcasters to replace physical encoder/decoder hardware with digital options. The suggestions build ...