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More Fines for Misuse of Emergency Alert System Tones

Continuing its crackdown on the misuse of emergency alert system (EMS) tones in television and media programming, the FCC has proposed a $272,000 financial penalty against CBS Broadcasting and its affiliates. ... Read More...

Media Companies Pay Over $600k for Misuse of Emergency Alert Tones

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reached settlements with four separate media outlets in connection with their unauthorized use of emergency alert system (EAS) tones during their broadcasts.... Read More...

FCC Approves New Emergency Alert System ‘Event Codes’ For 2017 Hurricane Season

The FCC is already preparing for the 2017 hurricane season by adding three new event codes to its Emergency Alert System. According to a posting on the ARRL website, the codes cover a range of potentially ha... Read More...

First Multilingual National Periodic Emergency Alert System Test

Monroe Electronics, the global leader in emergency communications solutions for video services providers, today announced the successful completion of the first ever multilingual Emergency Alert System (EAS) te... Read More...

ZeeVee Product Line Update Enables Interoperability With Monroe Electronics’ One-Net SE EAS System

Monroe Electronics announced that ZeeVee, the industry's leading manufacturer of digital HD video encoder/modulators, is offering an update that makes Emergency Alert System (EAS) capability available across it... Read More...

Largest Fine Proposed by FCC for Misuse of Emergency Alert Warnings

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed $1.93 million in fines against Viacom, ESPN and NBCUniversal for showing an advertisement numerous times that misuses the warning sounds of the Emergency Alert System (EAS).

Blonder Tongue and Monroe Electronics Team on Emergency Alert Management Solution for Campuses

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. and Monroe Electronics have teamed up to create a powerful emergency alert information and distribution platform for the campus environment — whether it be university, governme... Read More...

NYC unveils PLAN emergency alert system

The site of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, New York City will be the first city in the United States to launch a public safety alert system that will send emergency alerts to enabled mobile device... Read More...

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