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 ...

Electronic article surveillance (EAS) system specialist provider Checkpoint Systems has developed Apparel-Track, an item-tagging system for clothing retailers that combines EAS and RFID technologies ...

The FCC’s Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau has announced that technical updates to the EAS Test Reporting System (“ETRS”) have been completed and the ETRS is open and available to accept ...

The FCC has updated its Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules to make emergency alerts easier for the public to understand and more accessible to those with certain disabilities. EAS messages are ...

WASHINGTON—While acknowledging the benefits that would likely stem from expanding access to EAS alerts via internet services, including streaming platforms, NAB also does not believe that such an ...

WASHINGTON—The results of the 2019 EAS test are in. The Federal Communications Commission released the results from the August 2019 nationwide EAS test, which demonstrated that the nation’s ...

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 ...

The NAB on Friday filed comments with the FCC regarding a proposal to extend the Emergency Alert System to the Internet — including through streaming services. Congress is requesting a study of the ...

Hey everybody! There is a warning system called the Emergency Alert System (EAS) that can be used to issue warnings. Why aren’t more emergency managers using it? When EAS was fielded it had the ...

The results of the 2019 EAS test are in. The Federal Communications Commission released the results from the August 2019 nationwide EAS test, which demonstrated that the nation’s broadcast-based EAS ...