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RE Philadelphia emergency text messaging system [Telecom] Neal McLain 04-07-2008
Posted by Neal McLain on April 7, 2008, 11:11 pm
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I wrote:

> As I have noted in previous posts on TD, cable TV
> systems carry Emergency Alert messages on all channels.

hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com responded:

> Not on my cable system, they don't.
>
> They never hesitate to interupt something for a local ad
> for a used car dealer, but anything else, nope.

Then I would conclude that one of the following situations exists:

[1] You live in a small community served by a small franchised cable TV
system. Franchised cable TV systems serving fewer than 1000 subscribers
are exempt from the EAS rules.

[2] You live in a community served by a non-franchised "private cable
system." Private cable systems often exist in large non-municipal
communities such as apartment or condo complexes, certain MUDs (those
that own the land under the streets), Indian reservations, mobile home
parks, RV parks, hospitals, hospice facilities, college and university
campuses, theme parks, casino complexes, and government reservations
(military, correctional, parks, forests, wildlife refuges). Private
cable systems are exempt from the EAS rules.

[3] You have never been watching a non-broadcast cable TV channel when a
relevant EAS alert was issued for your geographic area. Your cable TV
system would be required to insert an EAS alert:

(a) Only if an appropriate governmental agency determines that the alert
is applicable to your specific geographic area (typically 1/9th of a
county).

(b) Only on non-broadcast channels. Broadcast stations typically insert
their own EAS alerts, and usually don't want cable TV systems to
duplicate their alerts.

[4] Your cable TV operator is violating federal law.

Neal McLain


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Posted by on April 8, 2008, 10:22 am
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> > They never hesitate to interupt something for a local ad
> > for a used car dealer, but anything else, nope.
>
> Then I would conclude that one of the following situations exists:

> (b) Only on non-broadcast channels. Broadcast stations typically insert
> their own EAS alerts, and usually don't want cable TV systems to
> duplicate their alerts.

I don't understand. If something is urgent, why it broadcasters put
it out but not cable stations?



> [4] Your cable TV operator is violating federal law.

Probably. It's a huge company. They do what they want.


Posted by Robert Bonomi on April 8, 2008, 8:15 pm
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>> > They never hesitate to interupt something for a local ad
>> > for a used car dealer, but anything else, nope.
>>
>> Then I would conclude that one of the following situations exists:
>
>> (b) Only on non-broadcast channels. Broadcast stations typically insert
>> their own EAS alerts, and usually don't want cable TV systems to
>> duplicate their alerts.
>
>I don't understand. If something is urgent, why it broadcasters put
>it out but not cable stations?

It's too much of an esoteric concept. If the broadcast station inserts the
announcement in their signal _before_ it gets to the cable company, having
the cable company insert a "similar" announcement has the potential for adding
confusion. Example: the cable streamer covers up 70% of the height of the
broadcast streamer -- you can't read what the broadcast station announcement
was saying -- which had a real news update more recent than the EAS
announcement info. Nor the 'Stay tuned to _us_ for more info'. <grin>

The broadcast stations _don't_want_ the cable station to interfere with the
EAS info they're _already_ putting out. _No_ benefit to the viewers under any
possible circumstances, =and= a possible *disadvantage* to doing so.


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