AT&T’s U-Verse pay-TV service was excused from following FCC emer...
AT&T’s U-Verse pay-TV service was excused from following FCC emergency alert system rules, in an order issued Wednesday by the Public Safety Bureau. The new rules took effect Dec. 3 and require AT&T, Verizon and other wireline companies selling…
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subscription TV to pass along EAS warnings to video subscribers. But AT&T told the commission Nov. 14 it wouldn’t be able to do so until July 31 because the company was upgrading the Internet Protocol service. Bureau Chief Derek Poarch granted AT&T’s request. “Given the important role that EAS serves in the nation’s public safety awareness and response, we emphasize that, based on the detailed and specific assurances made by AT&T in its waiver petition, we will not look favorably upon any future request for additional” delay, he wrote. Poarch conditioned the waiver on AT&T telling subscribers about the limits of its emergency notifications. By March 31, the company must be able to send alerts to its super hub office for all standard definition and 1080 interlace high definition national channels. By July 31, AT&T must be able to transmit alerts to all video hub offices in every city where U-Verse is sold, said the order. If AT&T fails to meet its benchmarks, the order said, “the Bureau will consider all appropriate action, including recommendations regarding enforcement.”