The FCC should push off at least six months a March...
The FCC should push off at least six months a March 29 deadline by which companies must be able to receive Common Alerting Protocol emergency alert system warnings, associations including the NCTA, American Cable Association, Society of Broadcast Engineers, Association…
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for Maximum Service Television, NPR, Association of Public Television Stations, PBS, NAB and 46 state broadcast associations said in a petition. The commission should at least hold the deadline in abeyance until it completes its own CAP-related equipment certification process and finishes a pending rulemaking on changes to Part 11 of its rules to reflect CAP implementation per the Communications Security Reliability and Interoperability Council’s recommendation, the petition said. While deadlines often are needed to spur desired conduct, new uncertainties have come up related to CAP and EAS since the commission adopted the March 29 deadline, the petition said. “EAS participants still lack basic, needed information as to whether the FCC will institute its own CAP-compliance certification process, how long such a process will take and how long it will take the commission to complete its CAP-related rulemaking.” FCC and industry officials expect the agency to extend the deadline after getting a request for a delay (CD Oct 5 p1).