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08/06/2021
FCC Fines ESPN Over False Alert
The FCC is instituting a $20,000 forfeiture against ESPN for apparently willfully violating rules banning the transmission of false or deceptive emergency alert system codes.
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03/17/2021
Spectrum, Spectrum, Spectrum at FCC Meeting
The FCC sailed through its action items at Wednesday’s open meeting, passing them all unanimously—though the two Republican members approved and concurred on some.
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09/10/2019
FCC Proposes Fine for CBS
The FCC is proposing a $272K fine against CBS for an episode of “Young Sheldon” that allegedly featured a simulated Emergency Alert System (EAS) tone.
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08/16/2019
FCC Settles EAS Misuse
The FCC announced settlements Thursday with AMC and Animal Planet for misusing emergency alert tones in programming. AMC Networks agreed to pay a $104K for using an alert tone twice in a February episode of
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08/06/2019
FCC Seeking to Further Modernize, Reminds of FEMA Test
Comments are due on Sept 4 with the reply deadline set for Sept 19 on a proposal to allow MVPDs to send certain requires notices electronically.
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07/25/2019
More Details on Nationwide EAS Test
The FCC and FEMA said the nationwide Emergency Alert System test slated for 2:20pm ET Aug 7 will evaluate the readiness of the national alerting capability in the absence of internet connectivity.