[EAS] Cable TV Problems

[Sean Donelan]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011, David Ostmo wrote:
> You make it sound so simple.  What kind of language would you suggest 
>that broadcasters and cable operators insert into a retransmission 
>consent agreement to address the issue of EAS Override?  I am curious to 
>see your specific thoughts on how this would work.

On the contrary, I think local emergency warning plans can be extremely 
hard to develop and vary a lot.  Without first getting all the 
stakeholders together to figure out how local emergency warning should
work end-to-end, I think its impossible to understand what simple
solutions will actually fullfill the needs of local emergency officials.

Since EAS was originally developed, multiple additional communication 
technologies have been added and more stakeholders are involved.  Its 
probably time to revisit and rewrite the requirements.  Only after we 
understand the today's and future local emergency official's requirements, 
can we figure out how the protocols should work or change.