[EAS] Real EAN Words on TV Slide

[Alex Hartman]

Bury the slide deeeeeep in the system, that way the chances of a fat-finger happening are nil. Get creative with the number of the slide in the system. Have it spell something numerically like a text message, or use a signifcant date. My EAN cart number is the date the station signed on. 6171967 for instance. (Provided your system allows numbers like that, also note no 2 numbers side by side reducing risk)
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Alex Hartman
On Sep 22, 2011 8:55 AM, "Richard Rudman" <rar.bwwg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Don:
>
> Personally, I like your Slide 1 text, with a couple of changes.
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> The "trusted news source" line might imply that the station people are now tuned to is NOT a trusted news source!
>
> I would change it slightly as follows:
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> Slide 1 idea - "Emergency Alert System Activation" " This is an Emergency Action Notification requested by the White House. The President of the United States or someone representing the President will be speaking to the nation shortly on this station." " This is not a test"
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> My other change < someone representing the President > prepares for the day when the US has a woman president. No need to update the slide when that happens.
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> As far as accidental airing, I think TV storage systems either have to come up with a way to display an "Are You Sure" before a manual or automation routine calls up the EAN slide.
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> CAP might make this easier if the Feds plant a link to an EAN "Slide" or maybe video text they create in a CAP EAN when we get to that point.
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> Richard Rudman
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> On Sep 22, 2011, at 6:02 AM, Don Heppelmann wrote:
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> So TV and cable, what does your "real" EAN slide say?
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