NCTA Seeks More Time for Cable Operators' EAS Test Compliance
The FCC should give an additional six months, until Jan. 31, before it requires cable systems to be capable of retransmitting a national periodic test (NPT) event code, NCTA said in a petition for a limited waiver in docket 04-296…
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Monday. The agency's 2015 emergency alert system order specified the NPT event code as the test code for national EAS testing and said that by July 30 all EAS equipment must be capable of immediately retransmitting the NPT event code (see 1506040056). "This turned out to be a more daunting challenge than the industry anticipated or the Commission envisioned," NCTA said, pointing to remaining challenges of modifying IP infrastructure for delivering EAS alerts, upgrading legacy program guide systems and modifying legacy encoders and decoders. NCTA said cable operators plan to use the extra six months for finishing software and firmware testing and for purchasing and installation of new equipment.