Media Mentions
SpectraRep is a leading provider of managed network solutions, applications and systems for homeland security, public safety, education and mass media sectors
SpectraRep's leading position in the industry often generates news stories. Below are some of the recent media mentions about SpectraRep. If you have any questions, or would like to interview a member of our team, please contact us at: 703.227.9690 or by email at: info@spectrarep.com
Vegas
PBS Prepares for Emergencies
After 9/11, Sin City elders figured their tourist and
convention Mecca might someday be a target. Today, Las Vegas public broadcaster
KLVX-Vegas PBS has piles of data files on buildings, people and training methods
and can send specialized, secured information to laptops in 60 emergency
vehicles. In case of emergency, its DTV signal can stay robust even when cell
phone networks and the Internet clog.
State
of Missouri Plans Next-Gen EAS
SpectraRep won a contract from the state of Missouri
to deploy a statewide emergency alert system, an upgrade to that state's EAS and
Alert Missouri programs.
EAS
Advances
PBS has completed a major phase in the new digital
EAS (D-EAS) system for Presidential alerts. Most of the country's 174 PBS
stations are equipped to receive such messages over PBS satellites, with state
emergency operations centers expected to be online in June.
New
Digital EAS System Demonstrated
A new Digital Emergency Alert System, which uses digital broadcast signals to
send emergency messages to PCs and mobile devices, was demonstrated in the
Washington, D.C. area this week. The system, which was developed by the Association
of Public Television Stations in conjunction with the Department of Homeland
Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency is still in the plot stage, but
could be up and running by the end of 2007
APTS
Names SpectraRep Integrator for Digital EAS
SpectraRep, a subsidiary of BIA Financial Network, said it's been chosen by
the Association of Public Television Stations as a systems designer and
integrator and project manager for the national Digital Emergency Alert System
program, a wireless data delivery system for EAS.
Public
TV Links with Public Safety
While various industry players jockey for spectrum
made available by the DTV transition, public TV stations are contributing more
and more of their own resources to the nation's public safety communications
infrastructure.
SpectraRep's
New version of Alert Manager Enables FCC Compliance
SpectraRep, the leading provider of digital media and applications solutions
via digital television and satellite, today announced the release of
AlertManager[TM] version 1.3, an enhanced emergency notification and critical
information system. This system enables compliance with the newly-issued Report
and Order from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requiring Emergency
Alert System (EAS) participants to accept messages using the open,
non-proprietary Common Alerting Protocol (CAP).
Nashville
to test Emergency Response System
Nashville Public Television (NPT) and SpectraRep have announced a joint
program to provide alert, training and emergency management capabilities to
Nashville's Office of Emergency Management (OEM).
Chyron
and SpectraRep introduce integration of ChyAlert and AlertManager
Continuing to meet the growing demands of national security and alert
infrastructures, Chyron Corporation, the world's leading provider of broadcast
graphics solutions, and SpectraRep, a leading provider of systems and services
for information distribution, have combined efforts to provide an integrated
solution for delivering emergency information to public and private video
displays.
SpectraRep
Campus Crisis Communications
Two firms that provide services for broadcasting emergency alerts-SpectraRep
and SquareLoop recently released a white paper, "Crisis Communications: A
Holistic Approach for Higher Education." The paper explains how a holistic
approach to campus emergency communications involves entire, integrated systems
using diverse communications channels rather than isolated parts to reach as
many people as possible, as quickly as possible.
Public
Warning System Interoperability
The participants in the demonstration will include Acoustic
Technology Inc., Defense
Group Inc., Hormann America, SpectraRep,
Warning Systems Inc., and local
public television station KAET. Together,
the capabilities being shown durin g the CAP interoperability demonstration can
form the technology core of a standards-based, all-media, all-hazards public
warning strategy.