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FCC Opens Window on Emergency Connectivity Fund program

As noted by America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) in a recent post, the FCC opened the window today, June 29, through August 13, 2021 for applications to the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF). Libraries and eligible schools can submit requests for purchases of eligible equipment  made between the dates July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022. […]
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Datacasting for Emergency Management & Public Safety

SpectraRep partnered with PBS 39 in Ft. Wayne, and also with local, state, and federal officials in Adams County, Indiana. The purpose of this collaboration was to demonstrate the full range of datacasting for public safety and emergency management in a simulation exercise, specifically a school schooter incident. This short video shows how datacasting uses […]
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“What is datacasting?”

Our colleagues at SCETV created this video to explain how datacasting works in under 3 minutes. It gives a terrific overview of how this technology can help close the homework gap by bridging the space between the classroom and broadband.
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Winegard and SpectraRep Give Students Without Broadband Easier Access to Remote Learning

This partnership combines SpectraRep’s EduCast™ datacasting technology and Winegard’s amplified antennas. BURLINGTON, Iowa, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Over the last year, Winegard and SpectraRep have been working together to make remote learning easier during the COVID-19 crisis—especially for those families without high-speed broadband access. All through the power of datacasting technology. A solution to remote-learning equity… that few […]
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South Carolina ETV to explore use of datacasting technology in education

South Carolina ETV (SCETV) today announced that it is partnering with the S.C. Department of Education (SCDE) and SpectraRep to explore leveraging datacasting technology to support students without access to broadband. With schools closed and distance learning becoming a necessary tool, providing educational resources to families that lack broadband connectivity is essential to preventing those […]
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Pennsylvania Department of Education and Pennsylvania PBS Bring School Curriculum to Homes Without Internet

Instructional Programming via Datacasting Bridges the Digital Divide [HARRISBURG, PA] – Earlier today, the Wolf Administration announced that the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Funds is awarding $8 million in federal funding to Pennsylvania PBS to establish a statewide datacasting initiative. What exactly is datacasting? While broadcasting refers to sending programming “over-the-air” across a geographic […]
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South Carolina ETV to explore use of datacasting technology in education

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina ETV (SCETV) today announced that it is partnering with the S.C. Department of Education (SCDE) and SpectraRep to explore leveraging datacasting technology to support students without access to broadband. With schools closed and distance learning becoming a necessary tool, providing educational resources to families that lack broadband connectivity is essential to […]
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