Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and ONE Media 3.0 Launch Nation’s First Use of NextGen Broadcast for Advanced Emergency Information
Retrieved on:
Monday, April 10, 2023
Mobile, Wireless, Entertainment, Internet, Apps, Applications, Technology, State, Local, Other Communications, TV and Radio, Homeland Security, Audio, Video, Communications, Other Technology, Public Policy, Government, Nextgen, Emergency, Sinclair Broadcast Group, ATSC 3.0, Channel 58, ONE, COG, Channel, WJLA, Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, Amber, Capital region, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Weather, AEI, AMBER, News, Social media, SBGI, Mobile phone, Whaling
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and ONE Media 3.0, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI), have launched the nation’s first pilot project to use Next Generation Broadcast to disseminate Advanced Emergency Information.
Key Points:
- The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and ONE Media 3.0, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI), have launched the nation’s first pilot project to use Next Generation Broadcast to disseminate Advanced Emergency Information.
- The pilot program will provide free, over-the-air redundancy to emergency messaging currently sent by local governments via text, email.
- ONE Media 3.0, through its affiliated WJLA (7 News) newsroom, will also provide enhanced, rich media supplements to those emergency messages that meet its newsworthy criteria.
- Initially, the pilot will focus on emergency messages from Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia.