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*** For immediate use June 24, 2015
Tokyo, June 24, 2015 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701), in collaboration with the Philippine government's Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the state-run broadcasting company, People's Television Network (PTV), has built and conducted a field trial for a disaster information system enabling the provision of disaster-related information through the use of terrestrial digital broadcasting.
Aiming to mitigate typhoon damage, the field trial utilized PTV's broadcasting network to send information from a cloud-based disaster information system built by NEC for the OCD to those who could access approximately 30 televisions installed in around 20 government agencies. The OCD is now proceeding with plans for full-scale introduction of this disaster information system across the country.
"This system uses emergency warning signals to automatically switch on televisions and 1seg receivers that are in standby mode to provide evacuation and other disaster-related information through not only video footage and captions but also datacasting services. This unprecedented field trial demonstrated the linking of datacasting via terrestrial digital broadcasting with an emergency warning system equipped with an automatic receiver-switch-on function," said Tooru Watanabe, General Manager, Broadcast and Media Division, NEC Corporation.
In cooperation with Japan Radio Company, sirens and speaker stations linked to PTV's broadcasting network were also installed as part of the system to enable voice announcements and siren alerts as an alternative means for conveying information to local residents during emergencies.
* Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication Press Release Nov. 17, 2014 "Signing of memorandum of cooperation with the Philippines regarding disaster-prevention ICT systems utilizing the Japanese standard for terrestrial digital broadcasting" (in Japanese)
http://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_news/s-news/01tsushin08_02000041.html
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