Satellite security specialist Digital Alert Systems (DAS) has introduced its MultiPlayer four-channel EAS audio player and program switcher to eliminate one-channel-at-a-time restrictions for encoder/decoder units, DAS announced.
   The MultiPlayer unit can be paired with any emergency messaging platform to elevate EAS/CAP messaging in multi-channel audio environments by making as many as five completely independent EAS audio channels playable at a time.
   “Single-playhead models can add unwanted delay in delivering audio alerts across multiple stations, even causing emergency messaging to step on programming or advertising. The MultiPlayer gives broadcasters an appealing alternative. Each MultiPlayer stream offers a unique station identification with no delays, no restrictions, and no tricky programming, and it can actually cost the broadcaster less per stream than other less elegant solutions,” DAS Business Development Manager Bill Robertson said in a statement.