By Phillip Lemen
Everyone knows the common alerts broadcasted on TV and radio, but what about on media such as Netflix and Hulu? Looking forward, one has to think that these services will implement emergency alerts as cable declines.
“if they would do it I think it would be a plus because a lot of people a lot of people get involved in watching movies on Netflix and Hulu and other channels that don’t have public access for warnings like your normal media channels,” said Dave Points with the UNO Department of Public Safety.
A big factor in the decision for these big players to include emergency alerts would be the cost of the operation, as well as deciding to make the alerts locally, regionally, or globally for users.
“Being able to utilize a local alert system is probably what’s most important. While, yes, as an individual here in Nebraska I think it’s important to know what’s going in other parts of the country or other parts of the world. But if you’re constantly getting alerts for things that aren’t relevant to you, you could kind of “over-saturate your market” so when I see an alert, I might not pay much attention to it if it’s not relevant to me, said Dr. Zac Suriano, an Assistant Professor of Climatology at UNO.
While this topic has been stirring up in the media, neither Netflix or Hulu have responded or indicated if and when they would introduce the alerts system.
