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Study Shows Public’s Cable Channels at Greatest Risk

April 8, 2010:  Today the Alliance for Communications Democracy (ACD) and the Benton Foundation released results of a nationwide study on public, educational and government (PEG) Access showing that public access cable channels have been the hardest hit by a wave of funding cuts and closures across the country in recent years.  The primary causes are new state franchising laws and decisions of local governments.

“These findings reflect an alarming trend,” said Rob Brading, ACD President. “The loss of Public Access channels closes the door on the...

 

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Download the report: Analysis of Recent PEG Access Center Closures, Funding Cutbacks and Related Threats

via theacd.org

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