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Public, educational, and governmental (PEG) access channels are those cable television channels that are set aside for use by the general public, by local schools, colleges, and universities, and by elements of local government. PEG access channels are not mandated by federal law. But the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 amended the Communications Act to explicitly allow cable franchising authorities to require cable operators to set aside channel capacity for PEG use and to provide adequate facilities or financial support for those channels. These PEG provisions have been a primary vehicle for fostering the long-standing U.S. media policy goal of localism on cable systems. Several recent developments appear to be affecting the amount and placement of channel capacity set aside for PEG use, the amount of financial support from cable providers for those PEG channels, and the technical quality of the PEG channels. In particular:

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