As Comcast subscribers pull the plug, revenue for Nashua’s PEG channels drops

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Nashua’s Public, Educational, and Government (PEG) access channels provide a steady stream of information and programming via cable and online 24/7. Residents can watch high school sports and city hall meetings, get localized weather reports, and find notices of events around the city. This information and entertainment may be free to consume but requires money to produce.

The revenue stream that has supported the stations is shrinking and the financial viability of the stations is in jeopardy.  Changing consumer behavior nationally is hitting us locally.