Cable Access: Market Concerns Amidst the Marketplace of Ideas

About six of every 10 community cable systems have at least one community access channel, this survey of channel systems reveals. About one of six cable viewers reports watching a community channel during the past week, making these channels perform as well or better than such general offerings as C-SPAN and the Financial News Network. There is a pretty high level of satisfaction among viewers who tend to be older and better educated, but not necessarily always richer.