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citizens of public related information. Examples of government programming
include legal announcements, property zoning, public worker training programs, election coverage, health related disease controls and other public information that is related to citizens.

An educational access channel is a media source that is dedicated to education.
Educational programming may come from public or private schools. Examples
of educational programming include student programming, school sporting
events, distance learning classes, student artistic performances and the viewpoints and teachings of instructors.

A public access channel is a media source that is dedicated to allowing the
public to create and provide programming to a broadcast system. Examples of
public programming include local events and subjects that members of a community have an interest in.

Syndication feeds are media connections or sources that are used to transfer media or programs from a syndicated network to a distributor of the
media or programs. An example of a syndicated feed is really simple syndication (RSS) feed. An RSS feed provides content via the Internet such as
news stories. RSS allows content from multiple sources to be more easily
distributed. RSS content feeds are often commonly identified on web sites by
an orange rectangular icon.

An emergency alert system is a system that coordinates the sending of messages to broadcast networks of cable networks, AM, FM, and TV broadcast
stations; Low Power TV (LPTV) stations and other communications providers
during public emergencies. When emergency alert signals are received, the
transmission of broadcasting equipment is temporarily shifted to emergency
alert messages.

Figure 1.26 shows some of the different types of content sources that may be
gathered through a contribution network.