Ready to serve Yesterday we were treated to an endless stream of self-styled "public service" broadcasters telling us why we should pay for even more of them. Is the BBC anywhere near enough? Is it credible that the BBC's mere hundreds of TV and radio channels can really satisfy the public's boundless need for public service broadcasts? Wouldn't the public be even better served if t...

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With practically every media company active on-line, the Communication from the Commission on the application of state aid rules to public service broadcasting (4 November 2008) is going to be read closely. In addition, the European Commission wants to incorporate its own decisions and relevant European Court decisions into its coming guideline in order to add legal certainty to complex questions,...

Ownership of a service still splits our country. A minority write into this site seeming to believe that public service is just the work of state employees in services offered free at the poiont of use. Others write in to say if we want higher standards and lower

By Gary Fraser. An Analysis of the Christie Commission Report on the Future Delivery of Public Services The case for public service reform has never been more urgent. The evidence is pointing overwhelmingly to the conclusion that the current way of doing things in the public sector, even without the cuts, is simply not sustainable. This article

The House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee today publishes a report calling for the introduction of ‘Public Service Guarantees’ to empower public service users.

Welcome to another in my occasional series on useful, interesting or controversial findings from academic studies. Today it is a study into the impact of public service broadcasting which looked at the US, the UK, Denmark and Finland. These four countries were chosen because Denmark and Finland have a very strong TV public service approach,

Against the trend here is news of a new bus service. Lothian Buses have begun a service running from George IV Bridge down Causewayside, Liberton Brae and on out to IKEA and Easter Bush. The last destination is the clue. It is a service part subsidised by Edinburgh University and, although designed for students initially it is a public service for anyone. It provides a welcome addition to the Pott...

YouTube and Euronews have launched a new broadcasting service this week to "connect voters and candidates" ahead of next month's European elections. The 'Questions for Europe' project - inspired it would seem by MyBarackObama.com - seeks to encourage candidates, constituents and experts "to engage in a dialogue through online video". The project, which becomes active for the public this week, prim...

Binmen are being attacked more often by residents angered by the increasingly complicated rules. Lee Marshall, chairman of the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee, says: "The reaction of the public is just out of proportion with what they are actually upset about at the end of the day. "These are people doing a hard job in difficult conditions, offering a public service...". These people ...