Sentence examples for service programmes from inspiring English sources

Self-evidently that buys fewer public service programmes.

Ofcom's first report has raised unjustified alarm about certain public service programmes.

It has to concentrate on the most essential parts of public service programmes.

When using the iPlayer's web service, programmes are not downloaded to an iPod or iPhone, merely streamed directly over the internet.

Toby Syfret, broadcasting analyst at Enders Analysis, is none the less worried about the BBC's ability to supply distinctive public service programmes.

The campaign for top slicing the licence fee to give funds to other suppliers of public service programmes is being revived.

Its research shows that people care more about some sorts of public-service programmes than others (see chart).

The government is under attack because of public unease over rising crime.A public servicePresident Clinton, bowing to the public-sector unions, vetoed a proposal from Texas to privatise the administration of some 30 social-service programmes.

It is therefore no surprise that Mr Clinton has decided to veto large parts of a plan that would have allowed businesses in Texas to run social-service programmes.

Unlike the BBC, which is financed by a licence fee paid by British viewers, the other networks, even state-owned Channel 4, had to live by selling advertising space.For decades, ad revenues were strong enough to pay for expensive but less-watched public-service programmes.

This bill, the most sweeping overhaul of the national-service programme since it was launched in 1993, will devote $5.7 billion over five years to expanding or creating national-service programmes, including tripling the size of AmeriCorps from 75,000 positions to 250,000.