Calls to Rein in Worldwide Faith, Hope and Clarity a Finger on the Media

07·04·09 Week 14 arielonline: ariel.gateway.bbc.co.uk THE BBC NEWSPAPER SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOUR UK – a TAKE THE NEW COJO TEST Page 8 Back TO earth: As the ◆recession bites, BBC learning’s Dig It campaign team, including Steve Goggin, pictured in White City with team members Vanessa Norris, Illy Woolfson and Ann Kelly, is encouraging a bit of self- Those salad days... sufficiency. Page 5 Calls to rein Faith, hope A finger on the in Worldwide and clarity media pulse JUST WEEKS AFTER the BBC Trust THE WITCHES were tricky but it THERE AREN’T MANY things that ◆indicated it wants a tighter focus for ◆was Voodoo sacrifice that proved too ◆stump Shepherd’s Bush GP, mother of BBC commercial activity, a DCMS select much for globe-trotting vicar Peter Owen- two, author and tv doctor Sarah Jarvis, but committee has called for Worldwide to put Jones. His spiritual odyssey for BBC Two taking her dog’s blood pressure live on air the brakes on expansion and cut out deals produced a host of insights and a handful for The One Show proved the old adage like the purchase of Lonely Planet. Page 4 of revelations. Page 10 about working with animals. Page 15 > NEED TO KNOW 2 OPINION 10 MAIL 11 JOBS 14 GREEN ROOM 16 216 News aa 00·00·08 07·04·09 NEED TO KNOW THE WEEK’S esseNTIALS NEWS BITES BotH THE BBC and ITV are backing a The Street, after writer Jimmy When is a tv licence required? McGovern suggested ITV job cuts could jeopardise the BBC One drama. u One in THree people consUlted in the BBC Produced by ITV, series three of The Room 2425, White City Trust’s first review of licence fee collection thought Street is in post production and due the rules around whether you need a licence to to air in September. ITV said job 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TS watch tv on pcs and mobiles were confusing. losses did not mean the end of the The trust now wants the BBC to get a clearer Manchester-based series. Polly Hill, 020 8008 4228 message across, particularly with the rise in BBC commissioning editor for indie on demand viewing, although trust chairman drama, confirmed that the BBC Editor Michael Lyons thought predictions that the wanted to continue working with Andrew Harvey 02-84222 licence fee was threatened by on-demand were McGovern and ITV Productions. Deputy editors a little premature. There was ‘no evidence of a Sally Hillier 02-26877 massive switch to on-demand by people who ROUnd-THE-clock coVerage Cathy Loughran 02-27360 don’t also watch live’, he said. of the Glastonbury festival will be Features editor ‘Live’ is the key. The licence fee is strictly only broadcast on BBC 6Music for the first Clare Bolt 02-27445 payable to ‘watch or record tv programmes time this year. The station, available Reporters as they are being broadcast’. That’s all tv pro- online, on digital tv and digital Clare Dyson 02-27449 grammes. It’s no get out to say you only watch ITV. radio, will take a ‘dawn to dusk/dusk Carla Parks 02-27630 It also makes no difference what equipment to dawn’ approach to the three-day Peggy Walker 01-43940 you use – whether a laptop, pc, mobile, digi-box, event, which starts on June 26. Production editor dvd recorder or ordinary tv set – you still need a Claire Barrett 02-27368 licence. THE GranD National was watched Leading light: Milo Ventimiglia, Art editor However, even though previously broadcast by 8.5 million people on BBC who plays Peter Petrelli in Heroes Ken Sinyard 02-84229 material might have been paid for by the licence One, representing a 61.1 percent Ariel online fee – as on iPlayer – you don’t need a licence to audience share. The race was won Andy Walker (editor) 02-84227 view video online, as long as what you are view- that claims it would make the BBC purer and cheaper by the 100/1 outsider Mon Mome. Alex Goodey 02-27410 ing is not being shown on tv at the same time. So for the public as it wouldn’t be spending money on Business co-ordinator you don’t need a licence for catch-up services. a range of content competitors would be pleased to THE BBC news science team received Silvana Romana 02-84228 BARB statistics show that three percent of show. Think Strictly, The Apprentice, Heroes, Radios 1 the Arthur C Clarke award at the Ariel mail households genuinely do not own a tv set. When and 2 … The result, as even politicians who are usually UK Space Conference in Surrey for [email protected] TV Licensing visited the homes of people claim- critical of the BBC generally accept, would be a rump ‘the excellence of its space reporting Ariel online ariel.gateway.bbc.co.uk ing not to have a tv, almost a third were found to organisation that would struggle to win audiences. across tv, radio and online’. own one. Evaders have also been caught watch- The one refreshing thing last week was the coun- Guest contributors this week ing live tv on pcs. ter argument put by John Tate, the BBC’s director of Radio 3, Radio 4 and Radio 7 are Interestingly, 40 percent of students rely on policy and strategy. ‘The licence fee that pays for so broadcasting a series of programmes Ben Brown on his day among their laptop as the main way to watch tv. The much of the content audiences enjoy remains good throughout April celebrating the the demonstrators Page 3 trust admits that, even though 16m new tv sets value at 39p per day,’ he said. ‘A third of that income life and work of playwright Alan were sold last year, the technology revolution is goes straight to the creative sector, including inde- Ayckbourn, who is 70 on April 12. Peter Owen-Jones, vicar one to watch and is likely to require a change in pendent production. As a universal levy it’s right that and presenter, on the personal the law on licence fee collection in the future. it pays for something for almost everyone. From the CUlt panel show Shooting Stars impact of Around the World in Meanwhile, evasion rates are stable at about Japan season on BBC Four to Being Human on BBC has been recommissioned for 80 Faiths Page 10 5 percent (compared to around 25 percent in Three. From EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing to BBC Two, 15 years after it first Italy) and 1000 evaders are caught a day – some Planet Earth and the Proms.‘ appeared. Original team captain Geraldine COUGHlan, using new handheld detector devices that can Ulrika Jonsson will be back, with correspondent in The Hague, pin down a tv signal in 20 seconds. u MUCH as soME people would like Jonathan Ross Jack Dee captaining the other reveals some of the city’s Get tone right on licence reminders: Page 4 and Russell Brand to stump up the £150,000 fine team. The show, which will return secrets Page 15 imposed by Ofcom for their lewd phone message to later in the year, will be hosted by u Dressed UP in A new paMPHlet, an old argu- Andrew Sachs, it isn’t going to happen. Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. ment surfaced last week when the Centre for Policy A number of politicians, including communities BBC Jobs 0370 333 1330 Studies talked about the BBC and market failure. This secretary Hazel Blears and Lib Dem treasury spokes- BBC Sport will launch the Jobs textphone 028 9032 8478 is the idea that the BBC should limit itself to provid- man Vince Cable, have said they think the two stars 2009 MotoGP season on Easter BBC Jobs John Clarke 02-27143 ing high quality public service content that com- should cough up. But the penalty has been levied Sunday on BBC Three with live Room 2120, White City, London W12 7TS mercial rivals either couldn’t make or wouldn’t want against the BBC and not individuals, and making coverage from the race in Qatar. to make as it wouldn’t be profitable. It’s an argument them pay would require a change in the law. Viewers will also be able to watch Advertise in Ariel a preview on BBC Two at 1pm Ten Alps Publishing 020 7878 2319 www.bbcarielads.com SHoot THE SUMMER, a feature ARIEL ONLINE EDITOR’S UPDATE length film about music festivals Printing shot entirely on mobile phones Garnett Dickinson Group The nations are already doing the business by fans, bands and djs, won the Rotherham 01709 768000 connecting networks category at the AT Ariel Online the week has been dominated oured for documentaries and programming in Media Guardian Innovation awards. Subscribe to Ariel by negotiations between the BBC and the NUJ Welsh and Gaelic, was a reminder – if one was Six months: £26, £36, £40 over changes to the South Asian services. needed – of the sheer diversity of our output. Twelve months: £50, £60, £68 Understandably, both sides wished to keep Even as we rightly commit to transferring even (prices for UK, Europe, rest of world their cards close to their chest at such more resources and programmes to the WIN AN IPOD respectively) a delicate time but, thanks to a few nations, it’s important to realise the Cheques to: Garnett Dickinson Print, generous tip-offs, we were able full extent of what’s there already.

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