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CAMERAS, LIGHTS, MAKE-UP, ACTION: IT MUST BE RADIO a Page 7 PHOTOGRAPH YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS GORDON : ANNA THE HEAD HONCHOS as Nicky Campbell called a panel of maintain our identity when audiences don’t care where content ◆ execs, lined up for the Big Debate in front of an audience in comes from so long as they get it?’ A challenging issue, the Studio 6 at TVC with proceedings streamed on Gateway. Here, panel agreed, though Peter Salmon praised sports coverage Harshad Mistry, senior technologist in FM&T, asks ‘How do we for ‘rejuvenating the BBC brand’. More questions Page 3

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Printing Garnett Dickinson Group Rotherham 01709 768000 FILE SHARING... PIRATE PARTY SAILS THROUGH IN EUROPE Subscribe to Ariel Six months: £26, £36, £40 by Rory Cellan-Jones industries from a severe threat. the country hadn’t woken up to the that would see offenders have their Twelve months: £50, £60, £68 BBC technology correspondent They quoted a report by Europe fact that a vital part of the economy net connections cut off. But last week (prices for UK, Europe, rest of world Economics that ‘up to 800,000 could be wiped out by piracy. France’s top legal body cut that law respectively) ONE SIDE THINKS it’s a threat to jobs’ could be lost to internet Earlier, I met the Carphone off at the knees. The Constitutional Cheques to: Garnett Dickinson Print, the essence of our civilisation, de- piracy. Another report told us that Warehouse boss Charles Dun- Court ruled that access to the net was Brookfields Way, Manvers, stroying jobs, depriving artists of nearly seven million people in the stone, whose TalkTalk broadband a human right, and said the agency Wath Upon Dearne, Rotherham S63 5DL a living and causing untold dam- UK were downloading illegally – service is under pressure to act set up to monitor web activity was a Tel 01709 768199 age to the economy. To the other, and worked out that this was cost- against file-sharers. He made it breach of privacy. it’s a totem of liberty and free artistic ing the economy 4000 jobs. clear he wasn’t prepared to police In Sweden, the media firms won INFORMATION IN AN EMERGENCY expression, and attempts to curb Such figures have been torn his customers’ web activities. He their biggest victory so far in a trial Telephone 0800 0688 159 it are both evil and doomed. I’m apart by those on the other side told me about a web service that which saw the founders of the Ceefax Page 159 www.bbc.co.uk/159 talking about illegal file-sharing of the debate, a mix of web liber- offers to download you just about Pirate Bay website fined and sen- Ariel is produced by Internal Communi- on the internet, the subject of a tarians, music fans and internet any track simply by surfing all of tenced to a year in jail for assisting cations for people at the BBC ferocious debate in the UK and service providers. They’ve quoted the world’s online radio stations, in file-sharing. Then Sweden’s across Europe right now. their own figures which show that then serving it up when it arrives Pirate Party won a seat in the In the run-up to the govern- those who download illegally also on one of their playlists. His con- European Parliament on a mani- ment’s Digital Britain report, the tend to buy more music. clusion? The battle against piracy festo calling for file-sharing to be lobbying by media companies I’ve listened to both sides. A few is doomed to failure. legalised. The case against limit- seeking stronger action against weeks ago I was called to an off- So who’s winning? The pirate- ing the way people use the web to PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR COPY OF ARIEL file-sharers has got ever fiercer. the-record briefing with a music bashers were optimistic until a share music will now have a voice in Last Wednesday a coalition of industry boss, who told me that week or so back. France, to cheers Strasbourg. The battle will continue music and video trade bodies and this was a war, which he and his from the creative industries, had – and is moving from music to video unions warned there were just colleagues were going to have to passed a new anti-piracy law, which – but across Europe there has been seven days to save the creative fight ‘hill by hill’. He was aghast that included a ‘three strikes’ measure a swing to the pirates.

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PEOPLE CAUGHT HAMMERING and gamers have two minutes to Tristan Ferne puts it: ‘The more pose, or GWAP. Ferne and Bowley away on their keyboards while type in relevant ‘tags’ – descrip- people play, the better it gets.’ took the GWAP concept and playing the BBC-only trial of 6 tive words that could be genres, ‘There’s a massive untapped applied it to music radio. Music’s new online game Mooso instruments, moods or similar audience of people spending all A glance at the site reveals Tagging have a unique alibi if caught by bands. If two or more people their time playing games,’ says that 142 tags have been entered the boss: ‘I was just generating enter the same tags, they score Ferne. ‘But there’s also mas- so far, ranging from ‘west coast’ some metadata.’ points and work their way up the sive untapped potential there, all to ‘wellies’. The Artists section The prototype uses listeners’ leader board. those people spending all that contains more than 1100 acts gets tuneful music knowledge in an online Fun enough, but here’s the time on something, maybe it’s that have been played on 6 Music game that aims to com- clever bit: terms that have been something we can harness’ since Mooso began, with details bine both work and play. typed by two or more people Ferne and colleague Chris of what songs and how often. Produced by BBC become ‘metadata’ – tags which Bowley were inspired to create Players can sign up for Mooso radio labs, Mooso can be applied to every song Mooso by the writings of Luis at mooso.fm While listening to involves players com- played on 6 Music. This meta- Von Ahn of Carnegie Mellon Uni- 6 Music, they can either play peting to categorise the data is used to build a music dis- versity in the US. Von Ahn pro- directly through the site or via an music they hear playing covery site linking bands, songs posed and developed the idea instant messaging service like on 6 Music. Each round and genres with the wide range of games that were both fun and GMail. Mooso will be made avail- commences with the of grouping criteria supplied had an element of utility, coining able to the public next month. start of a new song, by players. As project manager the phrase Games With a Pur- Adam Bambury 8 9

RESOURCE SHAMELESS PLUG SPEECH PATTERNS OF THE WEEK ◆ HERITAGE ARTIST Greyhound blogbites ‘Radio 2 might book a heritage artist,’ bus run by ◆ News is piloting Truckmapper, a device that charts the says Music Week of October’s BBC authentic Monday week@work location of the BBC’s satellite trucks. The purple blobs Electric Proms. But don’t expect a painter blue-collar Gossip - Heavy Cross below show the location of BBC buildings and the codes with a penchant for the subtleties of workers, Another in a long list of song titles which send out the positioning of the sat trucks. Clicking on the codes standing stones to take the stage – it’s while Young an alternative message to that which is intended tells you what story the truck has been assigned to, the not that kind of rock. has had to be by the band. Heavy Cross could be a two word story’s status and the journalist working on it. See also this month’s Glastonbury Fes- fenced off biography of lead singer Beth Ditto herself, you newsroom.gateway.bbc.co.uk/portal/ tival. Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Blur? due to hippies climbing on him at astro- just need to add a comma. Granted, it doesn’t take ‘The top three bands are all heritage acts’ logically important junctures. into account her voice, her band’s commitment Download and confirms music website Popjustice. Blur were awarded a £5.2bn band res- to various worthy punk rock causes, or the fact It’s true, see what we turned up... toration grant to help them stand on the that her band can, on a good day, blow the dust Springsteen (pictured) has his own gift same stage together, but sadly National off an old hat from a five mile distance, but still, ◆ ROBERT SEATTER, shop and restaurant in a customised Trust membership won’t get you in free. pithy eh? HEAD OF BBC Fraser McAlpine, content producer HISTORY bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/ be damned? I am taking a production of one CHANGING PLACES Tuesday Think twice before you start file sharing on BitTorrent, of the most famous It’s that dog again Venetian comedies, RICHARD HUTT (pictured), The big news – the really big news – is that my says senior technologist Rupert Preston-Bell A Servant to Two correspondence manager for the dog, Rascal, got a haircut today. I thought a Masters by Carlo director general, begins an attachment photograph might satisfy all those people who ◆ HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TEMPTED to for by the BBC and there is a process for work to which most pcs are attached,’ he Goldoni, to Venice. Seatter will perform in his as complaints director in the editorial email asking for updates on our family pet. I also download software while you’re at work? gaining approval each time.’ His team try explains. ‘And, well, it’s illegal.’ Performed in production of A Servant complaints unit... Radio Nottingham get requests for my thoughts on the future of Add some flash toolbars off the web? to recycle licences as much as possible so Often these issues occur because peo- English in the of Two Masters bj MARK FAULKNER becomes the broadcasting but, well, mainly you ask about the Spend your lunch break file-sharing music? software doesn’t sit around unused ‘and ple just don’t understand the rules: gardens of the station’s news editor for six months... dog. In fact no one really asks about the other Well, it’s not a good idea. Chris Drake, the the BBC gets the best value for its money’. ● Don’t download software from the historic palace, Ca’Rezzonico, on the banks of the Nottingham’s sbj AENEAS ROTSOS stuff. I lied. BBC’s software compliance manager, is the Chris has the often unpopular task of internet to your BBC computer without Grand Canal, it aims to provide an accessible and moves to Radio 4 to work as an sbj on Jeff Zycinski, head of Radio Scotland man in the hot seat and he deals with the following up reports of software which permission fun interpretation. After a year of negotiating with Today... JAMES DUFFEN joins the BBC as a bbc.co.uk/blogs/jeffzycinski/ software manufacturers on behalf of the may be unlicensed (the main culprits ● Always refer to your IT co-ordinator various Italian cultural institutions, we will launch research manager on digital platforms... BBC. include Spotify, Virtual Earth, Azurias, Wire- about obtaining additional software – this pilot production on June 22 for one week only. Business video journalist JACKSON Wednesday ‘Managing software on the desktop not shank, Chrome and Plaxo). He also chases the person sitting next to you doesn’t It’s an exuberant, fun show concerning the esca- HEWETT,based in New York, leaves the Conflict of party and private lifestyles only ensures that the BBC remains legal up licences which are legitimate but don’t always know Clicking on UKI-1267 shows pades of an unemployed servant called Truffaldino, BBC to join Columbia Journalism School China has no direct equivalent of Hello magazine in its usage, but it also saves money,’ he appear to be in use. To find out about the range of software its position on the A4085, who decides to work for two masters to make more as a Knight-Bagehot fellow... CLAIRE and as a result, we know almost nothing of the advises. ‘There’s always the provision for ‘Illegal software can cause problems - available for use in the BBC, check the with the vehicle’s movements money, hoping that neither will notice his deceit. O’NEIL, contracts executive, becomes private lives of China’s leaders. That means that more software to be added if you have spe- not just in the risk of virus infection to pcs, software catalogue on the Siemens Portal updated every ten minutes The perfect comedy for these credit crunch times… team leader, rights and contracts, at there’s huge amounts of interest whenever cialist requirements, but it has to be paid but in the potential danger to the reith net- siemens.gateway.bbc.co.uk All inquiries to Robert Seatter Pacific Quay. anyone gets any kind of peek into the life of Communist Party politicians and their families. There’s particular interest when someone’s private lifestyle appears to conflict with the frugal COMING UP WHAT TO WEAR SPEAK EASY existence officially preached by the party. So, BBC IN ACTION internet users here have been poring over photos ◆ Liam Keelan, controller of ◆ NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO AND (see pronunciations below of Bo Guagua – the son of Politburo member Bo daytime, has commissioned ◆ STEVE COLEMAN, PHILIPP KOHLSCHREIBER are for the former). You can Xilai. A social networking site appears to show Mr a 5x45 minute drama PRODUCER, RADIO MERSEYSIDE names likely to leave Wimbledon also create a personalised Bo jr enjoying all the standard (and occasionally LAND GIRLS for BBC One reporters tongue-tied. But that’s list of pronunciations. For archaic) pursuits available to a student at Oxford. ◆ ‘THERE’S NO MOBI LE, NO BOO KS, and BBC HD. 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I remain perplexed despite much spends time in a prison cell after being land in World War Two, marks saved up at least two months BBC on the pronunciation of anything; Kohlschreiber, pronounced nik-uh-LIGH thought.’ ‘It’s certainly good to be an official.’ ‘caught’ with cocaine... the 70th anniversary of the wages to pay for it – about from tennis players to diseases and dav-id-YEN-koh and FILL-ip KOHL-shrigh- James Reynolds, Beijing correspondent Aled acted out the scene for Radio war and will tx in September. £40. I can’t remember song titles. The unit’s online database, buhr (capitals denote stressed syllables), bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jamesreynolds/ 1’s Drugs Campaign which involved It will be made in-house where the jeans are from which provides guidance on thousands for quick reference. producers and presenters exploring and exec produced by Will but they’re frayed at the of pronunciations, has recently been The Pronunciation Unit will be providing Thursday issues relating to the use of illegal Trotter and John Yorke. back which, I think, was upgraded. It now lets you cut and paste week at work with regular updates on topical Why Ronaldo is leaving Manchester for Madrid substances. fashionable in the 80s. advice into emails and documents and pronunciation issues. If you have any of your The Ronaldo deal is a classic case of pragmatism The campaign coincided with the ◆ Michael Portillo will follow I’ve had the boots for a includes pronunciation advice in BBC Text own contact [email protected] / 02 meeting populism. 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Back in 2003, when Beckham ‘The show is a tool in pinpointing the 20x30 minute series Do you need to dress a AI SCORES went to the Bernabeu, Real earned $600m in sale key issues,’ says campaign manager will see Portillo travel particular way for work? of shirts and other merchandising, increasing Anna Bowman. ‘We knew that drug use across Britain by train, I’m lucky, as a producer/ SPRINGWATCH achieved its highest profits by 137% in the four seasons Beckham was was something we needed to tackle learning about the nation’s presenter for a mid afternoon ever AI for the final two episodes of the there. as 15-29 year olds are most likely to relationship with the show I get to meet lots of cool fifth series last Wednesday and Thurs- Mihir Bose, sports editor experiment with them.’ railways. Commissioned artists so shirts and ties are a day. The AI of 90 bounced nine points bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/mihirbose/ The station commissioned a survey by Liam Keelan for BBC total no-no. 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It was bad for democracy,’ Sean MORE SALMONWATCH (Peter Salmon, that is). ▲ recalls. Within a couple of hours, the interview It was only his second week in the job of direc- was on the News Channel, Radio 4 and 5 Live, tor of BBC North, but ▲ and a clip was shown on the Six O’Clock News. already Peter is making some permanent ▲ Losing is not something that comes natu- changes to his domes- rally to F1 driver Jenson Button, but he met his tic life. It appears that ▲ match in a triumphant Arlo White. The Today the thing to do when sports presenter set up a mini racing circuit appointed to a high- with repainted miniatures of Button’s F1 cars powered job is to get ▲ for a showdown ahead of the real thing – the a puppy. Peter has fol- British Grand Prix – on June 21. Watch the lowed in the steps of ▲ Scalextric race for yourself here: the Obamas and wel- ▼ tinyurl.com/5liverace comed this little scamp into the family home. 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