23·03·10 Week 12 explore.gateway.bbc.co.uk/ariel PHOTOGRAPH BY JINGYE LUO THE BBC NEWSPAPER NEW DOCTOR SAYS ‘JOIN ME a ON THE JOURNEY’ Page 5 KEEP UP OR THE BIRD GETS ◆IT: Andy Rees, Bonnie Williams, Abby Turner, Gabi Bolton, Charlie Osborne and Derek the ostrich do the Caversham conga at monitoring HQ to complete their freestyle mile for Sport Relief. SPorT relief SP ECIAL PAGE 16 MORE FUN, BY A MILE ◆ SuperPower could ◆ HD on Freeview – ◆ Disabled teens keep be a glimpse of the in reach and ready for a weather eye on global future Page 3 action Pages 8-9 filmmaking Page 6 > NEWS 2-4 FEATURES 5-9 OPINION 10 MAIL 11 JOBS 14 < 216 News aa 00·00·08 23·03·10 NEWS BITES a Team told it is going TRIBUTE HAS been paid to commentator Harry Carpenter, who has died aged 84. Barbara Slater, director of sport, described him as Room 2316, White City to Salford after all ‘one of the standout voices of sports 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TS broadcasting’, and said that while he 020 8008 4228 THIRty twO PEOPLE in BBC Learning’s cam- ment and would want that even if we were in would be remembered primarily as Editor paigns team have just six months to decide if London.’ a boxing commentator, he ‘should Candida Watson 02-84222 they will make the move to Salford after con- He adds: ‘It’s a really hard decision; there is be hailed’ for his work on Sportsnight, Deputy editor troller Saul Nasse’s surprise announcement no getting away from that. It’s not right for eve- Grandstand, Wimbledon, golf, the that the whole division will relocate. ryone. We will lose some good people and that Boat Race and the Olympics. Cathy Loughran 02-27360 The late decision – which affects the teams be- will be sad, but we felt it was right for Learning Chief writer hind the Bang Goes the Theory roadshow, cam- .... I don’t think anyone can look at their jobs THE BBC wants the Commonwealth Sally Hillier 02-26877 paigns for Breathing Places, Headroom and oth- and expect that they will be doing exactly the Games to become a ‘category A’ Features editor ers related to BBC programmes – has been met same thing or necessarily be in the same loca- event, meriting live coverage on Clare Bolt 02-27445 with mixed feelings by the people concerned, tion in five years’ time.’ free-to-air tv. Currently it is in the Broadcast Journalists including project managers, events staff and One of those affected said the news had ‘B’ category (can be shown on pay Claire Barrett 02-27368 team assistants. come ‘out of the blue’: ‘To say some people tv, provided secondary coverage, Adam Bambury 02-27410 It wasn’t one Nasse took lightly, he told Ar- were in shock is an understatement,’ she said, such as highlights and delayed Lisette Johnston 02-27630 iel, but the co-siting of content and campaign adding that people understood that an assur- broadcasts, is available free-to-air), Rumeana Jahangir 01-43756 teams made sense for Learning as a whole. ance had been given in the past that non-for- and the BBC has called for it to AV Manager Campaigns staff, who were told in 2005 they mal learning would be staying put. be upgraded in its response to would not relocate to MediaCityUK along with ‘To be facing the reality that people will the government’s consultation Peter Roach 02-24622 formal learning colleagues, have been given six either have to relocate, or find another job, is dif- on a review of listed events. Art editor months’ notice to make up their minds. ficult to comprehend. There are a lot of conflict- Ken Sinyard 02-84229 ‘I think when you announce something as ing emotions running through our department.’ A REPORT on maternal mortality Digital Design Executive big as this it is going to take a while to sink in,’ Around a dozen project managers will stay in Afghanistan earned World David Murray 02-27380 Nasse says. ‘That said, I think everyone can fol- in nations and regions where they are now. News correspondent Lyse Doucet low the logic – it’s about getting a single cen- l Senior managers from relocating divisions and BBC World News America the Guest contributors this week tre for Learning instead of having people across are visiting Salford this week, to see buildings A David Bloom Award, presented the country. I want a shared learning depart- and B, which have been handed over. at the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association dinner MARK SANDELL, World Have YOur Say in Washington last week. The film editor, on a Global News experiment in was commissioned by Newsnight. London’s East End Page 3 Scaled back site will be FORMER BBC News executive JO BURN of Radio Kent on a creative Richard Ayre is to be a BBC trustee, project with a difference Page 6 effective from August 1, replacing SARAH GIbsON, head of BBC easy to use – Huggers Richard Tait. Ayre is currently the Russian, goes on tour Page 15 Ofcom content board member by Cathy Loughran for England and chair of Ofcom’s Broadcasting Review Committee. Ariel mail A COnsIstEnt and user friendly design will be part He will step down from that role. [email protected] of BBC Online’s future, wherever the site is accessed in the internet tv age, says Erik Huggers. THE BBC Trust would be happy to Ariel online explore.gateway.bbc.uk/ariel The universal template, created by the BBC consider the National Audit Office BBC Jobs 0370 333 1330 future media team and newspaper designer as official BBC auditor, should it Jobs textphone 028 9032 8478 Neville Brody, will be rolled out over this year wish to tender for contract when BBC Jobs John Clarke 02-27143 and next, and ultimately will be adapted to all next renewed (around 2012), trustee Room 2120, White City, London W12 7TS devices, Huggers told the Guardian Changing Jeremy Peat told MPs last week. Advertise in Ariel Media Summit last week. However, the NAO would need to Ten Alps Media 020 7878 2313 Its first outing will be on News Online in May demonstrate it was best for the job, www.bbcarielads.com and the gradual integration will be in tandem Peat explained to the Public Affairs with the scaling back of 200 BBC website sec- Committee, and the trust would Printing tions, as outlined in the recent strategy review. not allow ‘unfettered access’. Garnett Dickinson Group ‘In thinking through our design principles for Rotherham 01709 768000 each user environment, we give careful consider- BBC WORLDWIDE is launching Subscribe to Ariel ation to what the audience wants when they ac- three channels in Malaysia. BBC Six months: £26, £36, £40 cess the content: one BBC experience across dif- Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle and Twelve months: £50, £60, £68 ferent platforms and territories,’ Huggers said. CBeebies will be available on Telekom ‘It’s a clean new design that introduces consisten- Malaysia Berhad’s (TM) HyppTV (prices for UK, Europe, rest of world cy of style, usability and accessibility.’ platform starting on March 29. respectively) Features include a move away from left hand Cheques to: Garnett Dickinson Print, navigation to consistently placed, horizontal THE COmmUNICATIOns and media services WITH EAstER approaching, BBC Brookfields Way, Manvers, navigation across the site. company Arqiva is to join Project Canvas, the Good Food magazine has launched a Wath Upon Dearne, Rotherham S63 5DL As the future of internet tv emerges, BBC On- proposed venture to develop free, internet- new campaign to encourage children Tel 01709 768199 line’s ambition will be to make the BBC rele- connected tv based on common standards, to cook. The April issue includes the INFORMATION IN AN EMERGENCY vant to everyone in the UK – without crowding it was announced on Monday. Alongside the first in a cut-out-and-keep guide. Telephone 0800 0688 159 out the market, said the director of FM&T. existing six partners of the BBC, BT, Channel So far, with no common standards, a frag- 4, Five, ITV and Talk Talk Group, Arqiva will PRIncE CHARLES will host the Ceefax Page 159 www.bbc.co.uk/159 mented market was developing, with tv man- take an equal stake, and provide equal funding. Great British Menu finale banquet Ariel is produced by Internal ufacturers, set-top box manufacturers, gaming The BBC’s involvement remains subject to BBC this summer. The popular Communications for people at the BBC consoles, linear tv platforms and new market Trust approval. cooking competition, which entrants all looking to ‘create a foothold in the Meanwhile, the companies involved in celebrates British produce and connected-tv market’. Project Canvas have submitted analysis to the is made by Optomen Television, ‘We don’t yet know how this is going to play Office of Fair Trading setting out why the pro- returns to BBC Two in April. out. It could be that, as Apple did in mobile and posed joint initiative does not constitute a digital music, one company creates an end-to-end qualifying merger under the Enterprise Act THE BBC Academy, in collaboration user experience and creates a de-facto market 2002. Operators such as Sky and Virgin have with key Bristol based organisations PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR COPY OF ARIEL standard that the consumer and content provid- expressed their opposition to Canvas, and the that together form The Bristol/BBC ers will follow. Or, an open platform like Canvas, OFT is examining the planned venture.