18Dec
Andy Parfitt, Controller, Radio 1
posted by Steve Bowbrick
Andy Parfitt, enduring and super-successful Controller of Radio 1, sits at a small desk in amongst his team. No egomaniac then. But is he interested in openness? Well, on the face of it, yes. I asked him for some examples from Radio 1’s recent past and the two he came up with were BeckyCam and [...]
28Oct
Mark Friend, Controller A&Mi
posted by Steve Bowbrick
In a really interesting hour with Mark last week we covered a lot of ground but two really important issues, both of which I think are pretty newsworthy: access to attention data and the BBC’s speech radio archive.
Attention data
The BBC is a lot like Tesco: continually accumulating useful data about you and your habits. And, like [...]
