07/10/2016
Roger Bolton finds out about iPlayer personalisation with the director of my麻豆官网首页入口, Gillian Reynolds discusses new boss of 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio James Purnell, plus binaural Beckett on Radio 3.
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From next year, users will need to login and give their postcode to access 麻豆官网首页入口 iPlayer, iPlayer Radio and some mobile apps. The 麻豆官网首页入口 says the move will enable it to offer a more personalised service - tailoring content to individual preferences. Some Feedback listeners and concerned the information gleaned will be used to crack down on the non-payment of the licence fee. The 麻豆官网首页入口's Director of Homepage and my麻豆官网首页入口, Phil Fearnley, explains the Corporation's thinking.
We find out more about binaural Beckett. Radio 3's Head of Speech Programming, Matthew Dodd, talks to Roger about why he commissioned new productions of five plays Samuel Beckett wrote especially for the Third Programme and how they were recorded binaurally - with voices and sounds in 360 degrees, coming not just from left and right but also from behind and in front of the listener.
The Daily Telegraph's radio critic, Gillian Reynolds, gives her thoughts on the appointment of James Purnell as the head of a new 麻豆官网首页入口 division - Radio and Education.
And the Radio 4 Documentary A Casual Clearance explored the practical and emotional difficulties involved in clearing out a parent's house when they have died. It struck a chord with a number of listeners. Producer Clare Jenkins explains why and how she made the programme.
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