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Comment Look at what the BBC offers. Fashion is a curious thing. Take proprietary online services. Three years ago, every analyst this side of Sigmund Freud was predicting a rapid and bloody demise for AOL, Compuserve and MSN. [05 Nov 1998]
BBC awards £600m licence contract to Envision
News The BBC has awarded a contract for the collection of licence fees to Envision - a consortium comprising Bull Information Systems, the UK Post Office's Subscription Services (SSL) division, and media and marketing giant,... [27 Oct 1998]
BBC defends £20m online bill
News BBC chairman, Sir Christopher Bland addressed the House of Commons Culture Committee yesterday to explain that the £20m of license-payers money used to set up BBC Online is money well spent. Sir Bland... [21 Oct 1998]
Blair fails to get Chinese blockade on BBC lifted
News Despite a successful visit by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Chinese authorities are apparently maintaining a block on the BBC's Internet service. The BBC itself reported that listeners in the Chinese... [16 Oct 1998]
US Scientists get PCs to respond to thought
News Team leader, Dr Philip Kennedy explained to the BBC that if a person thinks of an action, the thought goes through the nervous system and is then transmitted through the electrode to the computer. Researchers at Emory... [15 Oct 1998]
BBC World Service shelves publishing system
News The BBC's Bush House newsroom has shelved its high-tech electronic news publishing system (ENPS) and reverted back to using the old system - Edit. A spokesman for the BBC said: "We are making every... [30 Sep 1998]
News system slows BBC network to a crawl
News Technical problems with the BBC's news editing system have got so bad that TV journalists are close to boycotting it altogether. Last week it was revealed that BBC Radio staff were ready to strike... [24 Sep 1998]
In brief: RealNetworks reaps benefits from Clinton scandal
News The BBC (www.bbc.co.uk) and ITN (www.itn.co.uk) will be broadcasting the tapes from 1pm GMT. The real winners of the Clinton videotape scandal could be Internet broadcasters rather than the Republican... [21 Sep 1998]
BBC staff threaten strike over radio failures
News BBC Radio's move from Langham Place to new studios in White City has been hit by so many technical problems that senior staff are threatening to strike unless they are sorted out. The problems are reported to revolve... [20 Sep 1998]
In brief: NTL and Acer tie up set-top deal
News It is competing with Microsoft's WebTV initiative which grabbed headlines earlier this year when it teamed up with the BBC. NTL, the owner of WebTV rival Netchannel, began its assault on the European TV-Internet market... [24 Aug 1998]
High-tech companies battle for BBC contract
News The BBC is in talks with high-tech companies for the contract to collect licence fee payments. The BBC declined to comment on the value of the seven year contract, which it has said could be awarded as... [18 Aug 1998]
Excite loses out as Virgin Net and Lycos team up
News Current advertisers on Virgin Net include the BBC, Citibank and TBS. Virgin Net and Lycos UK & Ireland have teamed up to offer online advertisers and retailers a search engine on the Virgin Net site. [18 Aug 1998]
Dialog wins BBC news cutting contract
News Dialog Corporation - an online information specialist - has clinched a five-year contract from the BBC for the provision of an electronic news cuttings (ENC) service. The ENC service will run over the... [13 Aug 1998]
Compel wins £75m BBC outsourcing contract
News The BBC has awarded a PC supply and services contract for 18,000 users to systems integrator, Compel. The contract is worth £75m over the next three years, with the BBC retaining the option to extend it... [10 Aug 1998]
BBC Online chief to get seat on the board
News BBC Online is to appoint a director with a seat on the BBC board to oversee its operations. Internal and external candidates will be considered, and the successful candidate will report directly to... [06 Aug 1998]
