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December 1997 - On the web - bbc.co.uk is launched

The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ had had a presence on the internet from 1994, but Lord Birt, then the Director-General of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, was quick to recognise its real potential for public service broadcasting. He sought the advice of young people working in the Corporation about which way the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ should turn in the fledgling online world. Following a trip to Silicon Valley in the United States, he drew up the blueprint for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Online. Lord Birt talks about the early days of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Online to Ron Neil, former Chief Executive of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Production in an archive interview from 2003.

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