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bbc.co.uk is launched, 12 December 1997

The innovation of the internet was championed internally by Director-General John Birt, who saw how it could transform Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's global media role, and mobilised R&D and managerial expertise to make it happen. There were initial problems that publication of web pages did not sit within the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Charter, but this obstacle was overcome, and on 12 December 1997, the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ website was officially launched.

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