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BBC Online
 |
Type of site
| Portal
|
|---|
| Owner
| BBC
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|---|
| Created by
| BBC
|
|---|
| URL
| www
.bbc
.co
.uk
|
|---|
| Commercial
| No (Yes if accessed outside the UK)
|
|---|
| Registration
| 1994
|
|---|
| Launched
| 1997
|
|---|
| Current status
| Active
|
|---|
BBC Online
(which used to be called
bbc.co.uk
) is the website for
BBC
's
UK
online services. It is currently the 4th most popular web service in the UK and includes features such as
BBC News
,
BBC Sport
, BBC Weather,
BBC iPlayer
and learning services such as
Bitesize
. The BBC has had a website for information about its
TV
and
radio
programmes since 1994 but did not launch officially as
BBC Online
until December 1997, following government approval to fund it with the TV licence fee. The website address was registered in 1991.
