About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Radio websites, Television websites, BBC Online, TV Guide, British Comedy Guide, Television Without Pity, Channel One, SeeSaw, RTE.ie, TVARK, BBC Archives, TV Tome, DialIdol, UKGameshows.com, The Real News, BuddyTV, The Zimmer Twins, Itv.com, ITV Player, Channel 101 NY, Holy Soap, Acceptable.TV, CBC.ca, Lip Service Radio, The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5, Reel Top 40 Radio Repository, JumpTV, STV Player, Groovera, Epguides, The TV IV, Stv.tv, WBEW, TelevisionWeek, PopMatters, BBC WebWise, Peekvid.com, WMMT, UltimateTV, SideReel, TV-Links.eu, Memoryshare, TV Cream, U.tv, ICraveTV, Local-News TV, BBC Guide to Comedy, NOW.com, Scottish Digital Network, Thisisaknife, Public Radio Fan, DeadBodyGuy.com, TVCatch, TVWeek, TVLine, Tank Top TV, TV Acres. Excerpt: BBC Online is the brand name and home for the BBC's UK online service. It is a large network of websites including such high profile sites as BBC News and Sport, the on-demand video and radio services co-branded BBC iPlayer, the pre-school site Cbeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize. The BBC has had an online presence supporting its TV and radio programmes and web-only initiatives since 1994 but did not launch officially until December 1997, following government approval to fund it by TV licence fee revenue as a service in its own right. Throughout its short history, the online plans of the BBC have been subject to various public consultations and government reviews illustrating concerns from commercial rivals that its large presence and public funding distorts the UK market. The website has gone through several branding changes since it was launched. Originally named BBC Online, it was then rebranded as BBCi (which itself was the brand name for interactive TV services) before being named bbc.co.uk. It was then branded BBC Online again in 2008. The Web-based...
