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BBC Online

Brand name and home for the BBC's UK online service

Also known as bbc.co.uk · bbc.com · BBCi

Instance of: web portal
Country: United Kingdom
Founded: 1997
Website: bbc.co.uk
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BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's 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 branded BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, the children's sites CBBC and CBeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize and Own It. The BBC has had an online presence supporting its TV and radio programmes and web-only initiatives since April 1994, but did not launch officially until 28 April 1997, following government approval to fund it by TV licence fee revenue as a service in its own right. Throughout its history, the online plans of the BBC have been subject to competition and complaint from its commercial rivals, which has resulted in various public consultations and government reviews to investigate their claims that its large presence and public funding distorts the UK market.

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Headquarters: London
Awards: Peabody Awards(2011) winner: British Broadcasting Corporation
Owned by: British Broadcasting Corporation
Alexa rank: 99(November 28, 2017)
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1.Stated in Alexa Internetalexa.com/siteinfo/bbc.co.ukRetrieved 2017-11-28
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Search formatter URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=$1
Industry: journalism
Language: English
Member of: JournalList(November 23, 2025)
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1.journallist.net/trust.txt
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