It had feature limitations such as being unable to output more than one channel of sound, ( and provided fewer Envelope-shaping options ) where the BBC was capable of three-way polyphony ( plus one noise channel ) and the inability to provide teletext mode.

( via the total number of ports that the BBC Micro had, it exposed all lines )

A digital text service had been available since the launch of digital terrestrial television in November 1998, but the BBC Text service was not publicly launched until November 1999, due to a lack of availability of compatible set-top boxes.

For example, the BBC website, which had previously been called BBC Online, took on the BBCi brand from 2001, displaying an i-bar across the top of every page, offering a category-based navigation: Categories, TV, Radio, Communicate, Where I Live, A-Z Index, and a search.

The channel launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 17: 30 as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989.

Sky News had had a free hand with domestic news for over eight years ( since 5 February 1989 ) and being owned by News International their papers were used to criticise the BBC for extending its news output.

The BBC Governors ' annual report for 2005 / 2006 reported that average audience figures for fifteen minute periods had reached 8. 6 % in multichannel homes, up from 7. 8 % in 2004 / 2005.

In the early 2000s, BBC Two also started simulcasting the channel, although the weekend morning show Weekend 24 had been simulcast on the channel in the early days.

Since the launch of Breakfast in 2000, the programme has been simulcast on both BBC One and BBC News, replacing the individual breakfast news programmes that had been run by both channels.

Jenny Abramsky had originally planned to have a television version of the informal news radio channel BBC Radio 5 Live, or a TV version of Radio 4 News FM both of which she had run.

On 17 July 2003, Kelly, an employee of the Ministry of Defence, apparently committed suicide after being misquoted by BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan as saying that Tony Blair's Labour government had knowingly " sexed up " the " September Dossier ", a report into Iraq and weapons of mass destruction.

When the infant BBC Television service was started in 1936, Rediffusion, which had supplied cable radio services since 1928, started providing " Pipe TV " to its customers who had difficulties tuning into the weak TV broadcast signal.

Suspended during World War II, the BBC service was re-established in June 1946, and had only one transmitter, at Alexandra Palace, which served the London area.

The units had a robust motherboard in a spacious case, reminiscent of the BBC Micro, and so were more tolerant of home-modification than some of their contemporaries, which often had their components crammed into the smallest possible space.

Although Thomas had previously written for the BBC, it was a minor source of income and the occurrences intermittent.

Thomas had an uneasy relationship with BBC management and a staff job was never an option, with drinking cited as the problem.

Because the WD1770 is capable of single density mode and uses the same IBM360 derived floppy disc format as the Intel 8271 found in the BBC Micro, it was also possible to run a DFS filing system with an alternate ROM, such as the P. R. E. S AP4 interface.

In 2005, an adaptation of the novel was released on CD by the BBC Radio Collection to finally complete the run of Wimsey adaptations begun with Whose Body?

The restaged trials were run over a section of line in Llangollen, Wales, and were the subject of a BBC Timewatch documentary.

Star Trek: The Animated Series was the only Star Trek series not to feature a cold open (" teaser ") and started directly with the title sequence ( although some overseas versions of the original live action series, such as that run by the BBC in the U. K. in the 1960s and 1970s, ran the teaser after the credits ).

Recordings were sent to London, and after some discussion the BBC decided to commission the series for a longer national run.

There was a chasm at the BBC, created by the arrival of a new Head of Drama and our run ended at that time.

" The laughter also acted as a kind of insurance: Jay observes that politicians would be unable to put pressure on the BBC not to " run this kind of nonsense " if " 200 – 250 people were falling about with laughter.

As a tribute to the Dead Parrot sketch, a short that features Cartman attempting to return a dead Kenny to a shop run by Kyle aired during a 1999 BBC television special commemorating the 30th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

As Time Goes By has been aired in the United States on BBC America, and is still currently being run weekly on PBS ( on which it has aired almost continuously since the early 2000s ), with various cast members appearing live on air during yearly pledge drives.

While the BBC telecast was run commercial-free ( as it is a public broadcaster ), both the MTV and syndicated / ABC broadcasts included advertisements and interviews.

The service is jointly run by its five equal shareholders, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and transmitter operator Arqiva.

Shortly after Buffy ended its seven year televised run, there was talk of a Giles-based spin-off series for the BBC entitled Ripper.

When Martin Bell, a well-known BBC war correspondent, announced he would stand as an independent candidate in Tatton, the Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates for the area stood down in order to give Bell a clear run against Hamilton.

" You can forgive Gervais a certain arrogance after the success of The Office, but ..." He remarks on the confused tone of the series, taking in the clash between the broad comedy of characters Barry ( Shaun Williamson ) and Darren ( Stephen Merchant ), and the apparent parody of this style with When The Whistle Blows, and " given their total indulgence of Gervais, the BBC is portrayed as interfering, its comedy department run by a rather crudely stereotyped gay couple ".

The BBC had preview theatres to run 16mm sepmag film and 35mm.

Her long career has included many films and television programmes, but she is probably best known for starring as Livia in the popular BBC adaptation of Robert Graves's novel, I, Claudius ( BBC2, 1976 ), for which she won the 1977 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress, and for many appearances on the original run of Call My Bluff.

* October 22 – Telecrime, the first television crime series from the 1930s, returns for the final run on the BBC, retitled Telecrimes.

The upgrade was purely to the programming language ; the Atom's graphics and sound capabilities remained unchanged, and hence, contrary to some pre-release beliefs, the BBC BASIC ROM did not allow Atom users to run commercial BBC Micro software, since nearly all of it took advantage of the BBC machine's advanced graphics and sound hardware.

BBC World News and World Business Report air at 5. 00 on both channels and in lieu of commercials seen on the international broadcasts, the presenters give a brief update on UK news for domestic audiences.

An international version of the countdown was launched on BBC World News on 5 September 2005 featuring more international content and similar music.

In addition to Egyptian programming, the Middle East Broadcast Company, a Saudi television station transmitting from London ( MBC ), Arab Radio and Television ( ART ), Al-Jazeera television, and other Gulf stations as well as Western networks such as CNN and BBC, provide access to more international programs to Egyptians who own satellite receivers.

The BBC, Deutsche Welle and Voice of America offer Hausa services on their international news web sites using Kananci.

Her funeral was televised live on domestic and international stations, including the BBC.

AM 0, FM 8 ( two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters, three international FM programs include the BBC, VOA, and DW-World ), shortwave 1 ( 2005 )

A major international television network is the British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC which is perhaps most well known for its news agency BBC News.

The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting news, speech and discussions in 27 languages to many parts of the world on analogue and digital shortwave platforms, internet streaming, podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays.

The building will also contain an integrated newsroom used by the international World Service, the international television channel BBC World News, the domestic television and radio BBC News bulletins, the BBC News Channel and the local news for the BBC London region on television and radio.

The World Service aims to be " the world's best-known and most-respected voice in international broadcasting, thereby bringing benefit to the UK, the BBC and to audiences around the world " while retaining a " balanced British view " of international developments.

On September 5, 2008 the BBC embarked on a year-long project to study international trade and globalization by tracking a shipping container on its journey around the world.

** Bush House, London, a building in London used by the BBC for its international broadcasting service, the World Service