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Beeb.com Continues To Perform Well

Beeb.com Continues To Perform Well

The BBC’s commercial internet site beeb.com has reported total earnings, in the period January-July 1999, to be up 93% on total earnings for last year. beeb.com, which is run by BBC Worldwide, predicts that it is set for a four-fold increase in revenue, year-on-year.

The commercial success of beeb.com is likely to fuel the debate over whether the BBC should sell a minority (49%) shareholding in BBC Worldwide, as recently recommended by Gavyn Davies’ Funding Review Panel (see Newsline)

In its latest electronic audit, 01.03.99 – 31.03.99, beeb.com registered close to 8.7 million page impressions (source: ABC//electronic). This figure is likely to rise with the launch, next month, of beeb.com’s new free ISP, freebeeb.net.

Beeb @ the BBC: 0181 576 1866 … http://www.beeb.com/

ABC//electronic: 01442 870800

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