BBC News Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===1990s=== [[File:BBC Television Centre Newsroom KristynaM Flickr.jpg|thumb|right|The combined newsroom for domestic television and radio was opened at Television Centre in West London in 1998.]] During the 1990s, a wider range of services began to be offered by BBC News, with the split of [[BBC World Service Television]] to become [[BBC World]] (news and current affairs), and [[BBC Prime]] (light entertainment). Content for a 24-hour news channel was thus required, followed in 1997 with the launch of domestic equivalent [[BBC News 24]]. Rather than set bulletins, ongoing reports and coverage was needed to keep both channels functioning and meant a greater emphasis in budgeting for both was necessary. In 1998, after 66 years at Broadcasting House, the '''BBC Radio News''' operation moved to [[BBC Television Centre]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/120791.stm|title=BBC NEWS β New era for BBC radio news|access-date=18 August 2007|date=26 June 1998|work=BBC News|archive-date=17 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217064359/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/120791.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> New technology, provided by [[Silicon Graphics]], came into use in 1993 for a re-launch of the main BBC 1<!-- Not 'BBC One' until 1997. --> bulletins, creating a virtual set which appeared to be much larger than it was physically. The relaunch also brought all bulletins into the same style of set with only small changes in colouring, titles, and music to differentiate each. A computer generated cut-glass sculpture of the [[BBC coat of arms]] was the centrepiece of the programme titles until the large scale corporate rebranding of news services in 1999. In November 1997, [[BBC News Online]] was launched, following individual webpages for major news events such as the [[1996 Olympic Games]], [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], and the [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|death of Princess Diana]].<ref>{{cite news |date=13 December 2007 |title=10 years of the BBC News website |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7057140.stm |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628042938/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7057140.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1999, the biggest relaunch occurred, with BBC One bulletins, BBC World, BBC News 24, and [[BBC News Online]] all adopting a common style. One of the most significant changes was the gradual adoption of the corporate image by the [[:Category:BBC Regional News shows|BBC regional news programmes]], giving a common style across local, national and international BBC television news. This also included ''[[Newyddion]]'', the main news programme of [[Welsh language]] channel [[S4C]], produced by BBC News Wales. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page