CREATION: Web briefings - BBC proposed website split criticised

<p>BBC has come under criticism for its plans to split its upcoming </p><p>news site BBC.news.com into two sections, one with advertising for an </p><p>international audience and one without for the UK. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Although BBC has said the two sites will carry identical content, both </p><p>international and UK users of the service are sceptical. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>According to BBC, the objective of splitting the website was to separate </p><p>commercial and public interest. The proposed split would block </p><p>international users from accessing the site without advertising, while </p><p>UK users will be unable to access the site with advertising. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>However, international users argue they should have access to the site </p><p>without advertising, while UK users fear additional content on the site </p><p>with banner ads will be unavailable to them. BBC.news.com is expected to </p><p>launch later this year. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>

by | 02/16/2001