As the BBC went online, the BBC gained one of its largest audiences of all time with the Panorama interview with Princess Diana (1995).
Watched by 15 million people, Diana talked frankly about her marriage to Prince Charles. Later in the decade, nineteen million people would watch the funeral of Diana, at the time, the largest outside broadcast ever mounted by the BBC.
September 1995 - DAB gets the green light
DAB was promoted heavily by the BBC, and as a result was taken up more rapidly in the UK than anywhere else in Europe.
BBC Research and Development provided much of the technology and systems to make DAB happen. Interference free quality, and additional programme information are some of the benefits.
November 1997 - The BBC News 24 Channel
The BBC's first rolling TV news service was launched as BBC News 24, and was the second 24 hour news service in Britain.
Now available across a number of digital platforms the channel continues to win awards for its hard hitting stories and investigations.
December 1997 - bbc.co.uk is launched
Lord Birt, then the Director-General of the BBC, was quick to recognise the real potential of the internet for public service broadcasting.
He sought the advice of young people working in the Corporation about which way the BBC should turn in the fledgling online world. Following a trip to Silicon Valley in the United States, he drew up the blueprint for BBC Online.
September 1998 - The first BBC digital TV channel
BBC Choice included the BBC's first daily sports show, as well as extended coverage of music and sporting events.
One key attraction were the regular behind the scenes programmes which lifted the lid on the workings of a number of BBC TV programmes. The channel ultimately mutated into BBC Three in 2003.
Digital also provided 16:9 widescreen programming for the first time on the BBC and the Red Button service.
