BBC To Take On Google and AOL

[DudeAsInCool]

The BBC has outlined the scale of its global ambitions after the director-general said its aim was to rival internet giants Google and AOL.

Mark Thompson said the BBC was the only European brand with the clout to take on the American media giants.

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[Umma]

Good luck to them. I just hope they don't put their eggs in more baskets than they have chickens to sit on.

[Malicious Intent]

It exports culture, wont be paid for by tax-payers in the UK and the have good record for open source development. I don't see why not.

As long as targets to please advertisers in their commercial section does not mess with the independence of the news in the UK section (independence minus Blair suing them and placing old law school buddies as the judge, of course!).