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uk sky - UK Online on Sky Digital |
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 Wednesday 17th April 2002 saw the launch of the UK Government's UK Online service over Sky Digital with its own dedicated space on the interactive menu.
Currently UK iTV agency Channelbay are responsible for the hosting of the service, Editorial is managed directly by UK online through Channelbay's "Loadingbay" product.
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BSkyB's WapTV team provide their enhanced WML microbrowser and dial back network to the Office of the e-Envoy for the delivery of government services.
The UK Online portal has launched initially with some simple online editorial, but will soon be expanded to link through to relevant and localised central and local government services and other aggregated content.
A blanket commercial model has been agreed for any non commercial .gov.uk domain to have a presence on the platform through the portal.
Many e-government initiatives are now being converted to WTVML for launch through the portal, as no commercial barriers exist and services can be developed as part of any e-government internet infrastructure.
In its present form, the set-top-box must be connected to the phone line to access the portal with calls charged at the local rate + 1 pence per minute. |
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