AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION: ABC Online is central to the ABC's digital future.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-12 February 1999-AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION: ABC Online is central to the ABC's digital future (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:110299 The ABC Managing Director, Brian Johns, said at the Senate Estimates Committee hearings in Canberra today that proposals for the partial sale of ABC Online did not recognise that the service was an integral part of the total broadcasting output of the ABC and central to its digital future.

"ABC Online is at the heart of the ABC. It is a core asset. It is indivisible from radio and television, drawing resources and content from ABC program makers across all networks and around the country," Mr Johns said. ABC Online depends on input from the ABC's 800 journalists, the producers, presenters and...