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<P class="subHead">1. What is ITN? </P>
<P>ITN is one of the largest and most respected news organisations in the
world, supplying news programming in the UK to ITV, Channel 4 and Channel
5, as well as to the Public Television network in the US. The ITN website,
ITN Online (www.itn.co.uk), is at the cutting edge of web journalism,
using text, audio and video to deliver compelling multimedia news content
to the wired population. <A href="company.shtml" class="corpBlue"> Click
here</A> to find out more about ITN.</P>
<P class="subHead">2. How do I navigate the ITN site?</P>
<P>ITN Online is updated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, bringing you the
latest news and information. Our pages are organised into several sections
featuring stories about <A href="britain.shtml" class="corpBlue">Britain</A>,
<A href="world.shtml" class="corpBlue">World</A>, <a href="business.shtml" class="corpBlue">Money</a>,
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any of these sections simply click on the key words along the left-hand
side of your screen.</P>
<P>Wherever you see underlined blue text or the words "Full story", you
have the opportunity to delve deeper and receive more information. There
are also plenty of interactive links throughout the site. These allow
you to hear audio clips with interviews and commentary, or watch video
coverage of captivating national and international stories.</P>
<P><SPAN class="subHead">3. What is News on Demand?</SPAN></P>
<P>This is a fabulous interactive section of the ITN site, where you can
access several video and audio clips of the latest stories and download
the players that you will need to enjoy the multimedia elements of this
site. News on Demand also brings you the ITN World News live, five evenings
a week at 22.30 BST. <A href="news/ondemand/ondemand.shtml" class="corpBlue">Click
here</A> to go to ITN's News on Demand.</P>
<P class="subHead">4. What is the ITN News Ticker?</P>
<P>The news ticker provides a continuous 24-hour feed of national and international
stories to those of you who are hungry for headlines. This is a fabulous
way to keep you informed throughout the day whether at work or at home.
The service can stay on, even if you leave the ITN web site.</P>
<P class="subHead">5. What is the ITN Desktop News?</P>
<P>This is Britain's first personalised desktop news service by email, providing
you with customised news reports from ITN's international news centre
in London. This service allows you to tailor the news bulletin to suit
your needs, making it as short or as detailed as you would like it to
be. <A href="/cgi-bin/mail.cgi?service=DesktopNews" class="corpBlue">Click
here</A> to subscribe to the ITN Desktop News.</P>
<P><SPAN class="subHead">6. What is ITN Schools?</SPAN></P>
<P>This section of the site is dedicated to schools and students across
Britain. It looks at the top stories of the decade, according to ITN's
respected and well-known presenters. Here you can take a video tour of
the ITN headquarters and even enter a competition to make your own news
bulletin. <A href="http://www.itn.co.uk/schools/" class="corpBlue" target="_blank">Click
here</A> to go to the ITN Schools Section</P>
<P class="subHead">7. How do I search for a story?</P>
<P>The ITN site is a rich source of news information. To access the ITN
searching facility simply simply type your text and press return on the
serach box on the front page. </P>
<P class="subHead">8. How do I make ITN my home page?</P>
<P>When you start up any internet browser, it opens a default start-up page.
To ensure that you go straight to ITN as soon as you log on, simply click
on the link below that matches your browser software.</P>
<P><A href="makehome.shtml#net4" class="corpBlue">Netscape 4.0</A>&nbsp;|
<A href="makehome.shtml#ie4" class="corpBlue">Internet Explorer 4.0</A>&nbsp;|
<A href="makehome.shtml#ie5" class="corpBlue">Internet Explorer 5.0</A>&nbsp;|</P>
<P class="subHead">9. How do I contact the ITN New Media commercial team?</P>
<P><A href="contacts.shtml" class="corpBlue">Click here</A> to go to contacts
page.</P>
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