25 years ago ABC News took to a new creation called 'the internet' to provide viewers with round-the-clock access to news — and we haven't looked back. Here's to the next 25! ABCDigital25Years
ABC executives including Roone Arledge, David Westin and anchor Peter Jennings hold a press conference announcing the creation of ABCNews.com on May 15, 1997.Most Americans who could surf the web were only able to do so with slow dial-up connections and many major newspapers and networks hadn’t yet established an online presence.
The website also offered video clips from "World News Tonight" segments that were no more than 20 seconds long, according to Toback. They saw higher traffic to the site during the afternoon hours, which Toback said correlated with lunch breaks. People working in offices and businesses had access to high-speed internet and they used it to keep up with the latest news.ABC News
Members of the ABC Digital News team gather during a press conference announcing the creation of ABCNews.com, on May 15, 1997.Doug Looney, ABC News' director of post-production and distribution, said getting audio on the site years ago was no easy task. To do so, ABC News partnered with RealNetworks to stream the radio updates, creating the files from analog recordings, said Looney, who started out as a video designer for the website.
Looney said that when the website started to use 3D graphics and presentations to accompany stories, readers took notice. For example, the site ran a special interactive piece in 2006 where readers could take a tour of the USS Arizona, a Navy ship that was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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