WHEN NEWS FIRST BROKE ONLINE

This what this paper’s website looked in the year 2000. Hindustan Times first set up web pages in 1996. The early web pages around the world were largely only text, with heavier elements such as photographs not feasible to upload or download until internet speeds rose with the rollout of 56kbps modems.

The broadband era ushered in live video streaming, which made news, as well as routine TV programming, accessible on-demand online.