BBC Jam (formerly known as BBC Digital Curriculum) was an online educational service launched by the BBC in January 2006, and suspended on 20 March 2007. The service was available free across the United Kingdom offering multi-media educational resources. Jam was the BBC's provision for the Digital Curriculum, an initiative launched by the British Government to provide computer-based learning in UK schools, and had a budget of £150 million. The service was shut down due to a legal challenge concerning fair trading by the BBC.
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