Is teletext dead ?

I note teletext has disappeared from ITV and Ch4 - in fact probably
everywhere except BBC1 SD and BBC2 SD.

I do use it for racing results and football results when I don't wish
to check on the computer.
(Also I use it via Freeview, as it takes too long to access via my
Virgin cable box.)

Is the BBC teletext on borrowed time ?

Also, interactive video seems to be only 301 (on Freeview). No sign of
302 or 303 HD. Will this vary according to needs - eg Wimbledon ?
(Again, too slow / pain to access via Virgin cable box.)

"Viewer" wrote in message
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I note teletext has disappeared from ITV and Ch4 - in fact probably
everywhere except BBC1 SD and BBC2 SD.


"Teletext" is dead

it's been replaced by a digital alternative which AIUI is not run by a
separate company and thus its continuance is at the whim of each broadcaster

tim

"Viewer" wrote in message
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I note teletext has disappeared from ITV and Ch4 - in fact
probably
everywhere except BBC1 SD and BBC2 SD.

I do use it for racing results and football results when I
don't wish
to check on the computer.
(Also I use it via Freeview, as it takes too long to
access via my
Virgin cable box.)

Is the BBC teletext on borrowed time ?

Also, interactive video seems to be only 301 (on
Freeview). No sign of
302 or 303 HD. Will this vary according to needs - eg
Wimbledon ?
(Again, too slow / pain to access via Virgin cable box.)



BBC is now known as the Red Button and is very much alive
and kicking. The old version they called Ceefax. Sport is on
the red button on any BBC channel page 300. The football
header page is 302, results are on 316, and league tables
are on 324.

Teletext was a company in its own right and supplied
on-screen text services to ITV, CH4 and five. They ceased at
DSO, the last being in Autumn 2012.


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Who knows. They should put the old sort back. It was far more useful.
Brian

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"Viewer" wrote in message
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I note teletext has disappeared from ITV and Ch4 - in fact probably
everywhere except BBC1 SD and BBC2 SD.

I do use it for racing results and football results when I don't wish
to check on the computer.
(Also I use it via Freeview, as it takes too long to access via my
Virgin cable box.)

Is the BBC teletext on borrowed time ?

Also, interactive video seems to be only 301 (on Freeview). No sign of
302 or 303 HD. Will this vary according to needs - eg Wimbledon ?
(Again, too slow / pain to access via Virgin cable box.)

Just think though, they could bring it back and sell everyone yet nother
box.
Brian

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"Woody" wrote in message
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"Viewer" wrote in message
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I note teletext has disappeared from ITV and Ch4 - in fact probably
everywhere except BBC1 SD and BBC2 SD.

I do use it for racing results and football results when I don't wish
to check on the computer.
(Also I use it via Freeview, as it takes too long to access via my
Virgin cable box.)

Is the BBC teletext on borrowed time ?

Also, interactive video seems to be only 301 (on Freeview). No sign of
302 or 303 HD. Will this vary according to needs - eg Wimbledon ?
(Again, too slow / pain to access via Virgin cable box.)



BBC is now known as the Red Button and is very much alive and kicking. The
old version they called Ceefax. Sport is on the red button on any BBC
channel page 300. The football header page is 302, results are on 316, and
league tables are on 324.

Teletext was a company in its own right and supplied on-screen text
services to ITV, CH4 and five. They ceased at DSO, the last being in
Autumn 2012.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

BBC is now known as the Red Button and is very much alive
and kicking. The old version they called Ceefax. Sport is on
the red button on any BBC channel page 300. The football
header page is 302, results are on 316, and league tables
are on 324.

I'm aware of that and currently use it for racing and football
results.
My point was that only BBC carry it, so is it on borrowed time ?
Ch4 (the racing station) used to have lots of racing info (on MHEG
teletext, not old fashioned text).

Viewer wrote:

I'm aware of that and currently use it for racing and football
results.
My point was that only BBC carry it, so is it on borrowed time ?
Ch4 (the racing station) used to have lots of racing info (on MHEG
teletext, not old fashioned text).

When MHEG was first introduced for text, it was horrible to navigate and
almost unusably slow, so that hardly anybody used it and instead went back
to the analogue-TV text or used the Internet if they had it. Now that you
point it out, I see that the few pages that remain on BBC "Red Button" are
actually easy to find and respond promptly, but I'm betting that very few
people use it, so although nobody's mentioned a plan to switch it off, I'd
guess that not many would notice if it was.

The broadcasters probably assume that most people that would be interested
in a "text" version of sports news would use the Internet, hence:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/
http://news.google.com/?topic=s

Or they would expect people to have smartphones, both of the above pages
being available in a mobile version. And a quick check of the mobile apps
stores shows several sports-headlines apps.

On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 07:17:35 +0000, Dave Farrance
wrote:

Viewer wrote:

I'm aware of that and currently use it for racing and football
results.


There is also a difference in the content between Freeview and
Freesat.

For instance on Freesat there are no airport arrivals pages, in fact
no Travel News pages at all.

I thought it had died about 30 years ago.

Steve

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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:44:25 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme

wrote:

I thought it had died about 30 years ago.

It's still available on Dutch cable analogue.

Teletext subtitles are still available on my opera LaserDiscs.

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