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The development of Teletext |
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Live
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Teletextlessness... |
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The new 'interactive services |
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Discuss teletext with others |
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Related sites |
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Can you help? |
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Acknowledgements
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Teletext Then and Now
was first created by Darren Meldrum as part of the Meldrum
Home Page
UK Teletext
was originally created by Rob Hardy |
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PLEASE NOTE:
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This
is an independently run site which has no connection with
Ceefax, Teletext, the BBC or any other broadcaster. |
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If
you are looking for more information about something you have
read on teletext click here |
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If
you have any questions about how teletext works please read
the FAQ or join Teletext Chat |
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| This site celebrates the development of a very British invention. Here you will find information about the
development of teletext from its faltering beginnings to a system which has gained
worldwide acceptance and which we now take for granted.
Teletext was launched in the UK on 23
September 1974. Well over half the TVs in the UK are now equipped to
view teletext, and it’s often the first source of choice for up-to-the-minute
news, sport and lottery results, especially as there are no charges
for phone calls or online usage.
Today it’s supposedly hated (or loved) for
its dated look; with the trademark chunky graphics and a maximum of 7 colours, a
radical overhaul is needed. However, traditional teletext is unlikely to get any
better - advances have been made to improve the appearance, but these have
largely been ignored by teletext providers and TV manufacturers, particularly in
the UK. The future here lies with digital teletext, which is so far removed from
the analogue sort, it isn’t really teletext at all.
With the advent of the new higher resolution
"digital" teletext services - actually, all teletext is
digital! - teletext as we know it might eventually
disappear, so Teletext Then and Now is saving the pages here for posterity.
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