When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On October 24 2012, analogue TV transmitters were switched off for the final time, as digital ...
"For nostalgia buffs and children of the 90s", says Telekom in its announcement of the new teletext service, the old information service has been available via Magenta TV for a few days now. The ...
Before the emergence of Twitter and 24-hour online news, the main way of finding out what was happening in the world came via newspapers and the radio. But with the launch of the BBC's Ceefax – the ...
The world's first teletext service is to be celebrated at a special exhibition marking its 50th anniversary. Today people take interactive television services and news on demand for granted, but their ...
When the BBC got rid of its Ceefax service there was widespread disappointment. But one dedicated software engineer has created his own teletext system to keep the concept alive. Peter Kwan, 63, uses ...
This article was taken from the July 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...
Ceefax is being laid to rest. Mort Smith, who worked on the service during its early days, remembers the pioneering teletext service. The invention of teletext back in the early 1970s was something of ...
A software engineer has recruited a team of dedicated volunteers to create and maintain a retro version of the classic teletext information service Ceefax. Peter Kwan has spent years perfecting his ...
Well, for just 24 hours, you will be able relive the 90s by scrolling through the iconic TV information service on Teletext Holidays. The rollback, on Thursday March 16, is part of the ...
To celebrate its quarter-century, Teletext Holidays has revived the traditional format of its old TV pages FOLLOWING on from the return of Calvin Klein jumpers, Steps and chokers, Teletext is the ...
Ceefax is being laid to rest. Mort Smith, who worked on the service during its early days, remembers the pioneering teletext service. The invention of teletext back in the early 1970s was something of ...