Date   : Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:56:51 +0100
From   : mike@... (Michael Howard)
Subject: Fw: Fwd: ITV Teletext to shut down in January

Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 15:33 +0200, Anders Carlsson wrote:
>   
>>  If the teletext service really is *completely* dumped, I wonder why. Are 
>> they saving as much bandwidth as possible for digital HDTV broadcasts? 
>> Generate a 40x24 text display and attach digitally to the picture can't rely 
>> on obsolete equipment, it must be doable even with a modern computer.
>>     
>
> I think it's more that the broadcasters don't want to devote the
> manpower to producing content in what they perceive (not entirely
> unjustly) as an obsolescent format.
>   
Obsolescent (which teletext obviously is), should then read quicker in 
the dictionary because that's what it is, quicker, much quicker. Never 
understood where they get the title FastText from. Ah well,
modern technology! :)

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