Date : Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:58:02 +0100
From : darren.storer@... (Storer, Darren)
Subject: Last day of teletext in London
Hi,
as rick says, RTE teletext is alive and flourishing (certainly was last
weekend).
Best Regards
Darren
On 21 April 2012 15:25, Rick Murray <rick@...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 19.2E, both CNN and CNBC brought their services to an end quite a while
> back. It looks like EuroNews no longer offers text, although the service
> was always a little quirky (word wrap sometimes didn't, and articles
> sourced elsewhere and auto-converted would frequently miss the bottom
> line(s)!).
>
> There are still some teletext services, but not in English. Would work on
> a RISC OS machine (or PC with my Teletext software) but will just look
> wrong on a Beeb.
> I believe TV5FBS and TV5Monde do all their schedules and stuff in teletext
> still.
>
> I've not checked recently, but a good source of English teletext was
> AERTel (sp!). Get your (British) Digibox tuned to RT?1 and RT?2. Don't
> worry if it says the signal is scrambled (it is), the teletext content is
> inserted all the same and is therefore accessible.
>
> That said, I don't consult teletext very often these days. It's simpler to
> use the internet. I go to www.tvguide.co.uk for schedules (there is an
> app too, but it doesn't do the overview mode), I have an app for NHK World,
> and my news comes from an app, from TheRegister, and when I listen (most
> weeknights) from The World Tonight on Radio Four.
>
> Nothing else matters. I guess I'm getting to old to bother reading the
> news in Spanish, French, and attempting to figure out the Italian. ;-)
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Rick.
>
> "F. Haroon" <haroonnet2002@...> wrote:
>
> >I wonder how many analogue services outside Europe still have such a
> teletext system that we could somehow tap into, and writes in English?
> >
> >Fiaz
> >
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