Author Topic: RIP Ceefax  (Read 2140 times)




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BBC Ceefax, the world's first teletext service, is set for a final bow as the UK's digital switchover is completed.

Olympic champion Dame Mary Peters will turn off the last brown townogue TV signal in Northern Ireland at 23.30 BST. A series of graphics on Ceefax's front page will mark its 38 years on the BBC.

The Plain English Campaign announced a lifetime achievement award for Ceefax's "clarity" and use of "everyday words".

And ex-Prime Minister Sir John Major said Ceefax would be "much missed".

Sir John, who has previously revealed that he regularly checked Ceefax pages between Downing Street meetings to keep up to date with cricket scores, said: "Ceefax will be much missed. At moments of high pressure - with little time for detailed examination of the news - Ceefax headlines offered an instant window on the world.
"From breaking global news to domestic sports news, Ceefax was speedy, accurate and indispensable. It can be proud of its record."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20032882
Anyone who grew up watching TV in the UK will probably nostalgia over this, it was basically the grandaddy of the internet, and you could access it via your TV.

It stayed around for a incredibly long amount of time, but when the digital switchover started it was slowly being phased out in favor of the BBC's new news thing that only seems to work when it wants to.
I still remember my seeing my parents looking through the TV guide and news pages on it.

RIP
« Last Edit: October 23, 2012, 11:33:24 AM by Aphtonites »


I never used it. Always had digital. RIP

uh

like every channel still uses this, even digital channels

uh
like every channel still uses this, even digital channels
Uhh, you might want to re-read the OP, this is about Ceefax, the UK's equivalent of it, some countries still have channels like this.
This is only a thing people mostly from the UK know about.
« Last Edit: October 23, 2012, 11:36:21 AM by Aphtonites »

Uhh, you might want to re-read the OP, this is about Ceefax, the UK's equivalent of it.

what is the difference between Ceefax and TTV

you shall be missed old buddy

what is this

I'm not from britain what is this please tell me

what is the difference between Ceefax and TTV
Ceefax was the world's first teletext service, the ones in other countries were made after it.
what is this

I'm not from britain what is this please tell me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceefax

It's what I used to check the weather :c

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