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UK regulator Ofcom has revoked the licence that allowed Teletext to broadcast text-based services alongside the TV signal - ending 17 years of independent interactive TV. The licence under which Teletext transmits its service requires the provision of local information as well as news of some sort, and Teletext pulled those …

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    1. Jamie Jones Silver badge
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      Mr.

      Yes, teletext is the generic term, but when Oracle lost the license, they lost it to a company that was stupidly allowed to be called "teletext ltd"

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  2. Peter Stone
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    Eh?

    Have I entered a timewarp? Teletext finished broadcasting around here (west Midlands) around the 12th Jan 2010, & had been announcing the fact since Oct/Nov last year.

    They blamed the reason they were going on the fact that they where never allowed enough bandwidth to display all the content they wanted & this was not viable.

    Someone mentioned Prestel. Anyone want a Tantel(?) adaptor? :)

    Oh well!

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  3. Dave Bell

    Short life left

    The big problem with the digital TV equivalents is that they scare older users, who are used to the analogue text system.

    The Teletext service could be replaced by another company, but how long before it has to close down with the end of analogue broadcasting?

    And if Ofcom had ignored the breach off terms, because of the short remaining life and lack of value, they'd have lost the teeth they have to ankle-bite what they claim to regulate.

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  4. Chris007
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    in 10 years

    young adults will be watching a copy of "Peter Kay live at the blackpool tower" when he starts on his "booked it, packed it, f**cked off" sketch and wonder what the hell is this Teletext he keeps banging on about!

    Paris: Surely she's "booked it, packed it and f**cked it^H^Hoff"

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  5. Deexan
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    Do you see?

    One survivor of the cull is Game Central, which continues to update daily on Teletext.co.uk. It's no Digitiser but it is excellent in its own right, and refreshingly unbiased. The news stories on the website link to Metro.co.uk so they must now own the Teletext brand.

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