Tag Archives: teletext

teletextart:

BBC’s Points of View pays tribute to Ceefax.

MIND THE VOLCANO! – a PETSCII/teletext performance by Raquel Meyers and Goto80 at Transmediale, 2013. More info

northern-collective:

Teletext, though developed in the 1970s didn’t catch on until 1980’s. A great source of information and cheap holiday deals beamed directly to your television set, in the 1980’s was a novelty. In 2009 teletext came off air, the reason for it’s demise? The Internet.

Screens from Polish teletext, via Frederic Cambus’ two collections. Notice the SMS-game at the bottom.

Greek teletext, via Frederic Cambus

Live teletext visuals with Commodore64 BASIC for the performance ‘Mind the volcano!’
by Goto80 & Raquel Meyers for Transmediale 013

ITV Nightscreen, 1998.

palama888:

Teletext

Corrupted Slovenian teletext, 2010.

Teletext holidays