Tag Archives: teletext

Two maxed out teletext pages from December 10th, 1994. Resurrected by Jason Robertson.

The German TV-channel ARD’s teletext advent calendar is going strong. Here’s Dan Farrimond’s truth about daddy Christmas.

Note that the ad is for the videotex service, not teletext.

Keyfax was the US version of the British Ceefax teletext. It was launched in 1982 but was shut down already by 1984, partly due to problems with getting the British teletext decoders approved in USA. Instead, Keyfax became a videotex service in Chicago and changed from the British standard to the American NAPLPS. But that failed too and Keyfax went bust in 1986. More info.

Post updated in 2024.

Get the daily USA/NYC news in teletext style on Twitter. Check @teletexttimes. Made by Heather Merrick.

Teletext graphics by Richard Gingras, 1980. This service was called Now and ran on KCET-TV. It was part of a collaboration between CBS, NBC and PBS to test the French Antiope standard for teletext. The project was supported by Télédiffusion de France.

Images from Gingras’ website, which is only partly archived on archive.org. There’s an interview with Gingras about his teletext work here.

Post updated 2024.

instabasel:

Fuck yourself with your logic / #KYBDslöjd Noise my TxT with Alexandra Nilsson #teletext #typewriter #C64 #PETSCII #cassette live performance by rakelmeyers

A website to create your own teletext graphics while listening to suitable teletext muzak. Made by Matt Round, 2013. Try it out here.

teletextart:

4 Tel the Dog, moving picture, Channel Four Oracle teletext, 26th February 1986. Hmm, that floor looks a bit uneven! Maybe Wiggly has been fooled by an optical illusion?

Captured by Jason Robertson, http://twitter.com/grim_fandango

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Today, 30 years ago.

teletextart:

Prince, Channel Four Oracle teletext, 26th February 1986. Before he was known as the Artist Formely Known As… presumably. This could all be another teletext abbreviation policy, I dunno.

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Today, 30 years ago.

teletextart:

No milk today, Channel Four Oracle teletext, 26th February 1986. It’s OK, I’ll have lager instead. :P

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Today, 30 years ago.