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Article #625644Re: The extinct tech you forgot existed
From: Carlos E.R.
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 11:34
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 11:34
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On 2018-08-20 22:06, Jorgen Grahn wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-08-20, Anssi Saari wrote:
>> Ian
>> <${send-direct-email-to-news1021...@jusme.com>
>> writes:
>>
>>> "Teletext was the equivalent service on channels such as ITV and Channel 4"
>>>
>>> Teletext was the technology, Ceefax was the BBC version and Oracle was the
>>> commercial one...
>>
>> I had no idea Teletext has died in the UK. Still available in Finland at
>> least and still handy for news headlines and weather.
>
> Sweden, too. I suspect a lot of people still use it for news, since:
> - It's by nature brief and text-only.
> - You can read it during commercial breaks or when there's briefly
> something boring on in general.
I think it was also used to transmit optional subtitles or voice caption.
--
Cheers, Carlos.
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