Shackleton Technologies #throwbackthursday - End of the line for Teletext!
#throwbackthursday
2020 has certainly witnessed a lot of change. We thought it would be appropriate to pay a tribute to the end of TV Text Services ceasing to exist after 45 years, earlier this year.
In the 1990’s it was estimated that 20 million people used Teletext/Ceefax once a week (possibly checking their lottery numbers).
If you were a child in the 80’s, you probably recall playing the quiz ‘Bamboozle’ where if you got all 12 questions correct you were allowed to move to the next set of questions.
Music news and charts were another favourite, as were the fantastic holiday deals spread over dozens of pages, if you spotted a holiday on page 1 you had to wait for the full loop to get back to the deal you were after!
If you were a sports lover, it was the place to find live football scores and you could make them appear at the bottom of the page no matter what channel you were watching at the time.
If you were on the Airport run to pick up family members you could check to see if their flights were on time or not.
Whilst it seems there is little need for Teletext, Ceefax and TV Text Services now, it’s something we can all look back on fondly in years to come.
Видео Shackleton Technologies #throwbackthursday - End of the line for Teletext! канала Shackleton Technologies Ltd
2020 has certainly witnessed a lot of change. We thought it would be appropriate to pay a tribute to the end of TV Text Services ceasing to exist after 45 years, earlier this year.
In the 1990’s it was estimated that 20 million people used Teletext/Ceefax once a week (possibly checking their lottery numbers).
If you were a child in the 80’s, you probably recall playing the quiz ‘Bamboozle’ where if you got all 12 questions correct you were allowed to move to the next set of questions.
Music news and charts were another favourite, as were the fantastic holiday deals spread over dozens of pages, if you spotted a holiday on page 1 you had to wait for the full loop to get back to the deal you were after!
If you were a sports lover, it was the place to find live football scores and you could make them appear at the bottom of the page no matter what channel you were watching at the time.
If you were on the Airport run to pick up family members you could check to see if their flights were on time or not.
Whilst it seems there is little need for Teletext, Ceefax and TV Text Services now, it’s something we can all look back on fondly in years to come.
Видео Shackleton Technologies #throwbackthursday - End of the line for Teletext! канала Shackleton Technologies Ltd
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