![]() ![]() I remember times like 9/11 when all newssites on the internet were down due to traffic - but teletext still worked! I'll write to Santa for Christmas, wishing that this closure will not spread to other countries. Even though I can use the internet for all this, teletext sometimes came in much more handy and more reliably. This is too bad! I loved the UK teletext and relied on it for cross-referencing weather forecasts, flight arrivals and, of course, the TV programme. I can only imagine that everyone here who says they miss it are having a joke. Why is anyone still using this service? It was OK back in 1986 but it was incredibly out of date even 15 years ago and should have closed down then. Even in this web-savvy age the ability to bring up information with the touch of four different coloured buttons will be missed. I really missed this service when I moved to Australia seven years ago. this was one button I had stopped using on my remote about 10 years ago. I wont be missing was slow and took ages for pages to come around again. The fire brigade is working at a loss too, should they stop too during the holidays? It is utterly unimportant if a service is not commercial viable. The british and the Americans never cared very much about service and their people anyhow. You can find harbour and airport information from their respective websites and the States of Jersey publish flight arrivals and weather information on theirĪnd you can find information from a number of Jersey travel sources through our dedicated He's reminding people that the Jersey Met website and the Jersey Harbours website between them show commercial shipping arrival and departure times and the weather. If you were one of them, the Deputy Harbour Master Captain Peter Moore has warned islanders to keep the Coastguard line clear for emergency use and search and rescue. Teletext used to be relied on by mariners to check marine weather, tides and shipping movements. ![]() "The subtitles for national programmes are provided and generated by the ITFC and local subtitles will continue to be provided and transmitted by Channel Television as they are now," said Karen. "The reason for this is that although it is the same system used to transmit the subtitles, it is not provided by Teletext UK, it is completely different setup. "Subtitles will be absolutely unaffected by the withdrawal of the public information service. If you've ever looked up your flight information on page 295, or checked out the TV listings it's the end of an era.Īll of the information that was on the local Teletext pages is available through a number of local websites and subtitles will still remain on programmes through page 888. If you use the Teletext service to check flights or harbour information you will need to look elsewhere. The information is available from the Airport and Harbour sites "We are only contracted to provide the local service so that will go at the same time," said Karen. "Channel Television has provided for a very long time local pages into that national service but we are not the licence holders ourselves. "Because it is a service that is funded entirely by a commercial advertising revenue, what's been happening of course is that as people have migrated more and more to using the internet, it is no longer a viable business model. She went on to explain that the advertising funded service was no longer commercially viable. "The decision was taken by Teletext UK who run the licence for the whole of the UK to withdraw the service at the end of this year," said Karen. Speaking to the BBC in Jersey, Karen Rankin, the Managing Director of Broadcast at Channel TV said the closure was a commercial decision. Teletext's chat and dating TV channels on Freeview will also be unaffected. Limited services including holidays, racing and bookmaking and the subtitles on analogue channels will remain available. The Teletext information service on analogue and digital television will close across the UK on 16 December. Flight arrival and departure information is available through Teletext ![]()
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