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All ITV Plc. text services have now ended. (January 2005)

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Adam
Tyne Tees Text is currently off air (600-699) - both sub-regions, has been all day. Any other regions affected?

Rest of Teletext is as normal.
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tvmercia Founding member
see page 699
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Adam
tvmercia posted:
see page 699


That's off-air as well.
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tvmercia Founding member
Adam posted:
tvmercia posted:
see page 699


That's off-air as well.

oh right, well as pointed out by someone a while ago on the forum, itv plc ancillary teletext services were discontinued last night. in central land there is an explanation on p699
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Adam
tvmercia posted:
Adam posted:
tvmercia posted:
see page 699


That's off-air as well.

oh right, well as pointed out by someone a while ago on the forum, itv plc ancillary teletext services were discontinued last night. in central land there is an explanation on p699


What's replacing them? Some sort of "Teletext on ITV" service similar to Ch4? Pity they've gone, the programme info and listings pages were better than the BBC/TeleText listings...
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Are the Teletext Ltd listings now PDC encoded? Or is the teletect VCR setup method considered obsolete now?
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tvmercia Founding member
Adam posted:
tvmercia posted:
Adam posted:
tvmercia posted:
see page 699


That's off-air as well.

oh right, well as pointed out by someone a while ago on the forum, itv plc ancillary teletext services were discontinued last night. in central land there is an explanation on p699


What's replacing them? Some sort of "Teletext on ITV" service similar to Ch4? Pity they've gone, the programme info and listings pages were better than the BBC/TeleText listings...

it doesn't mention any replacement. i think itv believe that their website performs the same function of ancillary teletext
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Adam
tvmercia posted:

it doesn't mention any replacement. i think itv believe that their website performs the same function of ancillary teletext


*cough* teletext is probably faster than itv.com, and better graphics Laughing .

Anyway... no doubt ITV Plc is on cutback mode again - how long will this last before ITV squashes it? My bet is in on the move to the MetroCentre studios.
BH
BillyH Founding member
Yup, here's the explanation on 'ITV1 London' as it's called now, carried on p600 and p699:
http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload8/discontinuedservice.png
JE
Jez Founding member
There is an explanation on pages 600 and 699 in the itv Wales region.

It says for information to contact the Duty Office or look on the ITV Website.
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nwtv2003
Well exactly 12 years to the day they've started they've closed down the service. I presume that Scottish TV, Grampian TV, UTV and Channel aren't affected by the closure.

Though IMO it leaves ITV without a back-up service to call their own, they've got Teletext on their channel but it is not owned by them, they've shut down the Ancillary service, ITV Text Plus was also closed down and IMO would have been an idea Digital replacement, and ITVi is not yet fully formed, though it is more commercial than Public Service.
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tvarksouthwest
Westcountry Text is still available, even if TV listings haven't been updated.

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