With most of the media distracted by politics the BBC have slipped this news out...
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BBC to switch off red button text in 2020
The BBC is to switch off the news and sport text services on the TV red button early next year.
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Connected TVs will still be able to access other red button services, like picking a stage to watch at Glastonbury or a court to watch at Wimbledon.
As Red Button redirect services are still to be available, the vast majority of content on Connected Devices will be available via the News, Sport and Weather Apps anyway.
I'm probably one of the few people who actually used Red Button Text on my Freeview TV in my bedroom, but I'm not surprised it's going. Doubt it will see the same send-off as Ceefax though.
It’s a shame. I find the MHEG service more appealing than the connected service which I find quite slow to load and clunky to navigate.
Also, connected smart TV’s have only been about for the past four or five years or so. So those with older TV’s without any kind of On Demand service are cut out.
Granted the Internet fills this gap. But those without the internet (18% of the UK) will have no method of getting at a glance news, sport or weather anymore.
:-(
A former member
So therefore Sky users, unless Connected Red Button is launched, or the BBC News / Sports apps added, now only have access to the additional content on the 'linear' Red Button streams. Of course, Sky Q users have the Sky News app, however, that's all video.
So therefore Sky users, unless Connected Red Button is launched, or the BBC News / Sports apps added, now only have access to the additional content on the 'linear' Red Button streams. Of course, Sky Q users have the Sky News app, however, that's all video.
Through the BBC expects many to use connected tv to access the apps through wifi on tv.
Not surprising. The CBBC pages went just after their rebrand, and News and Sport haven't been Reithed. Makes sense why they wouldn't bother updating those logos if the service is closing.
