Simply, Orbit was the name of BBC2's teletext magazine before both channels' services came under the Ceefax name. However, you'll notice Ceefax is still in the header.
I've never heard of that before. Seems such an odd thing to do so early on in the service
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A former member
Not really. As far as I understand it, the teletext service on BBC2 was supposed to be the electronic equivalent of a published magazine, and was given a distinct title - Orbit - to mark it out from the Ceefax news and weather etc service.
Yes but with so few viewers back then I'm surprised they went as far as producing two different services with two names
The graphical style is way ahead of its time and far more advanced than what 'Ceefax' had
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A former member
I guess those were different times when expense may not have been such a worry and you deliberately didn't have duplication of content across the channels.
Looking at the sections, it definitely appeared more in-depth content-wise, rather than the headline and bullet-point led main Ceefax service. I especially like the Canalphone info on works and closure dates for Britain's waterways! (p290/291)
I remember the day we first had a teletext telly, the last at college before Easter 1981.
We had a half day, I rushed home and spent the entire afternoon selecting just about every page
on all three channels. The remote batteries were flat by evening !
I remember the day we first had a teletext telly, the last at college before Easter 1981.
We had a half day, I rushed home and spent the entire afternoon selecting just about every page
on all three channels. The remote batteries were flat by evening !
I used to do the same thing, go through every page just to see if there was any interesting pages I could find
It seems that the Yorkshire presentation from Autumn 1992 and the clock from summer 1992 as well as Tyne Tees presentation from 1992 - 1995 are missing.
Oh, not forgetting Living 1993 Next Sting, 1996 Break Bumpers and Promos, 1997 Break Bumpers and Promos, 1999 Break Bumpers, 2000 idents, Break bumpers and Promos as well as 2002 Break Bumpers and Promos including Living Closedown ident, Living Wedding Rings ident 1993 (on TV-Live), Living Fan Ident 1997 (on TV-Live) and that ident from May 2000 are all also missing ie:
http://www.tvarchive.org.uk/TVA/TVA%20Digital/images/dsat/history/112.jpg
Also, does anyone have videos of those pictures like:
and
There was a selection of "tagging" idents, and IIRC the only one that made it to air was the football one. It got a hostile reaction, so I won't be surprised if this was simply shelved.
