Kids these days are missing out. Oh yes, they have the world at their fingertips thanks to 'the internet' (pfft) but they just won't ever know the joy of sitting cross-legged in front of your tea, ...

The world's first teletext service is to be celebrated at a special exhibition marking its 50th anniversary. Today people take interactive television services and news on demand for granted, but their ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On October 24 2012, analogue TV transmitters were switched off for the final time, as digital ...

Ceefax will take its final bow tonight as the beloved text service succumbs to the final stage of the UK's switch to digital television broadcasts. The world's first teletext service will finally end ...

The BBC's iconic teletext information service Ceefax will be switched off on Tuesday evening after 38 years of providing information to viewers. Olympic champion Dame Mary Peters will stop analogue ...

After 38 years the BBC is retiring Ceefax, ending the first era of digital content delivery to the home. Launched in 1974, Ceefax was the world's first teletext service—a proto-Internet delivering ...

Ceefax (a play on “see facts”), the world’s first teletext service, went live on 23 September 1974, with 30 pages of information. During the testing phase, the editor, Colin McIntyre, was the only man ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Ceefax, a teletext service available in the UK launched by the public service broadcaster BBC. While not the only teletext service available globally, it was the ...

Ceefax - a play on the words "see facts" - was launched by the BBC on 1 November 1974 with a team of eight: four sub-editors (journalists) and four researchers The world's first teletext service is to ...

A very sad day it will be too. I have very fond memories of Ceefax when I was a child. I was born in 1988 and Ceefax had high use in my household in the 1990s. I will always remember sitting there in ...