Ceefax says goodbye after 38 years
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A Ceefax page
A Ceefax page
A Ceefax page
Early Ceefax transmissions required a decoder or special set
Early Ceefax transmissions required a decoder or special set
A Ceefax page from the 1980 US elections
A Ceefax page
A Ceefax page
Ceefax began as a captioning system for the hard of hearing
Early Ceefax editing
A Ceefax page
A Ceefax recipe page
Later Ceefax editing technology
The last Ceefax page
Article Summary
The BBC’s Ceefax text service closed down yesterday after 38 years on the air. The world’s first teletext information service, Ceefax began broadcasting in 1974 and provided everyone from insomniacs to prime ministers with the latest headlines and sports scores at a time when the alternative was waiting for the next news broadcast. Now, as the BBC switches from analog to digital broadcasting, the low-resolution service has been retired for good.
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