Sky Digital - Tune to BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4, or one of the Sky channels, then press the Red button on your Sky remote.Alternatively, the service is available on special channels: channel 101 (Teletext), 105 (BBC Red Button), 104 (Channel 4 Teletext) or 108 (Sky Text) Freeview - Tune to BBC1, ITV1 or Channel 4, then press the Red button on your Freeview remote.Here's how to access the new Interactive service:

The new text service is available via the red button on your digital TV or set-top box's remote control. This is the successor to Ceefax and Teletext, offering higher-quality images, a better level of interaction, and faster data rates.

New digital TV services, such as Freeview, Sky Digital, Freesat, BT Vision and Virgin Media offer a different text service. The ITV Teletext service ended in December 2009.

Ceefax is planned to be phased out as part of the Digital Switchover, and will disappear in October 2012. The UK has almost complted the switch over to digital TV. Most will know this as ' Ceefax', with the ITV's service starting as Oracle, then becoming ' Teletext'.Īnalogue: Ceefax from the BBC, and ITV's Teletext The BBC started broadcasting their text-based service back in the 1970's. It's not as bad as Eurosport who only have TV coverage for one match and expect you to cough up if you want to see the other match, at least with the BBC you have 'free' access to get the other feed if you want to.Teletext and Ceefax after the Digital Switchover? In an age where most TVs have some form of connection to the internet (even TV's as old as 2012/2013 will have some ability to connect to your internet service: indeed one of my old Samsung TVs has BBC iPlayer available to it, even if it keeps wanting me to update the tv software which won't happen), they don't really need to emphasise wall-to-wall coverage on the linear channels as people can access it relatively easily. They do provide some coverage to get the matches going, and those who wish to see them have access via iPlayer/BBC Sports app. In this case, both matches tonight came in at 4-4, so you're not going to miss a match result and in any case, if the feature match on the Red Button channel ends early, they will just switch over to the other table until its conclusion. In fairness, the BBC do know exactly what matches are being played on each session, so they know that a match is rarely - if ever - going to be concluded in the second session unless one of the players has a significant lead at the end of the first. The evening sessions for the Semi Final and Final get full coverage on the main channel (ie until conclusion).

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