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23rd September 1974: BBC launches the Ceefax teletext service
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-09-22 21:05:47
Description: On the 23rd September 1974, the world’s first teletext service went live when the BBC began transmitting its Ceefax service. Designed as a way to broadcast text-based information during the overnight ‘close-down’ of television services, it was the dominant medium for accessing breaking news until the arrival of the World Wide Web. A system for broadcasting text had been developed by the BBC during the 1960s, but it was a noisy and limited mechanical system that only ever made it as far as internal tests. However, the advancement of digital technology in the early 1970s led to the emergence of ...
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