Life in the 80s and 90s was hard. If you wanted to know something you’d have to put on clothes and walk to a library, only to find that it was closed for Christmas. Thankfully, knowledge-hungry types with teletext televisions had access to a...
Author - Dan Farrimond
Dan Farrimond
Remembering Teletext Ltd, the ‘world’s largest TV text service’ nine years on
It’s exactly nine years since Teletext Ltd hosted its last full news edition of analogue teletext. On 14 December 2009, the ‘world’s largest TV text service’ said its final farewells with a selection of stories and art...
Teletext Artist Spotlight: Little Cat
Tonight on Teletext Artist Spotlight we’ll be highlighting the work of Little Cat, who has recently discovered the vibrant world of teletext art and the Edit-TF editor. Join us on a journey through their experiences of the format as we find...
NONE LEFT – Two new festive postcards from ARD Text
Update 4/12/18 – ARD Text have now distributed their entire print run of these postcards! We’ll let you know if and when more become available. ARD Text have announced two new postcards for the 2018 Christmas period. Following the...
Review: Digitiser The Show Episode 1 – A PINONEERING effort?
I never really understood Digitiser. Finding its overly grotesque characters a bit frightening, I retreated to the comparatively tame Mega-Zine over on page 141. I do wish I had given teletext Digi a chance. In hindsight, it seems like one of those...
Interview: Kathrin Günter – Celebrity Photographer, Occult Investigator and Teletext Artist
Teletextart: Hi Kathrin. Thank you so much for agreeing to answer a few questions for us! I believe your piece ‘Lindsay Lohan’s Mug Shot Cabinet’ is a compelling work of teletext art which fully deserved the prestigious 2013...
Opinion: Goodbye to Selfie, The Elite-Teletext-Social Network Simulator
Alright, it’s time to get real. Now Selfie: Sisters of the Amniotic Lens has been removed from the Steam store, I can reveal that the whole thing was an elaborate ruse. Yes, they fooled you into thinking it was a video game, when in fact it...
Results are in for the 2018 Block Party Art Competition!
Voting for the Bloktoberfest Teletext Art Comp has now closed, and the results are in. But before announcing the winners, we would like to wholeheartedly thank everyone who participated in this year’s Teletext Fest. Whether you dropped into...
