This competition has ended – thank you to everyone that participated! The Block Party is now accepting entries for its teletext art competition! You can send us an email with your teletext file (no images, please!), or create something at the...
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Dan Farrimond
‘The Wonderful World of Horsenburger’ to be exhibited on ARD Text in September
It’s a secret no more – the legendary Steve ‘Horsenburger’ Horsley is returning to your TV screens in September 2018. Germany’s ARD Text have announced that their latest teletext exhibition, running from 1st to 30th September, will...
Block Party 2018: ‘Bloktoberfest’ is coming to Wigan on 20th and 21st October
Pixel pushers rejoice – the next Block Party has been confirmed for Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st October 2018. This year, Britain’s premier teletext festival will venture ‘up north’ to Wigan STEAM for a weekend of VBI...
Wigan Teletext Fest 2017: The Search for Extra-Teletextual Intelligence
At long last, Wigan Teletext Fest ’17 is upon us! While working at Wigan STEAM, Dan received what he believes to be messages from extra-terrestrial beings via his teletext TV set. In order to find out more about the messages, he has...
Ceefax Holidays arrives at the teletext archive
Teletext archaeologist Jason Robertson (@grim_fandango) has uncovered a rare example of Ceefax’s much-celebrated holidays section. This service predates Teletext Holidays by many years, though ORACLE did run their own holiday pages in the...
Block Party Cambridge 2017 winning art now on ARD Text
A selection of the best art created at last weekend’s Block Party collaborative editing event is currently available to view on German teletext service ARD Text. Click here to launch the ARD Text online teletext viewer …or fire up Das...
The Block Party is returning to Cambridge on 25 & 26 February!
The Block Party is back for 2017, and it’s artier than ever! Click here to get tickets or here to register your interest on Facebook. Location: Centre for Computing History, Cambridge Date: Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 February 2017, 11AM-5PM...
Merry Teletextmas 2016!
Teletextart.co.uk wishes you a
very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
My seasonal message is over at the Teletext Facebook Group if you are in the mood to read paragraphs of text. 🙂
Have a teletext mince pie on me!