A proposal to add teletext graphics characters to the Universal Coded Character Set has been accepted by the Unicode Consortium. A total of 214 characters used by legacy computers, including teletext’s box drawing ‘sixels’, will be...
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Dan Farrimond
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...
‘Teletext Archaeology’ feature in November’s Computer Shopper Magazine – Out Now
Teletext is the subject of a bumper 8-page ‘Hidden Treasure’ feature in November’s Computer Shopper Magazine. Primarily focusing on Jason Robertson’s quest to rescue services from old domestic videotapes, the article also...
‘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...
Jason Robertson’s ‘Teletext Archaeologist’ Website Now Online
Teletext Archaeologist Jason Robertson has launched his new website, ‘A Visual and Interactive Teletext History’, which will focus on his continued efforts to recover teletext from an ever growing collection of video tapes in his garage...
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...
TeletextRtists feature in ‘Glitch’ exhibition opening today
A new exhibition featuring teletext art opens in Wigan today. Curated by MA Fine Art student Chel Logan, The Aesthetics of Failure showcases a variety of multimedia artworks responding to the theme of ‘glitch’. Among the pieces on...
