TART2020 (Teletext Art 2020) has begun broadcasting on Finland’s YLE Text service. Presented by FixC and the Museum of Teletext Art, the festival will be featured on YLE Text pages 820 to 831 and include artwork from 11 international artists...
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Dan Farrimond
Teletext Art 2020, TART 2020 @ YLE Text [Press Release]
25.2.-25.4.2020 In YLE Teletext from page 820 (Note: there was a typo in the original press release – this show runs for two months rather than one.) TART2020 is showcasing artworks from 11 international artists specifically created for the...
The New Ceefax: Teefax on BBC’s The One Show
For one night only, teletext has made a triumphant return to the BBC. Wednesday’s edition of The One Show featured a segment on Ceefax and its successor Teefax, including contributions from teletext legends Mort Smith and Peter Kwan. The 5...
Teletext graphics characters among those added to Unicode
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...
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...
