Digital artist Jarkko Räsänen is a member of the FixC artists co-operative, who have been organising teletext festivals since 2012. Their most recent teletext project, TART2020 (Teletext Art 2020), proved so popular that it has been extended for...
Category - Teletextr Podcast
Dan Farrimond
[Audio] Blockdown Party, 25 April 2020 – Morning Session Highlights
On Saturday 25th April 2020, teletexters from around the universe gathered in the Teletext Discord to make beautiful data together. Dozens of artists collaborated using browser-based teletext software to submit over 100 pages to the dedicated...
Teletext R Podcast, 14 April 2020 – Teletext In A Time of Crisis
In these testing times, teletext is needed more than ever. Could this signal a revival for the BBC Red Button? Also in this episode, we discuss how teletext artists are documenting the lockdown, and Teletext R superfan Wayne Dearden performs some...
Teletext R Podcast, 1 April 2020 – Teletext Mythbusters [Explicit]
In honour of All Fools’ Day Version 20.20, we look back at some popular legends surrounding teletext in this myth-busting special. Separating fact from fiction, we offer our verdict on these folk teletext tales. Warning: explicit themes...
Teletext R Podcast, 15 March 2020: Teefax in the Media & #Teletext50
Teefax, the community teletext service created by Peter Kwan, has recently been signal boosted by numerous news outlets. Most significantly, its appearance on The One Show marked teletext’s return to the BBC almost 8 years after the demise of...
Teletext R Podcast, 29 February 2020 – Matti Ramo: Teletext Is Not Fin(n)ished
Matti Ramo has been a journalist with Finland’s YLE Text for 19 years. Not only has he written and formatted thousands of articles and teletext pages, but has somehow found the time to be an internationally renowned travel writer. His bicycle...
Teletext R Podcast, 17 February 2020 – Text n’ Bugs n’ Remote Controls
Much like a washed-up 80s rock star who’s run out of cash to pay his TV license, the Teletextr Podcast has returned for a new decade of text ‘n’ bugs ‘n’ remote controls. We begin 2020 with the sad news that the BBC would like to close their Red...
Teletextr Podcast 06, March 2017 – Sixels and Bad Apples
Recorded LIVE at Block Party Cambridge 2017. Prepare yourself for more good oranges and bad apples! And just what is a sixel? Well, I’m pretty sure the answer is in there somewhere. Direct download: Teletextr Podcast Episode 6 (mp3) Timecodes...
