The world-renowned Yle Text was launched some five-and-forty years ago on 7 October 1981, which smells like a capital idea for another celebration of teletext art!
But not only that, it’s the 100th anniversary of the broadcaster Yle itself in September:
Yle celebrates its 100th anniversary in autumn 2026
The theme of the anniversary year is ‘shared moments’ and the focus is on people and sense of belonging. We are proud to celebrate Yle’s ability to bring people together, connect and serve everyone through different channels.
Significant events for yle100:
- A dedicated 2 Euro coin will be minted to celebrate 100 years of yle
- A yle tour bus will be visiting all 19 regions of Finland before the end of the year
- A birthday party will be held at Veikkaus Arena on 5 September
This exhibition will be hosted on Finland’s Yle in September (Yle 100) and October (Yle Text 45) 2026.
Your Guidelines
TL;DR – send me teletext web editor links to your art
1. Your entry can be anything related to Yle Text’s 45 year and Yle’s 100 year celebrations. See our previous exhibitions Yle40, Yle41 or scan the prompts for some inspiration.
Some prompts to help you: Teletext birthday cards, birthday food, 45th anniversary - sapphire, reflection on Yle Text's past, celebratory food and drink, party items, the numbers 45 or 100 typography, Helsinki (Yle HQ), Finland
2. We will accept these formats:
3. You can also enter as many artworks as you like, but bear in mind that they are shown at Yle’s discretion.
4. Be aware that when pages are broadcast on teletext services, the page header (row 0) and fastext labels (row 24) are overwritten, so try not to use them in your art. Here‘s a diagram of where you can find these.
5. Level 1/1.5 Teletext only for this project – Yle does not support Level 2.5 (the one with the extra colours and shapes), however you can use black as a foreground colour (graphics or text) if you like.
6. No copyrighted characters, please!
7. You retain copyright of your work, but give permission for it to be shown on the teletext service(s) listed above (Yle) and for an archive to be kept at demozoo.org.
If you have a question about anything at all, I’ll be happy to help. The “chatline” is available at hello [at] teletextart *dot* co _dot_ uk
Deadline:
Last week in August (Yle 100)
Last week in September (Yle Text 45)
Send your entries to me:
hello [at] teletextart [dot] co [dot] uk
@illarterate on Bluesky or Twitter/X
Teletext Discord – Teletext Art channel
ivan
May 4, 2026 at 11:07 am
Hello Dan, Such a vast resource of information and inspiring. If you offered a workshop it would be an incredible way to learn. You might already. If you do I would be interested.
Ivan
Dan Farrimond
May 4, 2026 at 5:17 pm
Why thank you! I would like to do a video tutorial at some point, it’s one of those things I’ve planned in my head. 🙂
If there’s anything in particular you’d like help with, I’d be happy to offer pointers in the meantime. (⌐■֊■)