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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...
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#Teletext50 art exhibition on Yle Text in Finland (7 October – 11 November 2024)
Teletext 50th Anniversary Meetup, Cambridge, 21-22 September 2024
Teletext @50: The Stories – Video Documentary (2024)
Teletext50: a new audio documentary starring those who made it a cultural phenomenon [PRESS RELEASE]
Call for entries: 50 Years of Teletext Art! [CLOSED]
- Cambridge 2022
- Blockdown 2020
- Wigan 2018
- Cambridge 2017
- Cambridge 2016
[Audio] Teletext Fest 2016 – Digitiser Panel with Paul Rose, Tim Moore and Violet Berlin
[Audio] Teletext Fest 2016 – Guests Panel with Violet Berlin and Tim Moore
[Audio] Teletext Fest 2016 – Artists Panel with Paul Rose and Steve Horsley
[Audio] Teletext Fest 2016 – Experts Panel with Mort Smith and Peter Kwan
[Video] Digifest: Quiz Me Do!
- Teletext50
- Group Exhibitions
Celebrating 45 Years of Yle Text with teletext art (7 October-10 November 2026)
Yle 100 on Yle Text: A Super Teletexthibition (9 September – 31 October 2026)
Valentine’s Day / Day of Friends Exhibition on Yle Teletext (14th-28th February 2026)
Advent Calendars return to Yle Text for 2025 (1 December 2025 – 6 January 2026)
World Events, TeleNFT (September-October 2025)
- Calls For Entries
CALL FOR ENTRIES: HBN Text’s 1st Birthday (Deadline: 10 November 2026)
CALL FOR ENTRIES – Teletext Advent Calendar on Yle Text (December 2026)
[CLOSED] CALL FOR ENTRIES: Valentine’s Day 2026 on Yle Teksti-TV! Love Letters from Your (Teletext) Heart
[CLOSED] CALL FOR ENTRIES – 100 Years of Yle & Yle Teletext’s 45th Anniversary (September & October 2026)
[CLOSED] CALL FOR ENTRIES – 2025 Teletext Advent Calendar on Yle Text
- Past Block Parties
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- Teletext R Podcast
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Teletext R Podcast Summer Special! Teletext Doomscrolling 1976 vs. 2026 & Count ‘Ceefax’ Binface (July 2026)
[Audio] Teletext People: Tim, Twitter’s Ceefaux
BHNL Podcast: Teletextlore
Teletext R Podcast, 31st December 2022 – Russty Russ & the Demise of ORACLE (2015 Rerun)
The Max Headroom Incident: Television Sofa Club, 15th November 2022
- Episodes
- Teletext R Podcast
- Features
- Teletext Artist Spotlight
Teletext Artist Spotlight: JustADude
Teletext R Podcast, 31 August 2020 – Sara Scott-Rivers of Teletext Ltd, Datasolve, ITM, GWV and Videotron
Artist Spotlight: Sarah Burgess (Make Today Colourful)
Teletext Artist Spotlight: Little Cat
Interview: Dragan Espenschied, Digital Conservationist & Teletext Art Prize Winner
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Teletext art
This new series aims to highlight past, present and future teletext artists, offering insight into their creative practice and personal connection to the world’s...
Announcements
Pixel pushers rejoice – the next Block Party has been confirmed for Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st October 2018. This year, Britain’s premier teletext...
Archives
Teletext Archaeologist Jason Robertson has launched his new website, ‘A Visual and Interactive Teletext History’, which will focus on his continued efforts to recover...
Editorial
“Why teletext art?” I hear you ask. What is the reason for teletext art in the Internet age? Why would artists choose teletext over...
Announcements
At long last, Wigan Teletext Fest ’17 is upon us! While working at Wigan STEAM, Dan received what he believes to be messages from...
Group Exhibitions
A new exhibition featuring teletext art opens in Wigan today. Curated by MA Fine Art student Chel Logan, The Aesthetics of Failure showcases a...
Announcements
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...
Teletext Fest 2017
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...
Announcements
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...
Teletextr Podcast
Apples, oranges and raspberries are the subject of this pre-Block Party babble. Also: a big announcement regarding ARD Text’s involvement in Text Fest 2017!...
Announcements
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...
Calls For Entries
On 17 November 2026, the exclusively-online service HBN will celebrate its first anniversary with a mini-festival of teletext art. Community member SoyuzRocket AKA Adam...
Calls For Entries
Yle Text, those ever-present legends of the modern teletext art scene, have once again agreed to host our art over the festive period. It’s...
Announcements
Sé-bastieeeen!* Angine de Poitrine, those limber polka-dotted math-surf-jazz rock wizards from an unpronounceable solar system, have recently crash landed on Planet Teletext. Documenting this...
Announcements
This month, Finland’s fabled Yle Text welcome more teletext art for the occasion of their 45th birthday! ASCII-style lettering, traditional Hungarian patterns, optical illusions...
Announcements
On 9 September 2026, Yleisradio Oy (AKA the Finnish Broadcasting Company) will celebrate its 100th anniversary with the scintillating sixels and astounding alphanumerics of...
Announcements
Yle Text are presently screening a selection of artworks from the innovative First Excursions in Teletext, Norway’s pioneering academic research into the medium as...
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