Another death is announced...
Before Twitter. Before the internet. Even before 24-hour news channels, there was a place you could turn to for (almost) up to the minute breaking news stories.Read more on The Guardian website
It was called Ceefax. Plus, it had the added advantage of loading on to your television screen rather quicker than some of its digital "red button" equivalents.
Not any more. At least, not if you live in London, where the analogue TV signal was switched off on Wednesday and Ceefax – born in 1974 and a phonetic take on "see facts" – disappeared with it.
Originally devised as a subtitle service (page 888, as if you didn't know) and transmitted via unused bits of broadcast spectrum, the world's first teletext service provided millions of people with the latest news, sport and weather, along with reviews, quizzes, a children's section and the latest TV and radio listings.
And, finally...
24-hour online porn, 70s style.
RIP
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