The world's first teletext service is to be celebrated at a special exhibition marking its 50th anniversary. Today people take interactive television services and news on demand for granted, but their ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Ceefax, a teletext service available in the UK launched by the public service broadcaster BBC. While not the only teletext service available globally, it was the ...

BBC Ceefax, the world’s first teletext service, completed its final broadcast on 23 October 2012. Ceefax had been launched on 23 September 1974 to allow BBC viewers to check headlines, sport scores, ...

Ceefax, the world's first teletext service, is gradually being switched off around the country as the digital switchover takes hold. To mark its 35th birthday, Ceefax journalist Ian Westbrook has ...

BBC Ceefax, the world's first teletext service, has completed its final broadcast after 38 years on air. Before Olympic champion Dame Mary Peters turned off the last of the UK's analogue TV signals in ...

The British teletext service Ceefax was launched on September 23, 1974 and it continued until 2012. A BBC story said: “Before the advent of the internet and 24-hour news channels, Ceefax was at ‘the ...

Who doesn't like a bit of nostalgia? We remember Ceefax, the teletext service that gave us news and a whole lot more at our fingertips. Read: Ceefax service closes down after 38 years on BBC Read: ...

BBC Ceefax, the world's first teletext service, is set for a final bow as the UK's digital switchover is completed. Former Olympian Dame Mary Peters will turn off the analogue TV signal in Northern ...

The founding editor of the BBC's Ceefax service - the world's first teletext service - has died at the age of 85. Colin McIntyre, who worked for the BBC for 30 years, died in hospital on Thursday ...

Tuesday marks 40 years since the introduction of the dearly departed Ceefax, the world's first teletext service, and to celebrate the anniversary of the launch we want BBC Sport readers to write their ...

Ceefax - a play on the words "see facts" - was launched by the BBC on 1 November 1974 with a team of eight: four sub-editors (journalists) and four researchers The world's first teletext service is to ...